Hello, lovely, I'm Maria. And my name is Rory. We are the host of the IELD Speaking for Success

Podcasts. The podcast that aims to help you improve your speaking skills as well as your listening

skills along the way. We started this podcast because we want you to use high-level words and

gorgeous grammar in your everyday English and in your

IELTS speaking exam.

Maria, you're looking nice today.

Oh, no, I think I look terrible.

Oh, don't talk absolute rubbish.

Hmm, that's interesting, Rory, because today we're going to be talking about rubbish,

rubbish!

Rubbish!

Yes, dear listener, in the IEL's exam, they can ask you questions

about rubbish in speaking part one.

Rory, why do some people throw garbage on the street instead of using trash bins?

Well, my initial reaction is to think that it's because people are lazy and selfish.

But actually, when I think about it more intensely, some people probably genuinely don't know where to go to drop off their trash,

so they just leave it out there for All in Sundry to see.

It's still not a great excuse though, because they could leave it out there for All In Sundry to see. It's not, still not a

great excuse though, because they could always ask other people for help, but some people just

don't. What do you do if you see rubbish on the street? I suppose it depends on the scale of the

problem, to be honest. I'm not about to pick up every piece of trash on the street, but if there's

like a wayward bottle or can or something, then I don't mind picking that up and putting it in the

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