📖 Describe a person who likes to read a lot (Part 2) + Transcript

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  Foreign.

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  And welcome into IELTS speaking part 2.

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  Describe a person who likes to read a lot.

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  You should say who he or she is, how you knew them, what they read, and explain why you think he or she likes to read a lot.

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  Rory, hello.

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  Hello.

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  Are you going to be talking about yourself?

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  No, I can't talk about myself.

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  I thought about it, but I've thought about someone else.

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  Okay, give us your story.

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  Well, I suppose when it comes down to it, other than myself, my parents probably read a lot, especially my mom, who used to be an editor of several magazines.

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  So she had to proofread and provide lots of reports based on what she read as part of her job.

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  Beyond that, I think her literary tastes are quite broad.

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  Actually, the last book she read was an autobiography of Miriam Margulies, who is a famous actress in our country.

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  And that was an extremely informal read, and I know because I picked it up after her.

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  And then when you contrast that with the authoritative history of the Kennedy family, I remember her talking to me about when I was a child.

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  That gives you a good idea of the.

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  Well, at least the extensive and casual reading focus she has for work.

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  She must have had to read hundreds, if not thousands of reports about various publications on what they were focusing on, in addition to the articles that were being written themselves.

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  And she also reads our local and national papers and sort of delights in finding errors in the copy there.

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