Hello, lovely, I'm Maria.

And my name is Rory, and we're the host of the IELT Speaking for Success podcast.

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

skills along the way.

We started this podcast to give you a look at how a super native speaker would answer some of the most common

iL speaking questions using super grammar and high level vocabulary for a high score, Ben 9 score.

Maria, you've had hair cut and it's looking lovely. Yes, but you can't buy my affection

like that, Rory. Oh, that's a shame.

But on the plus side, today we're going to talk about buying things.

Ooh!

Yes, in speaking part one, the examiner can ask you questions about buying things and shopping.

Rory, do you often buy things?

I suppose I'd do my food shopping on a weekly basis, but major purchases are like once or twice a year.

I'll save up a lot of money and I'll buy a lot of things from Amazon when I go home.

Do you enjoy buying things?

The shopping experience, I don't know.

I'm not really one for window shopping or just buying things for the sake of it, to be honest.

I like to think about what I'm going to buy, go in, buy it and then leave.

I'm quite a straightforward person like that.

If you're someone that likes to go shopping, I'm quite a straightforward person like that. If you're someone that likes

to go shopping, I'm probably the worst person to do this with. A typical man. Thank you.

Do you enjoy buying expensive things? They have some kind of utility like a new laptop or phone,

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