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In this sample answer, I'm going to provide you a answer and a sample answer on the place question.

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Now, it's very possible that when you do your upcoming speaking test that you can be asked about an

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object, a place, an event, a situation, an incident.

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All right.

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So let's take a look at how this question or this answer would sound.

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So we're going to talk about swimming.

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Describe a popular place in your country for swimming.

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And we have four points here.

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We're going to talk about where.

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Where is it?

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What type of people go there?

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Where when do they usually go there and explain whether the place is good to go to?

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So for each of these points, for each of these prompts, I'll put down three discussion points that

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I'm going to talk about.

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Now, if you want to put down to discussion points, that's fine.

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If you want to just have one discussion point for each prompt, that's fine.

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It's just that when you have one discussion point, that means you have to really explain and extend

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your ideas on that one discussion point for each prompt.

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So let's talk about a swimming place.

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And first, we're going to talk about where is it?

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And I'm going to talk about the OR discuss the National ATC Aquatic Training Center.

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I'll use an abbreviation.

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I encourage you to also use abbreviations.

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Burma Camp Ex Military Base.

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Now here I've combined the opening and point number one together.

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So let's hear what this sounds like.

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The most famous one, the most famous swimming facility in Ghana is the National Aquatic Center, located

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on the outskirts of Accra, which is the financial capital of Ghana.

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This place is also known as the Burma Camp Outdoor Swimming Facility, and a notable number of citizens

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from all walks of life swim in this 50 meter lane Olympic sized pool.

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Most locals know that Burma camp is located on a property near Kotoka Airport, which was formerly operated

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on by the military forces of Ghana.

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From the center of town.

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It would take approximately 25 minutes to reach the site.

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Right.

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So it's perfectly fine for you, for you to combine your opening and your point number one.

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Now, if you notice, I'm just very direct.

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I'm not using really a cliche opening of today.

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I'm going to talk about that's fine.

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But it's almost like 80% of the people that I hear do a part to response.

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They all start out the exact same way.

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Today I'm going to talk about today I'm going to talk about sometimes you can just be very direct in

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terms of in terms of really getting into the question right away, because that 2 minutes runs very,

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very fast.

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I'm going to read that opening and point number one again for you.

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The most famous swimming facility in Ghana is the National Aquatic Centre, located on the outskirts

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of Accra, which is the financial capital of Ghana.

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This place is also known as the Burma Camp Outdoor Swimming Facility, and a notable number of citizens

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from all walks of life swim in this 50 metre lane Olympic sized pool.

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Most locals know that Burma camp is located on a property near Kotoka Airport, which was formerly operated

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on by the military forces of Ghana.

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From the centre of town.

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It would take approximately 25 minutes to reach the site.

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Now, one thing I wanted you to hear is my chunking in that answer.

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See you in K and G.

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To really sound like a native speaker, you have to really be able to chunk the words together.

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Here we have some good language in terms of locations, outskirts, you know, really swimming facility,

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good language from all walks of life.

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Right.

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So let's keep talking about point number two.

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What people go there.

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I'm going to talk about professional swimmers, military trainees and everyday people.

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So let's hear what that type of answer would sound like.

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I'm happy to say that Burma camp provides opportunities for people from different segments of the population,

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which is a huge plus because everyone should benefit from this publicly funded facility.

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That being said, professional Olympic training swimmers are fixtures at the facility because it's one

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of the only options that adheres to international standards.

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Besides the professionals, on certain days, the military takes over the facility to train new Navy

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cadets.

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Yes, the military and professionals are present at Burma, but also the facility managers guarantee

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that general public has full weekend access.

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Och, I'm going to read that one more time.

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I'm happy to say that Burma camp provides opportunities for people from different segments of the population,

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which is a huge plus because everyone should benefit from this publicly funded facility.

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That being said, professional Olympic training swimmers are fixtures at the facility because it's one

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of the only options that adheres to international standards.

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Besides the professionals, on certain days, the military takes over the facility to train new Navy

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cadets.

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Yes, the military and professionals are present at Burma, but also the facility managers guarantee

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that the general public has full weekend access.

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Point number three.

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When do they usually go there?

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Right.

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Point number three, when do they usually go there?

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I'm going to talk about who goes there on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday and Thursday and the

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weekend.

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Now this swimming pool is open to the public only on certain days.

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To be honest, I prefer if the average Joe could swim at Burma every day.

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But as it is, their time is reserved for the weekends and limited periods.

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On Monday and Wednesday.

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They have this limited time because the facility supervisors reserve 2 to 3 lanes, specifically for

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the Olympic trainees on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

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Tuesdays and Thursdays are completely off limits to everyone except military service persons who require

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water training.

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Now we're going to move on to point number four, explain whether if it is a good place to go.

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And I'm going to talk about the reasons being clean water and also I can find a partner there.

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So you can see here, I'm only talking about two discussion points.

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All right.

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So here will be point number four.

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To wrap up, I'll touch on what makes Burma camp a wonderful option for swim lovers.

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In the past, those who desire to train for swimming suffer from a lack of clean water facilities that

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were maintained at international standards since the opening of the swim facility.

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All citizens are extremely satisfied to experience water free of harmful chemicals on a personal level.

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I've benefited by connecting with new swim partners who can push me to train and maintain a high level

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of health.

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All right.

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So thank you very much for listening to this sample of a place answer and I look forward to joining

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you in the next video.