IELTS Speaking for Success - 🏞️ Views (Part 1) + Transcript

Episode Date: May 26, 2026

Get access to our episode archive: https://www.patreon.com/ieltssfs Are you 'fussy' about where you stay? Rory discusses seeing the galaxy and why Scottish scenery is on a par with the world's best, while Maria reveals why she's a very 'choosy' traveler these days! Tune in and have a great day! - Book a class with Rory here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://successwithielts.com/rory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Transcript: https://successwithielts.com/ Find an IELTS Speaking Partner: https://links.successwithielts.com/ieltspartner Our social media: https://linktr.ee/successwithielts © 2025 Podcourses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello, lovely. I'm Maria. My name is Rory and I am Olympic skating champion and we're the host of the IELTH Speaking for Success podcast. The podcast that aims to help you improve your speaking skills as well as your listening skills along the way. So you're a champion now. Figure skating, is it? Yes, I don't know where that came from, but that's what it is now.

Dear listener, every time we start an episode, Rory makes up a new profession. He thinks it's funny and he's just bored with his life. So every time he says, oh, I'm a detective. I'm, what were you there? Like a chewing gum tester. I test chewing gum. I started off being a dance instructor, then professional chewing gum tester.

That was your idea. Starship captain, qualified yoga teacher. That's actually true. Private detective. Now I'm Olympic skating champion So you said I had a very boring life But it seems that you're a role I'm absolutely wrong

Do you have like a nice view On the skating rink Or on ice From your window Well I like to think my view is quite nice Yes Hmm Shall we talk about views

Yes I'll give you my viewpoint So views Is the topic I mean views Like what do you see from the window is it a nice view, not a nice view, a city view, a view of nature? Do you prefer views of urban or rural areas?

I don't mind either, really, and I've seen a lot of both. If I have to choose one, though, I suppose it would be rural ones, just because I don't see them very often nowadays, so it would be nice to have more of that in my life. What unforgettable views have you seen? Oh, plenty. When I lived in Timor, we didn't have any street lighting. So you could see not only the stars, but also the galaxy at night. And that was pretty spectacular.

I've also been up and down all kinds of mountains and high places around the world, so I've enjoyed the views from them. My favorite was in a place called Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan. You can look out over the whole city from the citadel there. It's apparently over five. thousand years old, which makes sense, given how huge and old-looking it is. Do you prefer views in your own country or in other countries? I'm not fuss, to be honest. I'm usually just happy to have something nice to look at.

There were some great sites to see in lots of countries, but they're on a par with those in Scotland, though I suppose it might be a bit warmer elsewhere. Do you like taking pictures of different views? I think I must have taken one or two photos when I've been in some of the more memorable places or places I want to remember but it's more for the memory and less for the view so the focus will be more on the people I'm with

or whatever we're doing at the time Do you enjoy visiting places or with beautiful views? Doesn't everyone? No one wants to be surrounded by terrible scenery, do they? Though that's not the main reason I'll be in any given place. It's more for the people or the events there rather than anything related to the surroundings.

As you know, we now release all of our premium content for free, and it's available for one month. After one month, it goes into our super secret archive. To sign up for the archive, click the link in the description below. See you soon. Right, dear listener, so views, views of the city, of, nature and we can talk about scenery okay scenery is actually one of the IOT speaking part one topics we've talked about scenery before yeah like countryside nature the natural environment and we say breathtaking spectacular scenery nature or breathtaking views

breathtaking like they take your breath away they are so fantastic you are open the window and you see beautiful mountains and you're, wow, they take your breath away. Fantastic views, breathtaking views. Views could be rural views or urban views. Can we say that? I think so. You definitely see things in cities, so. Yeah, so everything about cities, we call them urban, urban areas, urban.

urban places because urban is about cities. Rural areas about the countryside. So rural areas in the countryside and nature or urban. I prefer both. I prefer urban views and rural views. Or views of nature, views of cities. But if I have to choose, I suppose it will be ta-ta-ta-ta-ta. If I had to choose, it would be rural ones, ones like views. Or if I had to choose one, it would be urban ones, urban views. Unforgetable views, you can't forget them, they are so amazing. So breathtaking views, fantastic views, spectacular views, the same, you know, fantastic, spectacular. Wow.

Wow. And Rory talked about his trip to Timor when he saw breathtaking views of what, of mountains. Of the galaxy. Of the galaxy, like stars and stuff. He saw different planets and all of stars. That was pretty spectacular. Like, whoa, I saw the stars. And Rory used super grammar here with Not Only. Did I?

Yeah, you connected the idea. well with not only. How? Where? When? I could see not only the stars, but the galaxy at night. I've also been up and down all kinds of mountains. You see, present perfect, because you've seen it. And the question is, have you seen any unforgettable views? Deal listening, here you can lie.

