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Good morning. This is the Oxford AQA English as a second language speaking test 9280. Candidate name Jian Aean. Candidate number 0002. Part one, card A.
Jan, what can I see in the photo? In this photograph, I can see a woman sitting down on a bench at a basketball court. Yeah. I can see that the woman is holding the basketball, reflecting probably the game that she played. Yes. However, based on her expression on her face, I can see that she's not so pleased. She could be reflecting whether this or indecisive about whether this is the right sport for her to play. As for behind her, I did see a man coming up. Um, probably he played the basketball game with her and he also seems uh um aware that she's upset, something is wrong. He's probably going to comfort her. Uh as for the background, I can see that um it is a very modern area as there are large uh or tall actually buildings and I can also see that there's a bunch of uh palm trees. So I'm assuming that this is a modern basketball court as uh usually the backgrounds that face these basketball courts are modern areas. Understand?
Would you like to take part in sport or watch sport? As for taking part in sport, I enjoy taking part part in my local clubs. I've tried practically every single sport in my club, whether it's tennis, um um football, swimming, kung fu, I tried it all. I enjoyed it uh entirely. Um as for where I like to watch sport, honestly, if I have the chance, I enjoy watching it in the stadium. to elaborate. Um it's a lot more exhilarating in the field. All the uh intensity and um the suspense of it all is incredible and I honestly uh only have went to the stadium once. However, I would like to go and revisit it again.
Tell me about a time when you have played or watched the sport and as you just mentioned enjoy it very much. Uh two years ago. Mhm. Uh uh it was my first um stadium experience. Um it was actually in Emirates. Uh and my father lives in Emirates. So he had the opportunity to get of near my mother tickets. I've got to say my heart stopped beating once I once he told me that he got tickets at last. I've been wanting to go to the a match for ever since I could remember because uh football is practically in our blood at this point. Uh as Arabs I feel like um we not only watch football for entertainment but we um take it as a form of pride. So I I was very uh I was very proud to be um uh for my country to be representing uh such an important match.
Wonderful. What are the benefits of being active in general? Well, there are plenty of benefits of being active, but in my personal opinion, I feel like there's practically two main points of being active. For instance, um you could avoid um uh receiving or getting um dangerous diseases. Uh for instance, chronic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, um obesity, diabetes, and due to the fact that these diseases are so common nowadays, it almost seems as if it's genetic. And it's honestly very um saddening to see to see many people that I adore, many people that mean the world to me getting such harmful diseases easily just because they are not um taking care of themselves. There is also a way where you can uh build muscles because practically almost every single um task we do somewhat needs some physical strength. Definitely. For instance, if you're helping your mother uh with groceries, carrying groceries, uh carrying heavy items, um you need to have a bit of physical strength you can handle doing such tasks. Yeah, that is definitely right.
And what do you personally do to be active or to keep active? Personally, I feel like the greatest way for you to uh keep fit is to do something you adore, something you enjoy in order that's the best way for you to burn calories. As for my personal preference, I enjoy doing intense um sports like martial arts. I didn't see that coming. It might seem a surprise, but yes, I enjoy martial arts intensely. um is just uh incredibly in incredibly exhilarating and the um I enjoy kicking and boxing and yes it is intense for a woman but it is incredibly enjoyable and that's the best way for me to really um
Thank you very much Jan. This is the end of part one. Now let's move to part two theme two local national international global areas of interest. Um Jan where have you been on holiday recently? Well as I mentioned in the first part I go to Emirates frequently. Yeah. Um was the holiday it is? Well since my father lives there we have to visit him every once in a while. So every uh chance I get, I have to go visit him. Yeah. Once school is off uh for 2 weeks or maybe less.
What did you do last time? Last time um my this right uh in front of my uh house or where my father's house actually there's actually a beautiful or beach. Yeah. Uh and something peculiar about that beach is that the water is actually warm. Not cold. Not cold. Not even in winter. It's incredibly hot, just like a sauna. So, it was very interesting to experience such an odd beach. We also like to enjoy um uh peculiar as well uh cafes or different desserts, trendy desserts. For example, uh last time we tried an a molten cake that was incredibly heavy. However, I enjoyed it a lot because I'm a sweet, too. Wow.
Wonderful. What is your dream or your ideal holiday? Where my dream holiday? Um, honestly has to be the Maldives. Maldives. Yes. Everyone has practically always talked about the Maldives. Well, to elaborate, it's a beautiful location with cer crystal clear water and the beach is practically empty. I feel like it's not a very crowded area as the other beaches. There is also traditional holiday homes that consist of wooden homes with uh straws as a roof, which is actually um uh by the shore, right by the shore. You could practically get out of the house and have the water beneath your feet. And honestly, that's a dream for me to have as I adore the ocean. That makes two of us.
What are the benefits of traveling in your perspective? In my personal perspective, I believe that traveling has loads of different benefits both mentally and physically. Mentally, you get to relax, loosen up, and forget about all the troubles and uh of reality, homework, and you get to basically live a whole different world for just a little while. As for physically, obviously you get to carry a whole bunch of heavy suitcases and the journey of uh is incredibly uh vast and you practically have to um handle it all. Especially um the parents. The parents obviously are the ones that carry the suitcases, take care of their children, have to do all the to do all the paperwork, and the children just get to enjoy it all. So like now that I'm getting older, I am now realizing that um I was basically um um not really realizing or uh how serious or how tiring traveling is because I used to just lazily do nothing as a child.
Now let's move to part uh two theme three. You've just described your ideal holiday. And now you get to describe your ideal job. My ideal job is has to consist of something I am passionate about. Like what? For instance, uh English. I know it might seem a cliche because obviously we're doing a speaking exam right now, but no, I do enjoy English with all my heart. Ever since I was a child, I've enjoyed reading and writing. So I'm hoping to go into uh a faculty or a field that consists of that um that fac that uh English English subject um for instance whether it's writing or teaching I would prefer for me to be in that that faculty writing or teaching yes and there are two totally different things yes I'm try I will hopefully try to balance it out as there are both things I'm incredibly passionate about. In my personal perspective, I find it basically torture if someone doesn't um uh go for a job that they're passionate about. Doing something you don't love for the rest of your life is honestly mentally challenging. And I honestly I would never imagine myself doing such a um horrid move by working um for something I'm not passionate about something I don't love and I don't want that to happen whatsoever for anyone actually not just for myself.
Um what are you planning to do in the coming few years in order to achieve this goal? Well, in the coming few years, as I'm currently in year 10, I am trying my absolute best to uh sort of uh uh take part in O levels that's have to do with my faculty. I'm willing to go for the faculty of English, literature, and humanities in college. So, I'm trying my best to take O levels like English literature, humanities, sociology, something to do with my field. Um, additionally, I also am trying my best to look for extracurriculars that also have to do with my uh field. Uh, for instance, whether it's writing competitions or reading competitions or reading clubs, I try my absolute best to take part in anything that has to do with my field.
Thank you very much, Jan. This is the end of part two.