IELTS Speaking for Success - 🚘 Cars (S07E30) + Transcript

Episode Date: August 29, 2022

Do you like cars? What cars do you like? Do you prefer to be a driver or a passenger? What do you usually do in a traffic jam? When do you travel by car? Do you prefer sitting in the front or back? Tune in and have a great day! - Video version of the episode: https://youtu.be/h9_6ySK3x5w Get exclusive episodes on IELTS Speaking parts 1, 2, and 3: https://linktr.ee/sfspremium Our course on Phrasal Verbs: https://successwithielts.com/podcourses Transcript: https://successwithielts.com/s07e30 Our IELTS Writing podcast: https://linktr.ee/wfspremium Find an IELTS Speaking Partner: https://links.successwithielts.com/ieltspartner Our social media: https://linktr.ee/successwithielts © 2022 Success with IELTS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, sweetheart. I'm Maria. And my name is Rory. We're the host of the AIL Speaking for Success podcast. The podcast themes to help you improve your speaking skills, as well as your listening skills along the way. We've started this podcast to give you gorgeous grammar and super duper vocabulary for your high IOT score. Bad 9 score.

Rory. Rory, you're late again. Oh. I know. I'm really sorry. We had to get the car back. and we got caught in a traffic jam, so we're a little bit late. Sorry about that.

Cars. Shall we talk about cars? Why not? We used to have the topic of car trips, and we do have an episode, an audio episode about car trips, but now it's just cars. Rory is super excited about cars, because this is what he's inter, right, Rory? Intercars. No, I'm not.

I know nothing of cars. This is going to be great. A good example if you know nothing about this subject. Robbie, do you like cars? Well, I like how they can get me where I need to be relatively quickly and efficiently compared to other forms of transport. If you mean, do I like them like I would a hobby, then no. I don't see that as a good use of my time. What cars do you like? Ones that work? I don't really follow what the latest models are, with their various accessories and add-ons. Sorry.

Do you prefer to be a driver or a passenger? Absolutely a passenger. There is less responsibility for the safety of the car and navigation and the general upkeep of the thing. All you need to do is sit there and not be too distracting. It's a breeze. What do you usually do in a traffic jam? Well, assuming I've charged my phone and just sit and read

or listen to videos online, there's precious little else to do until the problem fixes itself, and I'm not a mechanic. If it's a very long, arduous process, then I might sit and complain online about it. But that's just cursing at the wind, isn't it? When do you travel by car? All the time, really.

I get lifts to and from work and university, and I take taxis home on work nights out, and nights out in general. And I'll learn to drive one day, so that will also make up a big part of my day, I suppose, when I'm doing, well, when I'm engaged in the learning process. Do you prefer sitting in the front,

at the back? I used to prefer being in the front seat, but to be honest, I can sit just about anywhere now as long as it's not the middle of the back, well, the back row or the back seat. It's a bit uncomfortable being sandwiched in there when you have legs the length of mine, and then obviously if there's a crash, then you could be ejected through the wind screen. So that's not a terribly nice thought either, is it? Thank you, Rory, for your answers. Hopefully they didn't drive you up the wall.

Hey, I got in my joke. Today we're going to talk about cars. However, that's just on the free version. In our premium version, I'm also going to talk about parts two and three. For part two, I'll describe a time that I helped a child, and in part three, I'll talk about a time when I volunteered. So it's helping all around. You can check out the links for that in the description below.

Yay, our favorite idiom to drive somebody up the wall. So, for example, I can say that, oh, your coincidences drive me up the wall. It's like, they annoy me. Well, that's unfortunate. Or Maria's jokes drive me up the wall. Right, as you've noticed, Rory's answers were really short. Because Rory is just not into cars, and that's fine, you know. Your answers in Speaking Part 1 could be short.

Again, if it's not your topic, if it's not something you are inter, that's okay. But still, he kind of gave the answers. He explained why, so we're happy with that, right? So the examiner will just move to another topic, and there you can give a bit longer answers, but in terms of the length, so we were fine. Actually, to be honest, these answers, the length of them is probably about appropriate for part one answers, usually mine are a bit longer, just so I can cram in some vocabulary. So they're okay, I think.

How much should I say in speaking part one? Enough. Maximum two or three sentences? Two or three, yeah, but really, just answer the question, right? If you give like two sentences and that's it, you can't give anything else, that's fine. Two or three. If you're giving more, the examiner will just stop you. How much do I say?

