very well so from here is Darcy speaking test this is the speaking mock test of the international and English language testing system taking place in Ross iOS Academy the candidate is Marco Mula the candidate's number is zero one four three two five one The Examiner isafi The Examiner number 443533 good afternoon my name is Mark nashafi would you please tell me your full name good afternoon my name is what can I call you you can call me Marco sure can I see your identification please of course thank you very much thank you you're welcome so we can now get started with the first part of the example in the first part I will ask you some personal questions first I'd like to ask about your hometown what can a visitor do in your hometown well we are rather small town with 350 000 citizens roundabout I think and we have a castle it's pretty famous you can visit and otherwise we have a lot of outdoor activities a lot of nature around and some landmarks that you can visit so that would be very popular here what are the common occupations of people in your hometown well that varies a lot because we have a big variety of job offers here and very different kinds of people are living here so that really depends you can do nearly everything is it a good place for a child growing up there yes I think so we have a lot of facilities like healthcare facilities and educational facilities around here a lot of parks and kindergartens and um like places where a child can play and it's a very safe time a lot of crime rate now let's move on to talk about concentration yeah well you see as a trainer myself um sport really helps me um spot activities really helped me to concentrate and to focus and to let some steam off the system and yeah get my emotions in line if you want and it's a very good opportunity to really um truly improve your mental balance in a lot of cases a nice routine where you have uh like um your you have your your toes in in a water that you know um it helps a lot to um concentrate and to stay on topic is it easy or difficult for you to concentrate in the mornings um I'm not a morning person I have to admit um and usually after a startup time I have my best and most creative time around half an hour an hour into the world so I usually place my tasks that demand a lot of creativity in the second hour of my work time now let's move on to talk about fashion important to you um no not at all I don't really care about fashion I have to admit do you think it's important to be updating your clothes and hair um no I think um just the opposite is true because if you think about environmental resources the clothing industry is one of the most resource wasting Industries at the planet and to update your clothing like every week and then never use the clothing is really a big waste of resources and has a very negative environmental impact what kinds of clothes do you like wearing yeah I mostly like wearing like Leisure clothes or clothes that are very practical um like as a man you don't have a purse you need to get all your stuff um around and so a lot of pockets like cargo pants and stuff like that is something I prefer personally thank you very much now we can move on to the second part of the Islam so in the second part I'm going to give you a cue card and you should talk about it for two minutes okay before that you have one minute to think about what you're going to say and you can make some notes to help you if you wish okay do you understand yes I do perfect so here is the cue card and here's the paper you should describe a short Journey you usually take but dislike now here you go and here's also a pen for you to make notes thank you very much you're welcome so now you have one minute to think about this topic and make notes and I will let you know once your time is over so your one minute starts now okay thank you very well now your one minute time is over and you may talk about this topic for two minutes your two minute start now okay you asked me about the journey that I usually take but I really dislike um so that's an easy pick um I've heard Trump station just um in front of my flat mall is like 50 meters away and I take the tram twice a day after I ended my work day at around um noon I take the tram in to reach my gym and then two hours later I take the train back and went back and went back home um and what I really dislike about this is that the tram is usually packed with people and sometimes of course not on time as a German that bothers me exceptionally and um you always need to have some earphones and your music at hand otherwise you could speak of unprotected traveling because you just have to have all the input from the people and like people coughing and talking and that's can be pretty annoying yeah and um but I have to um but I have a ticket here because it's very cheap to use I just pay around 48 Euros for a monthly ticket and I can use all the buses and the tram around in bielefeld so it's very convenient um and it gets me where I need to go uh but it's not the thing that I really like to do would you like to add more information for me um yeah I think we have a very good trim system in general in bielefeld we have the four lines and the whole city is covered with it so um like me um living like maybe two kilometers from the city center away it's like four minutes into town so um and I can reach every part of the Town within let's say 20 to 30 minutes so it's a very nice infrastructure and for a very fair price I think thank you very much now your time is over and we can move on to part three so can I have a cue card on the paper yeah of course you can thank you very much very well so in the second part you described a short Journey you usually take but dislike and now in the third part I would like to ask you some questions related to this topic okay do you think that Journeys have become easier due to the use of navigation apps um yes a lot I still remember the time uh when I started working in sales and um visiting clients and literally having the map on my knee in the car and driving on the Autobahn and then looking at the at the map and reaching my clients and planning the tour so that was a lot of effort and time put into that and a lot of stressful driving so I personally can say yes the first navigation system first GPS system in the car was like a blessing for me okay and why do you think people usually embark on Journeys in your country oh um Germans are famous to to be tourists all around the world and um uh like I would say as a German unfortunately you run into Germans everywhere um I remember being in Scotland in the most northern part very secluded area uh like a little village for the artists and stuff like that and we ran into a little like a shop and we started with three guys talking in German and then someone asked that in German said uh in German hey where are you from and then it turned out it was he was from the same town as we so you travel at the end of the world and you always meet some Germans um so traveling and experience other cultures and having a big emphasis on like spending valuable time in your off time about backpacking do you think that this kind of traveling has also become popular nowadays um yes especially with younger people it was always popular like after you finished school going like backpacking on for like half a year or a year Australia or Vietnam a very popular countries here and I think with cobit and the pandemic lockdown we had a search in interest in like doing like local trips and hiking trips and backpacking in Germany or close by and what are the most essential items to carry on a journey in your case um in a backpacking Journey or the hiking Germany in what kind of Journey any kind of Journey that you would like to do um okay that's dependent on where I want to go and what kind of facility I will find there so if I have a hotel and stuff like that I need different things and I just need on a hiking tour but let's speak about hiking because I have some experience with that so I need a good backpack you need to like a good clothing weather resistant clothing and good shoes so there's some Essentials for for like backpacking and outdoor activities and then you need some utility items for your daily life like cooking equipment and like we say if you buy cheap you buy it twice so some good quality matters there thank you very much great now this thank you very much do you want to know what band score you'll get in the IELTS speaking test perhaps you want to improve your performance and prepare yourself for the real test then why not book an online mock test with us that will last for 25 minutes 12 minutes of the test itself and 13 minutes of comprehensive feedback plus will give you useful tips on how to make your performance better remember all our examiners are especially trained by British Council instructors so we know how to help you join us