IELTS Speaking for Success - 🎣 Fishing (S09E18) + Transcript

Episode Date: September 11, 2023

Is fishing popular in your country? Do you like eating fish? Have you ever been to a place where there are lots of fish around you? Have you seen any movies with lots of fish? Why do people go fishing? Tune in and have a great day! - Book a class with Rory here: https://successwithielts.com/rory 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/s09e18 Our IELTS Writing course: https://linktr.ee/wfspremium Find an IELTS Speaking Partner: https://links.successwithielts.com/ieltspartner Our social media: https://linktr.ee/successwithielts © 2023 Success with IELTS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, lovely. I'm Maria. And my name is Rory and we're the host of the AIL 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've started this podcast to give you gorgeous grammar, fabulous vocabulary for your high IELD school. No, I don't really like this chart. But it's beautiful. Oh, my hair's a mess. Oh, my hair. Look at this. No. Maria, your hair is lovely. Oh my God, stop fishing for compliments.

Fishing for compliments? Let's talk about fishing. Yes, dear listener. It's a comeback. We had fish and fishing in 2020, and it's a comeback. Let's talk about fishing. Is fishing popular in your country? I've discovered recently that it's quite common for people to go up north and go salmon fishing there. and then just on the other side of the water on the farther shore, you see lots of guys going there with their fishing rods and keep nets. So it seems like it's quite a common thing. Do you like eating fish?

Oh yeah, I've always loved seafood. My favourite is salmon, whether it's a steak or if it's smoked salmon, it's immaterial. I think I'd probably eat it for lunch and dinner, well, every lunch and dinner, if I could. Have you ever been to a place where there are lots of fish around? you. Yeah, I went scuba diving in Fiji and I was surrounded by all sorts of sea life there. There were sharks and rays and all sorts of fish darting in and out from the different coral reefs as well. And, well, closer to home, there's also a sea life centre and that showcases the fish from cooler climes in much clearer water. So if you're interested in that kind of thing, then you can head there.

Have you seen any movies with lots of fish? I used to watch and re-watch this National Geographic documentary on, well, it's just life in the Caribbean Sea in general, but it also focused on the fish there. And growing up, I loved the Jaws movies. I think more recently, oh yeah, one of the last ones I saw were the Piranha movies. It's like a horror movie that showed different schools and shoals of these killer fish. Why do people go fishing? Well, I mean, the most obvious answer would be. to catch fish, but that's not exactly very complex, is it? So, in more depth, angling is quite a

popular sport where I live, so it could just be for sport. Or in some places it's like a way of life. There's a, I think there's a tribe in Madagascar that I was reading about recently that's they've specialized everything about life in their village to be focused on harvesting things from the sea. So like I say, for them, it's a way of life. We have our premium episodes for you, Speaking Part 2 and 3, where Rory and I give you super ideas, gorgeous grammar and even more fabulous vocabulary. This week, in our premium episodes, we discuss in Speaking Part 2, Ideal Hows, and in Speaking Part 3, we talk about accommodation. Do you check them out, the link is in the description. Hey, thank you for your answers.

You don't need to fish for vocabulary or for ideas about fishing because we've just given you all these fish for ideas. In 2020, we had an episode about fish and fishing, so it's a comeback. Okay? So make sure you listen to our episodes in September 2020. Oh my God, did we talk about this before? Yes. Wow, I do not remember that. So maybe it's time for me to take a trip down memory lane.

A lot of people go salmon fishing. Salmon is a type of fish. We usually eat it in our sushi, salmon, yum, yum, yum, this like. Nice fish. And if you go fishing to catch salmon, so you go salmon fishing. Okay. Dear listener, even if you don't go fishing, you can imagine that, oh yeah, okay, I'm into fishing, so why not? Because it's easier to talk about fishing as if you enjoyed it, okay?

There are some good spots. Sports like fishing spots. Like places to catch fish, right? Yeah. And I think the full collocation is actually fishing spots. So guys, people with their roads or men with their rods, because usually men go fishing. Have you ever seen girls?

