⌚️ Describe a person you know who runs a family business (Part 2) + Transcript
IELTS Speaking for Success
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🗓️ 11 December 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, dear listener and welcome into IEL Speaking Part 2. |
| 0:10.4 | We've got an interesting topic thing today. |
| 0:14.0 | Describe a person you know who runs a family business. |
| 0:19.0 | You should say who this person is, how any knew him or her, what family business he or she does, |
| 0:25.9 | and explain why he or she runs the family business. |
| 0:30.5 | Rory gives us your story. |
| 0:33.0 | Rory's story. |
| 0:44.5 | Balang, story. Well, I know a few people like this, but someone who stands out in particular is called, it's a man called Stephen, who runs a well-known family bakery in Dundee called |
| 0:50.6 | Goodfellow and Stephen. |
| 0:52.6 | It's quite a famous local business, actually, and I got to know him |
| 0:56.4 | a few years ago through a friend who worked there part-time just while they were studying. I've spoken |
| 1:02.0 | to him several times since then when I've popped into the shop and he's always been really friendly |
| 1:07.8 | and down to earth. The bakery itself has been around for, oh God, it must be more |
| 1:13.2 | than a hundred years, and it's still run by the same family. Stephen took over the business from |
| 1:18.9 | his father, who managed it for decades before retiring. They're best known for their traditional |
| 1:24.7 | Scottish baked goods, like butteries, brides, shortbread, but they also do fantastic |
| 1:32.1 | modern cakes and pastries as well. So if Scottish cuisine isn't your thing, then there are other |
| 1:37.0 | things to choose from. What's really impressive about Stephen is how he's managed to keep the |
| 1:41.8 | family traditions alive while adapting to more modern tastes, |
| 1:46.0 | I suppose. He's introduced new recipes, the shop interior has been revamped, and there's also stuff |
| 1:53.5 | on social media all the time, so that helps attract younger customers as well. |
| 1:58.4 | Despite all these changes, he's been very careful to maintain the same quality |
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