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🌷 Describe a person who likes to look after the natural world (Part 2) + Transcript

IELTS Speaking for Success

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🗓️ 30 May 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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0:01.2

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0:27.4

Hello, hello, lovely, and welcome into IEL speaking part two.

0:31.9

Describe a person who likes to look after the natural world.

0:40.5

You should say who this person is, what they do, how they do it, how often they do it, and explain how you feel about this person. So pretty much you talk about someone who enjoys taking care of nature,

0:47.6

taking care of the natural world. Rory, could you give us your story?

1:04.3

I can think of a lot of people like this in my life, but the one that stands out the most is my mum, who is a dab hand with just about everything green, especially the stuff in her

1:09.1

garden. She lives pretty close to my place,

1:12.0

just in a different neighborhood. So it's easy for me to go and visit her any time I like,

1:16.7

and she's always pottering about outdoors. You might even say she's a, well, she has a green thumb or

1:23.0

something like that. To tell you a bit more about her, apart from being my mum and good at gardening,

1:28.9

she's been heading up the local nature club for what must be the last 20 years, give or take.

1:35.8

That means she knows all about the local wildlife and vegetation, which lets her help out

1:41.4

people when they need help with their own gardens.

1:46.7

When it comes to what she actually does,

1:49.0

not only does she put on events with the club,

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