Like a group of girls like, hey, let's go fishing girls. I have heard a theory about this. And the reason why it's usually men that go fishing. fishing is because apparently it's an excuse to escape their house and go and drink a lot while they're fishing. Apparently. But that's just a rumor. I don't know if that's true because I haven't been fishing in years. What are keeps nets? Oh, keep nets are amazing. So some people when they catch a fish, they throw it back in the water. But the risk of that is you catch the same fish twice and that can be quite damaging to the fish in addition to being a massive waste of time.

So instead what you do is you have a net next to you, but it's not a shallow net, it's a very deep net, it goes straight down and when you catch your fish, you put it in this net and it can swim around in the free space but it doesn't escape to the wider water and that way you can show people how many fish you can catch and you also avoid damaging the fish, especially if you don't want to kill them. Maybe you're just angling for sport. Angling. So the word angling is a very nice word, which is a synonym, kind of synonym to fishing. Angling, the sport of catching fish. See, so it's kind of a sport. And a person who does it is an angler. Yes.

So, like, a person whose hobby is to catch fish. So it's kind of like professional. Angling, I'm an angler. You can say, oh, I used to be an angler. amateur angler. Oh yeah, there are many anglers there. So people who enjoy catching fish. Why is it called angling? I have no idea. Don't bother.

Eating fish. I enjoy eating fish. I love seafood. And here, dear listener, this is your showtime. You need some specific words about kinds of fish. Roy just said salmon. But come on, it's boring. salmon. Like, you need some kind of like a place.

No one likes eating place. No, place is quite cool. It's a really delicious. I mean, no, no. Place is a kind of flat fish. It's just kind of like me like this, you know, like a pancake. They're flat and bony, I think. I don't think anybody would enjoy eating them. Really? I did. Yes, I caught it myself. So if you go to our Instagram, I posted some stories.

It's a huge one. A place. You must have been out at sea. because they're quite, I don't think they live close to the shore. Were you on a boat? Yeah, of course I was on a boat. Well, no, sorry, do you know what I mean? A large boat in the ocean. Yes, this is what we're doing in Kamchatka.

That is cool. Not just some small rivers in Scotland, Rory. Some proper boats and proper fishing. All right, all right, whatever. The point is that you can use some nice words. For example, my favorite fish is trout. or cod or sturgeon. You see?

Google it. Look at the pictures. Choose two words to impress the examiner. Oh yeah, my favorite is trout. I enjoy grilled sturgeon. Ben nine. Okay, promise. Two words, you don't need all of them.

Don't just go like tuna salmon. It's boring. Give some, you know, proper fish names. I have a challenge for you, actually. If you can find two weird fish and post their names in the chat, I'll see if I know what they are. I promise I won't. There we go, because my fish knowledge is pretty good.

Challenge Rory, find a crazy fish name and ask Rory Rory, do you know what bl-bl-bl-de-le-le-means? Or where can you find this kind of fish? I like a challenge. Yes, don't be a clownfish. A candy listener, just write some crazy fish names. Clown fish, it was a joke. But after my dead joke at the end of the episode, we will be clownfish, everybody. Or dead from the cringe.

You can use the second conditional. I'd have seafood for lunch and dinner if I could. So I would have it if I could. If I had the money, I'd have fish every day, for example. A place where there are lots of fish around you. Rory, tell us, fish, is it fish? Is there are lots of fish? There is lots of fish?

because it's just really fish confusing. Well, if we're talking about many, then it should be there are lots of fish, surely. Do we say there are lots of fishes? You can, but it's not what I would say. I think the word fishes is not in common use. Usually we say there are lots of fish. There are lots of fish.

Fish is delicious. Okay? But if you see many kinds of fish, we can say fishes. But again, usually we say fish. Or if it's a biblical reference. Fish or sea life, I went scuba diving in Fiji and I was surrounded by all kinds of fish, all kinds of species, species, kinds of fish, like rays.

There we go, this flat thing is, rays, sharks, coral reefs. I think race and sharks are actually related to each other. They have a common ancestor. And you can see this with sharks that live at the bottom of the ocean. They tend to be quite flat. And so you can see this shared body shape with the race. You can also lie, dear listener. There are some very good spots to go fishing.

