Hello, Sunshine, I'm Maria.

And my name is Dori, and we are the host of the IELD 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 started this podcast to give you a look at how an educated native speaker

would answer some of the most recent

ild speaking questions for a high score, Ben 9 score.

Rui, you know what? I've been thinking of changing our usual coincidence joke.

Oh, don't change it. I don't like change.

That's a shame, because we're going to be talking about change today.

Oh no, it's another coincidence.

Yes, in speaking part one, they can ask you questions about change.

Rory, do you like changes?

I suppose it depends on what kind, actually. If it's a positive change, like if your workout out of the gym is working, well, then it's great.

If it's a change for the worst, then it's not great.

Like a change in working conditions to be at home more, for example, which some of us are having to do now.

I don't like that. I'd rather be in the classroom.

Do you often change?

Not too often. I have a pretty regular routine going on that I quite like, so I don't think I'd change it that much.

Although, I should say, it's designed to enable positive change through self-improvement,

so you could argue that I'm changing all the time, I suppose.

What do you change?

Well, I don't usually change it, but my workout routine at the gym gets changed by my personal trainer,

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