As much as it takes. Cause. Rory uses cars to get him where he. needs to be. Right. As opposed to, unlike most people who do not do... Yeah, and you just compare other people who like them as a hobby, right?

So, do I like them like I would a hobby? No. So cars are not a hobby for Rory. It's just a form of transport. Cars or vehicles, forms of transport. Yeah. And what cars do you like? And Rory, you said that, I don't really follow the latest models.

Models of cars, right? So if you know what, if you have a particular kind of car that you like, then you could talk about the model. And that would be the type of car. But if you're like me and you're totally ignorant, then you can drop the word model in there. And there you go. Some topic-specific vocabulary for talking about cars. And you don't even need to try that hard. Yeah.

And then you can say a couple of things about the brands. So, Roy, okay, let's do this. I'm going to give you the brand of a car, but I'm going to mispronounce it. So I'm going to say it in the wrong way. Oh, God. And you should give the correct pronunciation. I should, but will this actually work? Let's see.

Yeah, okay. Ferrari. Ferrari. Ferrari. I like Ferrari. And do I say that I like Ferry? Ferrari or I like Ferraris or I just like Ferrari. Oh gosh.

Sorry, excuse me. I'm so bored of talking about cars already. So I like Ferrari the company, but I like Ferraris, the cars. I like Bouditi. It's that Bugatti? Yes. Yeah, I like Bugattis. Bugattis, right?

So many Bugattis. I don't know what that is. Bugatti is. luxurious brand Italian. It's really expensive. Bugatti cars. What about the car that James Bond drives? That's an Austin Martin. Austin Martin, yeah. What's about the car which is

similar to an animal? A nice animal? Yeah. Well, that could be anything because you have a Mustang, which is a kind of horse. Okay. What were you thinking of? J. J. Oh, Jaguar.

Yeah, that's a British brand. Jaguar. Yeah. They don't make them anymore. I think they went out of business. Really? Oh, wow. I don't know.

I think they did. Okay. I'm not very sure about that, but definitely, oh, maybe that was rover. The British car industry is not what it used to be. Hmm. Pity. Yeah, and Rova. So land rover.

So I enjoy Land Rovers, Ferraris, right, Jaguers. And what about Mercedes? Mercedes. Mercedes. Is that Mercedes? Mercedes. I prefer Mercedes, Mercedes, right? What about three-letter car?

BMW? Correct. BMW. And one of the porchesth cars is the porches. The Porsche. Well, you know, it's funny because apparently in America, they say Porsche. But in the UK, I've always heard it pronounce. to Porsche. So which is it?

Porsche. I think more commonly they say Porsche. Yeah. For example, in France, Monica, and we talked about it, it's like Monica got a Porsche and they said Porsche or Porsche. I thought they said Porsche, which I was just like, that sounds too close

to the name, Porsche, which is a girl's name. Porsche. That doesn't sound right. But then American pronunciation is different. Yeah, do you listen. So you can just go ahead and name some of the brands. And again, even if you don't have like a Jaguar or a Roseroys, you can say, I like them. I'd like to have a Ferrari. I like a James Bond's car. So yeah, go ahead throw in some brands of cars, Mercedes.

Right. Then Rory prefers to be a passenger. So we have a driver and a passenger. And Rory, you said that you prefer to sit where? The front. prefer, I prefer the front. I used to prefer sitting in the front. No, I don't care. Actually, it really does depend because do you ever go in a taxi and sometimes you don't really want to talk to people so you just sit in the back? Oh, pretty much all the time. Yeah, I used to be quite good at speaking to people in taxis but now I'm usually working so it's like, I'm really sorry I can't sit in chat. I have to like write a message. Oh yeah. So we say sit in the front or sit at the back or in the back?

Doesn't matter. So in the back or at the back? Also, can I say at the front? To sit at the front. Right. Or to sit in the front seat. Sit? I prefer the front seat.

It's not front, it's front. Front seat? Yeah, I always sit at the back. Whenever I take a taxi, always at the back. Rory prefers to be a passenger because there is a less responsibility for the safety of the car, also for the safety of other people around, for the safety of trees and, you know, everything. For the safety of anyone near a car that I'm in, I should be a passenger. And navigation. Navigation, you mean the... Navigating, finding your way around.

Yeah. And by the way, this one is called a steering wheel. I was going to say, is this the universal sign for navigating. Yeah. And then all you need to do is sit, relax, and Rory said, it's a breeze. But that just means it's easy. IELTS, it's a breeze. It is a breeze. You just don't panic.