For example, the Bahamas. I've googled it. Or Costa Rica. Okay? Sicily in Italy. Nice of good Mediterranean fishing or Scotland. Hooray! There are some flying fish there.

In Scotland? Okay, okay. Oh my God, yes, actually, this is true. I was standing watching the sea with a friend the other day, and this fish just leapt out of the water. So we do have flying fish. A super strange question. Movies with lots of fish.

Well, jaws, obviously. But then you can go nerdy and say about National Geographic documentaries. I watch. Why did you say schools of fish? schools of killer fish I did this on purpose because you see these two words for groups of fish you have a school of fish and a shawl

of fish and if I'm right it's a school of fish when they are moving but when they stop to feed it's a shoal of fish wow it's just banned 15 the listener seriously people go fishing to catch fish not only that

okay fishing you can say I googled it Fishing is a unique way to get exercise. So you kind of work out, fishing relieves stress. Okay? And fishing improves your concentration because you have to stare at the floating thing. Fishing float.

The mini boy. Yeah, the internet calls it fishing float. Well, I'm calling it a mini boy. And then you can use this word angling. Remember? Angling, like a sport, to catch fish. fish. Angling is a popular sport in some communities. There are many anglers in my region and there is a fishing community in Scotland. Rory talked about Madagascar for some reason, but well, Scotland is...

Oh no, Madagascar is like way far away from Scotland. Yeah. I don't know. It just triggered a memory in me. I remember watching these fishermen and they can swim underwater for like two minutes without coming up for air, which is amazing. I can barely manage 30 seconds. So it's like their bodies have adapted to the water. That's so cool. Yeah, yeah, but they do this not to go fishing. Oh, no, they free dive and they catch fish. This nups them with harpoons, I think, or with spears.

Oh, I see, okay. Very impressive. So, dear listener, are you ready for the joke? I am not ready for the joke. And, dear listener, if you listen to this episode super attentively and you understood some of the vocabulary, you will get the joke and you will laugh. Okay? Why are fish so smart?

Why? Because they swim in schools. They swim in schools, dear listener. Did you get that? Why are fish so smart? Clever, because they swim in schools, a school of fish. Right. Thank you very much for watching, for listening, for buying our premium episodes.

Yes, we do have Speaking Part 2 and 3. the link is in the description. Do check our premium episodes. Thank you. Be with us right in the comments. Okay. Bye. Bye. Is fishing popular in your country? I've discovered recently that it's quite common for people to go up north and go salmon fishing there. And then just on the other side of the water on the farther shore, you see lots of guys going there with their fishing rods and keep nets. so it seems like it's quite a common thing. Do you like eating fish?

Oh yeah, I've always loved seafood. My favorite is salmon, whether it's a steak or if it's smoked salmon, it's immaterial. I think I'd probably eat it for lunch and dinner, well, every lunch and dinner, if I could. Have you ever been to a place where there are lots of fish around you? Yeah, I went scuba diving in Fiji, and I was surrounded by all sorts of sea life there. There were sharks and rays and all sorts of fish darting in and out from the different coral reefs as well. And, well, closer to home, there's also a sea life centre and that showcases the fish from cooler climbs in much clearer water. So if you're interested in that kind of thing, then you can head there.

Have you seen any movies with lots of fish? I used to watch and re-watch this National Geographic documentary on, well, it's just life in the Caribbean Sea and jibes. general, but it also focused on the fish there. And growing up, I loved the Jaws movies. I think more recently, oh yeah, one of the last ones I saw were the Piranha movies. It's like a horror movie that showed different schools and shoals of these killer fish. Why do people go fishing? Well, I mean, the most obvious answer would be to catch fish, but that's not exactly very complex, is it? So, in more depth, angling is quite a popular sport where I live. So it could just be for sport. Or in some places it's like a way of life. There's a,

I think there's a tribe in Madagascar that I was reading about recently that's, they've specialized everything about life in their village to be focused on harvesting things from the sea. So like I say, for them, it's a way of life.