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Thank you. Hello, hello, dear listener, and welcome into IELTS Speaking Part 2.
Oh, hi there. ChatGPT here. Maria's microphone cut out, so I'm filling in for her to tell you about today's topic.
Describe a time when you received money as a gift.
You should say, when it happened, who gave you money, why he or she gave you money, and explain how you use the money.
Rory, give us your story. Thank you. Well, even at the age of 35 this happens to me on a regular basis, actually.
Every month, my dad has this habit of putting...
£50 in my bank account, and he has done ever since I was a teenager.
The last time I suppose would have been at the end of May this year.
To tell you a bit more about who gave it to me, well, it's my dad, so obviously I've known him my whole life.
I'm not exactly sure why on earth he does it, since, like I said, I'm in my mid-thirties now, and I...
I can stand on my own two feet, financially speaking.
Moreover, I don't even buy that much to begin with aside from groceries and pay the occasional subscription fee that's got to be paid.
If I were to guess, I'd say it's probably to show that he still loves and supports me, even if it's no longer necessary, like in this physical way.
And that's a nice sentiment, so I won't and don't complain about it too much.
When it comes to how I spent the last time, I honestly couldn't tell you since it was that long ago.
I think it went on the weekly shop. So there was plenty leftover because like I said, I'm a bit of a spendthrift and don't like to splash out on huge purchases much these days.
So it's not terribly exciting, unfortunately. and it never has been, at least not in the past 10 years.
If I hadn't been given it... Well, it would have been a little bit weird since this is something that's just sort of par for the course with my dad's as I mentioned, he's done it for years on end now.
And he's a creature of habit, so it would probably have been a sign that some thing was off if he didn't do it or if he hadn't done it.
That's from a social point of view, of course.
Financially, I wouldn't have been much worse off either.
Ahem. Because, like I say, I'm quite independent.
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See you soon! Yay, thank you Rory for your story.
Oh, how lovely. Every month. Rory's dad puts 50 pounds in his bank account this is so cute Wow, this is a never-ending habit I'm not complaining, it's just a bit strange I don't know anyone else's parents that do this for them Well, maybe I can do it for my mom, you know?
Actually, I do. I give her a sum every month.
Oh yeah, I do that already. That's nice.
So it's working in reverse then. oh yes dear listener a time when you received money as a gift you see here rory told us about his dad giving him money every month it's okay or you can talk about your birthday or or your wedding.
Maybe people gave you money as a wedding gift. or you can lie, okay?
So my dad gives me money and I've known him all my life, okay?
Or like my friend gave me money on my birthday or for my birthday.
Well, if it's on your birthday, it will be the day of your birthday.
And if it's for your birthday then that's the reason why they gave it to you. yeah so usually we say my friend gave me a sum of money for my birthday as a present right don't say presented me money no no no He gave me some money for my birthday.
It was a present or it was a gift. It was my birthday gift.
And we just say they, my friends, gave me money.
Or what else? Can we paraphrase money? You can say like, okay, my friends gave me $50,000.
Or a sum of money. An envelope with money.
I can stand on my own two feet, financially speaking.
Financially speaking, Rory earns his own money, so he doesn't need...
Other people's money. He has his own money.
Well done, you. Look at you. Look at me, at the age of 35, having my own money.
Stand on your own two feet or stand on your own feet. to be able to provide all the things you need for living without help from anyone else nice So, for example, he is 20 years old, but he stands on his own feet.
So he has a job and he stands on his own two feet.
And here kind of Rory tells us, yeah, I don't even buy much.
Like I only need food, so I buy groceries like food.
And I pay subscription fee. So Rory is subscribed to different channels.
I'm not. I have an Amazon account and that's it, basically.
Ah, so you pay for the Amazon account? I have a subscription to my local yoga studio, although it will be paused for the time that I'm away. and I have a subscription to the climbing place that I go to with my friends.
I think that's it, really. You know, Rory, if you have some extra money, you can just donate money to me.
I've always wanted a Chanel bag. So it's a nice investment.
We can then sell this bag do you know Maria I've I've always wanted to have a solid gold laptop and I don't think I'll be getting what I want either.
Yeah, but why have all this money if you just don't buy stuff?
You just earn money and you just give money back to the universe.
This is how it works. Yes, to the universe.
Does it have to specifically be you in the universe?
Or other people, you know, like donating money also is nice. to other people who need Chanel bags?
Yes, that's a very niche group of people.
Right. If you change the topic, you can say when it comes to how I spent it.
The last time. Because Rory gets this money every month.
Like 50 pounds. Okay, let's check how much is 50 pounds. so let's let's do the research on rory how much money does rory have Well, to be honest with you, I don't even know the answer to that.
