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Hello, hello dear listeners and welcome into our IELTS Speaking part 3.
Your favorite part, hmm?
Let's talk about losing things.
Rory, what kinds of things do people usually lose?
Eh, well it seems like the most obvious things are keys and other small things that are easy to overlook or drop just by accident.
It would be difficult to lose something big like a car since it's so easy to see and so clearly marked.
Why do people often misplace or lose things?
Well there are probably as many reasons as there are people.
Probably, though if you're particularly forgetful or distracted by something, then you're more likely to lose track of where things are in general.
What do people often do when they lose things?
I suppose the usual process is to panic and faff around trying to find whatever it is and then ideally come up with a way to avoid losing the same thing again or keep their wits about them the next time a similar situation comes up.
Is it an effective way to use rewards to find lost things?
Eh, I'm honestly not sure.
I mean I've seen posters offering rewards for missing pets but I've no clue if they make people more vigilant or helpful or not.
I've never even thought about it before now.
Though it seems logical that they might help since it gives people a reason to keep an eye out for things that don't belong to them.
What should parents do to teach their children not to lose things?
Well as always leading by example usually seems to be the best way to do the job.
They could highlight when and how they are doing things that come naturally, rather than trying to manufacture some unrealistic situation or getting children to learn from their mistakes when it happens which seems a bit cruel.
What are good ways to remind us not to forget or lose things?
The most effective ones I've seen have been setting reminders on phones to make you remember to check things before you leave a place and marking things with bright colours to make them easier to find and definitely having a routine to make the process almost automatic.
Some people also use certain types of attachments for keys and luggage to make them easier to find which is quite cool but I don't think you could do that for everything, certainly not big things.
Is it important for students to be organised?
As much as possible yes.
If you're more organised then you probably find it easier to get more things done than if you're not.
That just makes sense and then you're not losing track of information or whatever it is you're supposed to be paying attention to.
Hey, thank you Rory for your answers.
Hopefully no one lost their mind with my vocabulary.
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See you soon! What could be some synonyms for losing things?
Misplace? Misplacing, overlooking them or losing track of things?
Or losing track of where things are in particular?
Yeah, and sometimes we can say like leave things.
So I've left my umbrella so I forgot to take it with me so I've left it in a cafe.
So people leave their umbrellas, leave their hats in restaurants for example.
People tend to lose the obvious things like keys, small things because they're easy to overlook.
So they're easy to overlook, meaning that it's very easy just to leave them somewhere.
It's easy to drop them by accident.
So you drop your keys or cards or I don't know some tickets, some small papers, anything small.
So you drop them by accident.
And it would be very difficult to lose something big like a car.
Although some people manage to lose their cars in massive pocket lots.
You know like they, oh I forgot where I parked it!
Where is my car? Yeah common situation.
Yeah, but it would be very difficult to lose like your suitcase.
Although people do lose their suitcases.
They just leave them on the train.
How I still to this day don't understand how that's possible.
I mean it's your suitcase, it's got your important things.
Yeah crazy. People often misplace things again like keys and for different reasons they drop them by accident.
They are forgetful.
So they just forget things.
They are distracted by something and they forget the suitcase, the documents.
And they are likely to lose track of where things are.
To lose track of where your things are.
You just have to forget where you put your things.
People usually panic like I lost my suitcase, that's it, the end of the world.
I'll die now. And then Rory used my favorite phrasal verb.
Rory, what's my favorite phrasal verb of all?
What is your favorite phrasal verb of all?
Faf about. Oh yes, or faf around.
Faf around, faf about is UK informal phrasal verb, idiomatic phrasal verb, so band nine.
Spend your time doing a lot of things that are not important.
So you are running around doing unimportant little things instead of focusing on one thing which is useful.
And very often we just say, stop faffing around and start studying.
Stop faffing about and write this essay.
And when people lose things, they start faffing around.
They try to find it.
They try to faff. You know, they start being nervous.
They start freaking out.
Like that. So they get very emotional, some people.
And ideally, people should come up with a way to avoid losing things.
So come up with something.
Create, invent, make up.
And again, we avoid doing something.
We avoid losing things again.
What does it mean to keep their wits about them?
To keep once wits about something?
Yes, to stay alert and focused when you're looking for whatever it is.
Could you give me an example?
Well, you've got to keep your wits about you when you're on.
Well, if you lose things, then you have to keep your wits about you on a train, for example.
Some people use rewards to find their lost things.
For example, we often see a situation like, oh, some cat was lost.
So $10 ,000 if you find this cat.
My God, who has $10 ,000 to tell people to find their cat?
Yeah, it's a special cat.
What kind of special cat?
What special about it?
Made of gold. OK, it's a cat made of gold and diamonds, yes.