After this podcast, it's just, it's a breeze. What did you mean by a very long adios? Adios. Adieu? process. Arduous. And you usually feel tired after an arduous process because it's taxing and it makes you tired. Yeah. And if you're stuck in a traffic jam, so it's adduous, can a journey be arduous? Yes. What else can be arduous? Talking about cars for 20 minutes? Yeah. Yeah. And then that's just cursing at the wind. But that just means it's like complaining about something, but it's usually

because it just happens anyway. Hmm. Could you give us another example? When can I use it? Well, it's just, it's just another way of saying it's totally useless. So, like, if someone's complaining

about the fact that it's raining outside, and you just say, like, well, that's just cursing at the wind, isn't it? Because there's nothing you can do. You can't turn off the rain. Oh, such a pity.

I always complain about the rain. Just rain. Stop it. Just, just... Capasa! Just stop it. Yeah, I always curse at the wind. I talk to rain. I often talk to snow and to wind. When the wind is really strong, I just talk to wind. Out loud in the street. Yeah, that's me. Hello. I'm Maria. I talk to the... I'm Maria. Cursing at the wind. Right. So we can say that I get lifts to and from work. So if you get a lift, somebody

gives you a lift in their car. They pick you up, which is another phrase of verb. Yeah, and kind of like you pick something up or Rory gets picked up by somebody so you can say I get lifts, lifts to and from work or I give lifts to somebody to my friends, mine. I pick them up from school, I pick my children from school or I know from somewhere

What could be sandwiched in there sandwiched But that just means that you're You have people on either side of you And it's a bit cramped so your shoulders are up around you And you're trying to fit in So if for example there are like what Four people at the back

Right of a car So it gets cramped If you have four people in the back of a car Then it's illegal You can only fit three people can you? Yeah, yeah but some people do that, right? Do they?

Who? Oh, yeah, yeah. Is it you? No, no. I don't drive. I have a driver license, but I don't drive. That's because you're sensible... It's dangerous for the world.

Apparently, the streets of Moscow were only designed to hold 100,000 cars, but there are like a million cars in Moscow. So this explains why it's such a disaster for driving around it, which is something I have described in our premium podcast. I think it was part two. I had to talk about being in a traffic jam, and I talked about that. So there you go.

Check that out. The links are in the description below. Also some advertising. We talked about that last time as well. Yeah, Rory, if you had a car, what car would it be? Rolls-Royce? It would be a driverless car, so I didn't have to drive it. Oh, so something like a Tesla, driverless?

Yeah. Would that a driver? Wow. That would be good. What about you? I would like to have a Jaguar or a Porsche. Ferrari would be nice. Yeah.

Red, red Ferrari. Yeah. Nice. I would have like red shoes and, um, anyway, thank you for listening. Yes, it's important that your car matches your shoes. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, and with nail polish also.

See you next week. Bye. Thank you, dear listener. We are not going to go on this tangent, shoe tangent. So thank you for listening. Bye. Rory, do you like cars? Well, I like how they can get me where I need to be relatively quickly and efficiently

compared to other forms of transport. If you mean, do I like them like I would a hobby, then no. I don't see that as a good use of my time. What cars do you like? Ones that work? They don't really follow what the latest models are with their various accessories and add-ons. Sorry. Do you prefer to be a driver or a passenger?

Absolutely a passenger. There is less responsibility for the safety of the car and navigation and the general upkeep of the thing. All you need to do is sit there and not be too distracting. It's a breeze. What do you usually do in a traffic jam? Well, assuming I've charged my phone, I'm just sit and read or listen to videos online. There's precious little else to do until the problem fixes itself, and I'm not a mechanic. If it's a very long, arduous process, then I might sit and complain online about it.

But that's just cursing at the wind, isn't it? When do you travel by car? All the time, really. I get lifts to and from work and university, and I take taxis home on work nights out, and nights out in general. And I'll learn to drive one day, so that will also make up a big part of my day, I suppose, when I'm doing, well, when I'm engaged in the learning process. Do you prefer sitting in the front or at the back? I used to prefer being in the front seat, but to be honest, I can sit just about anywhere now as long as it's not the middle of the back, well, the back row or the back seats. It's a bit uncomfortable being sandwiched in there when you have legs the length of mine, and then obviously if there's a crash, then you could be ejected through the wind screen.

So that's not a terribly nice thought either, is it?