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IELTS Speaking for Success

👨‍🎤 Describe a famous person you would like to meet (Part 2) + Transcript

IELTS Speaking for Success

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🗓️ 17 May 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Get access to our premium episode archive: https://www.patreon.com/ieltssfs Why does Rory say you should 'never meet your idols' but then choose Paris Hilton? Listen as he unpacks her notorious persona using Band 9 idioms and strategies to soften his opinions for a fluent, natural answer. Tune in and have a great day! - Book a class with Rory here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://successwithielts.com/rory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our course on Phrasal Verbs: https://successwithielts.com/podcourses 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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0:00.0

Some follow the noise.

0:03.0

Bloomberg follows the money, whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion

0:07.7

dollar swings.

0:09.0

There's a money side to every story.

0:11.4

Get the money side of the story.

0:13.5

Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com.

0:27.0

Hello, lovely, welcome into Ireland speaking part two.

0:30.2

Describe a famous person you'd like to meet.

0:36.3

You should say who he or she is, how you know them, where you would like to meet him or her,

0:39.4

and explain why you would like to meet this person. Rory here is going to talk about a famous person he'd like to meet. Are you ready,

0:46.5

Rory? Yes, I have. Give us your story.

0:53.9

To be honest, I'm struggling to think of anyone famous I'd like to me up close and personal, just because I can't.

1:03.0

And also, people always say you should never meet your idols.

1:06.2

But do I have to choose someone, then it would actually be Paris Hilton.

1:10.2

When it comes to who she is, she's a rather

1:12.6

notorious heiress of the Hilton family. They're like a, well, a family that's built wealth off

1:20.2

of hotels. However, she herself is pretty infamous for this persona and image that she's cultivated

1:27.2

over the years of being

1:28.7

a bit of a bimbo who doesn't care much about anything but fashion or other superficial things.

1:35.5

In terms of how I know her, well, she was in the media a lot when I was growing up and when I was

1:40.9

entering university. It always seemed to me making a scene or generating

1:44.5

some kind of controversy. Nowadays, however, she's often on social media, but is painted in a

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