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hello lovely and welcome into IEL speaking part two.

Describe an occasion when you were not allowed to use your mobile phone.

You should say when it was, where it was, why you were not allowed to use your super mobile phone,

and how you felt about it. Rory, give us your story.

Rory's story.

Well, this doesn't happen very often since my phone is basically surgically attached to my hand at this point,

but one time that does stand out is actually when I had my eye-holt exam.

It was for listening and reading and writing, not speaking.

With regards to when it was, well, this must have been about nine months ago, roughly,

I'd gone through to Edinburgh at the start of the summer for the big day, not only because I like the city, but also because it was the closest Iilt centre as well. So I had to travel quite far. When it comes to where it was, I know I already said Edinburgh, but to be more exact, this was almost squarely in the centre

of the city where these old Edwardian townhouses are located.

It's actually quite a nice part of the place, regardless of why you're there.

I had to go into one of these converted apartments and hand over all my personal items before

taking the test, and that included my mobile

phone. To explain why I wasn't allowed to use it, well, I think that should be clear. This is a high-stakes

assessment, and having a phone would either allow you to cheat or perhaps worse be a distraction to others and nobody really wants

that, do they? So it makes sense that that would be a policy that they have in these test centres.

And as for how I felt about the whole thing, I wasn't actually that put out about it. I don't really

take issue with rules like that, and I

think I'd prepared well enough for the test that I didn't feel a really strong need to cheat or

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