I would imagine that it's enough to live comfortably which is what I'm aiming for.
I don't need to be a millionaire. I just need to live reasonably comfortably.
Not much for you. But yeah, if it's coffee, if you get it every month, that's like...
That's quite nice. So when it comes to how I spent it, i don't know it was a long time ago or they gave me this money A long time ago, I don't remember.
And then you say, then you speculate, you think about it.
Or maybe I spent it on food or clothes. Or maybe I spent it on traveling.
I bought a new car. I don't know. Or I saved it.
Okay. Eat. Listen, money is it. I spent it, I saved it or I wasted it on expensive restaurants, for example.
I frittered it away on a Chanel handbag.
Yeah, what did you do? What verb did you use?
Fritter away is just a waste. Fritter away.
Yeah, how do you spell it? As far as I know, F-R-I-T-T-E-R.
Free it away is a phrasal verb. Waste money, time or opportunity.
For example, she fritters so much money away on expensive makeup.
You can also say that I don't usually splash out on huge purchases.
So I don't waste a lot of money on things.
I don't splash out on clothes, so I don't waste money on clothes.
A splash out on. Well, splash out just means to spend a lot of money on something.
Yep. So you can say like, oh, probably I splashed out on expensive clothes.
Maybe. Spend space. Rift. Spence Rift. If you're a spendthrift, then you just don't spend a lot of money.
So we're getting all of this vocabulary for talking about not spending money.
So, a spent thrift – someone who spends a lot of money in a way that wastes it.
So, for example, I tend to buy a lot of expensive clothes, so I'm kind of a spendthrift.
But Rory, you said that I'm a bit of a spendthrift, but you are not a spendthrift.
Is it spent if not someone who doesn't spend a lot of money?
Have I made a mistake? Yeah. Ooh, sorry.
First time in the history of the world. Yeah, because a spendthrift is someone who spends a lot of money In a way that wastes it.
Oh, I thought it made something else. Whoops!
So, for example, I'm a gambler, so I enjoy gambling, so I'm a spendthrift. well well spotted you see the listener so here uh rory should have said I'm not a spendthrift.
I'm not much of a spendthrift. Oh, wow. So I don't flesh out.
La la la, la la la la, you see, dear listener.
But well spotted, Maria. Well done. And now people will be using that word correctly.
So, I've done my job. Exactly. My dad is a creature of habit so he does things regularly Or, for example, my friends are creatures of habit, so they give me money for my birthday.
Every year they do it every year Or my parents, for example, my parents always give me money for my birthday.
What helped you to organize this answer?
Well, I had a dad that gives me money as a gift to begin with.
But no, I talked about it. I followed the script or followed the prompt here.
I said when it happened in the order, And then I said to tell you a bit more about who gave me the money.
And when it comes to how I spent it, and then I talked about if I hadn't been given it, then what would have happened then.
So just the usual template, really, using the same starter phrase as we always do.
Nice. Sorry again about spendthrift. Whoops.
Thank you very much for listening and I will get back to you. in our next episode about money and cash and more money bye bye Thank you.
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Learn more at FINRA.org. Describe a time when you received money as a gift.
You should say, when it happened, who gave you money? why he or she gave you money, and explain how you used the money.
Well, even at the age of 35, this happens to me on a regular basis, actually.
Every month my dad has this habit of putting £50 in my bank account, and he has done ever since I was a teenager.
The last time I suppose would have been at the end of May this year.
To tell you a bit more about who gave it to me, well, it's my dad, so obviously I've known him my whole life.
I'm not exactly sure why on earth he does it, since, like I said, I'm in my mid-thirties now and I can stand on my own two feet. financially speaking.
Moreover, I don't even buy that much to begin with aside from groceries and pay the occasional subscription fee that's got to be paid.
If I were to guess, I'd say it's probably to show that he still loves and supports me, even if it's no longer necessary, like in this physical way.
And that's a nice sentiment, so I won't and don't complain about it too much.
When it comes to how I spent the last time, I honestly couldn't tell you since it was that long ago.
I think it went on the weekly shop. So there was plenty leftover because like I said, I'm a bit of a spendthrift and don't like to splash out on huge purchases much these days.
So... It's not terribly exciting, unfortunately, and it never has been, at least not in the past 10 years.
If I hadn't been given it, Well, it would have been a little bit weird since this is something that just sort of par for the course with my dad's, um, As I mentioned, he's done it for years on end now.
And he's a creature of heart, so it would probably have been a sign that something was off if he didn't. didn't do it or if he hadn't done it.
That's from a social point of view, of course.
Financially, I wouldn't have been much worse off either. because like I say I'm quite independent so it's not a big deal for me Thank you.
