2020-07-23
21 分钟Hello, lovely.
I'm Maria, and my name is Rory, and we are the host of the IELTS speaking for Success podcast, the podcast that aims to help you improve your speaking skills as well as your listening skills along the way.
We started this podcast because we want you to use high level words and gorgeous grammar in your everyday English and in your ielts speaking exam.
Rory, you're enjoying your holiday drinking beer, right?
No, actually, I hate beer.
I prefer wine.
Wine?
Yes.
Now we're speaking the same language.
Oh, that's a coincidence, because today we're going to talk about languages.
Ooh, yes, dear listener in ielts speaking, part one, they can ask you questions about languages.
Rory, do you like learning languages?
I think I like the idea of learning a language more than the practicalities of it.
It's fun to learn some isolated phrases to get by, but it's actually quite a difficult thing to do to learn a language, and it takes up a lot of time, so it's sort of like 50 50 when I think about it.
What languages do you speak?
Well, I speak English fluently, obviously, because I'm a native speaker, but I also speak Russian passably, and I can speak a little bit of Swedish and high school French from, like, back in the day.
How good is your Russian?
Probably pre intermediate for vocabulary and elementary for grammar.
I hate grammar.
Are you learning any foreign languages now?