It's a key ring. The keys are not important, but the cat attached to the keys.
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So, people put up posters, offering rewards for missing pets.
A pet is missing, so they put up posters.
You can say, yeah, it's a good idea, or no, I'm not sure it's a good idea.
Yeah, I was thinking about that when you asked the question.
I thought, I don't really know, how often do you think about that?
I remember now, I walked past a poster the other day and it was talking about a missing cat but that cat had been missing since the 29th of November and here we are in December.
So yeah, it's a bit strange.
I don't know, I honestly have no idea.
So there we go, we have different ways of talking about things.
I'm honestly not sure, I have no clue, I've never even thought about it.
Yeah, and these posters may not make people more vigilant.
Vigilant? Always being careful to notice things, especially in possible danger.
So, the staff, the bodyguards should always be vigilant.
The staff in the shopping centre, security guards should always be vigilant.
Yeah, you can say, I've never thought about this.
And the posters may not give people a reason to keep an eye out for things.
So our expression, keep an eye out for things.
So you have to watch things, to notice things that don't belong to them.
So if this thing doesn't belong to the person, people don't notice.
And you can say that it's a nice idea to reward people who found your documents or who found your stuff.
I actually, once I found the passport, I contacted the lady and then like, she gave me some I refused, but she insisted.
Oh yeah, like, I rewarded the taxi driver where I left my phone.
I left my phone in the taxi, you know.
So I rewarded the taxi driver.
Oh, that's good. Parents should teach their children not to lose things by setting their own example.
Or leading by example.
So we can say that parents should lead by example.
Yeah. But leading by example is just you give the example and people follow you or follow it.
Parents should highlight how to manage things.
Yeah. But that just means they give it extra attention to it.
We can remind ourselves not to forget or lose things.
So remind us about something or of something.
I think it can be both here.
We can also set reminders on your phone so people can set reminders to make them remember to check things before they leave.
So you're just like a set reminder on your phone, like, bah, blah, blah, Rory.
Remember to take your necklace.
Or in my case, I set reminders to pick up my USB drives whenever I'm in a new school.
So the most effective thing to do is to set reminders on your phone to remember to check things before you leave.
Also people could mark things with bright colors.
So it's mine. So write your name on different things, like put stickers and have a routine to make the process more automatic.
So to have a routine, like do something all the time.
So the process of taking your things is automatic.
And also using some types of attachments for keys or luggage to make them easier to find.
There are festival tags that you can get, which are linked to your phone and then you find them that way.
Although I don't want to mention any particular ones because we don't want to give anyone free advertising.
But I'm sure we could all think of an obvious example or two.
Yeah, like some special attachments, so tags, when you write your phone, your name and just like please, if you find it, contact this number.
And people should be organized.
So they should be vigilant, organized to get things done, to do things in life.
So to get more things done.
Hey, lovely. Thank you very much for listening.
And we'll get back to you in our next episode.
OK, bye. Bye. Well, it seems like the most obvious things are keys and other small things that are easy to overlook or drop just by accident.
It would be difficult to lose something big like a car, since it's so easy to see and so clearly marked.
Why do people often misplace or lose things?
Well, there are probably as many reasons as there are people.
Probably though if you're particularly forgetful or distracted by something, then you're more likely to lose track of where things are in general.
What do people often do when they lose things?
I suppose the usual process is to panic, faff around trying to find whatever it is and then ideally come up with a way to avoid losing the same thing again or to keep your wits about or keep their wits about them the next time a similar situation comes up.
Is it an effective way to use rewards to find lost things?
I'm honestly not sure.
I mean, I've seen posters offering rewards for missing pets, but I've no clue if they make people more vigilant or helpful or not.
I've never even thought about it before now.
Though it seems logical that they might help since it gives people a reason to keep an eye out for things that don't belong to them.
What should parents do to teach their children not to lose things?
Well, as always leading by example, usually seems to be the best way to do the job.
They could highlight when and how they are doing things that come naturally rather than trying to manufacture some unrealistic situation or getting children to learn from their mistakes when it happens, which seems a bit cruel.
What are good ways to remind us not to forget or lose things?
The most effective ones I've seen have been setting reminders on phones to make you remember to check things before you leave a place and marking things with bright colours to make them easier to find and definitely having a routine to make the process almost automatic.
Some people also use certain types of attachments for keys and luggage to make them easier to find, which is quite cool, but I don't think you could do that for everything, certainly not big things.
Is it important for students to be organised?
As much as possible, yes.
If you're more organised, then you probably find it easier to get more things done than if you're not, that just makes sense.
And then you're not losing track of information or whatever it is you're supposed to be paying attention to.
Hey, thank you, Rory, for your answers.
Hopefully no one lost their mind with my vocabulary.
This is me. I'm not the only one.