Just talk about mountains. Talk about stars at night. Okay? Say, okay, once I went to... Is it the Everest or Everest? Just Everest. I've enjoyed the views of the sea, of Everest, volcanoes, there we go, even if you haven't seen them. I prefer views in my country or I prefer views in other countries.

Rory says, I'm not fast, to be honest. Like, I'm not fussed about it. You know, it's not important for me. I just like nice views. I am not fast about it. it's an idiom. Is it? Yeah, kind of like, I'm satisfied with any view.

They ask you, oh, like, would you like cola or fanta? I'm not fussy. I'm not fussed about it. I don't care. Just give me both. And that will be important when you're asked these kinds of questions. If you are a person like me and you're just happy to be there, happy to be invited, then you could say, I'm not fussed, I'm not bothered,

or I don't mind either. these will be good answers. Sometimes people think you must give a definite answer to these questions. But other times, you just don't mind. You're a very happy person. Right, Roy, but if I am fussed, like, what do I say? I don't know. I can't help you, Maria.

I'm not a person that's fussed. What about, can I say I'm picky? I'm choosy. Oh, you're picky. Hmm, yes. So, what could it be here? I'm very fussy about the scenery and the views. If you're this kind of person, congratulations.

You have no real problems in life. Yeah, but Fussy is like to be not easily satisfied and it's negative. But it's C2. Fussy is C2. There we go. Right, you listen. So if Rory is not fast about it, but I am. See, I'm very choosy about my views.

I choose the hotel thoroughly. I need a good view. I need a good bed. I need good food. You know, I'm very choosy. Because I've done things in life. So, you know, now I want comfort of beauty and style. After, you know, like 30 years of not having this thing.

30 years of hard work. Maria needs to rest. Sleeping on the stones. Sleeping outside. You know, that's it. I'm not doing it anymore. So, to be. Fussy. C2, Ben 9, not easily satisfied or having very high standards.

For example, a fussy eater. So you eat food and you have high standards. So I'm fussy about hotels. I'm fussy about the views, right? But also you can say choosy, right, Rory? Yes. For example. Well, you could say I'm quite choosy about the kinds of views that I have where I live. or I'm not very choosy if you're not fast. And if the examiner asks you, do you prefer this or that? You can say, oh, I'm not fast, to be honest, or actually, I'm fussy about something.

You take pictures of different views. I enjoy taking pictures of scenery, of people. So you don't make pictures. No, no, no, no, no. You take pictures of people, of nature, of beautiful scenery. And here you can say, oh, yeah, I've taken. many photos of memorable places, memorable places that you can remember. It's more for the memory.

Just like for me to remember these views, I enjoy places or areas with beautiful views. Again, beautiful. The examiner says beautiful, but you say, oh, I enjoy breathtaking views. I enjoy spectacular views. I enjoy fantastic views. I enjoy places surrounded by breathtaking scenes. And then you lie about... And then the lying can begin.

Yeah, yeah. Then I enjoy the views of deserts and mountains and the Pacific Ocean, the Himalayas. And now we are ready for the joke. So the joke is, did you enjoy your trip to the Swiss Alps? Yes, it was amazing. Did you enjoy the views? Hmm. No.

Why not? The mountains blocked the view. Funny. Not funny, do you listen. Rory, explain the joke, will you? The mountains in Switzerland are famous because they look beautiful. But of course they're very big, so they will stop you from seeing other things. So the person is saying, the review ruined the view.

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Rating Agreement with Eye Gaming Ontario. Do you prefer views of urban or rural areas? I don't mind either, really, and I've seen a lot of both. If I have to choose one, though, I suppose it would be rural ones, just because I don't see them very often nowadays, so it would be nice to have more of that in my life. What unforgettable views have you seen? Oh, plenty.

When I lived in Timor, we didn't have any street lighting. So you could see not only the stars, but also the galaxy at night. And that was pretty spectacular. I've also been up and down all kinds of mountains and high places around the world, so I've enjoyed the views from them. My favorite was in a place called Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan. You can look out over the whole city from the citadel there. It's apparently over 5,000 years old, which makes sense, given how huge and old-looking it is.

Do you prefer views in your own country or in other countries? I'm not fuss, to be honest. I'm usually just happy to have something nice to look at. There were some great sites to see in lots of countries, but they're on a par with those in Scotland, though I suppose it might be a bit warmer elsewhere. Do you like taking pictures of different views? I think I must have taken one or two photos

when I've been in some of the more memorable places, or places I want to remember, but it's more for the memory and less for the view, so the focus will be more on the people I'm with or whatever we're doing at the time. Do you enjoy visiting places or with beautiful views? Doesn't everyone? No one wants to be surrounded by terrible scenery, do they?

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