IELTS Speaking Exam:Part2
Describe your favourite season
what the season is and when it occur
what the weather islike during this season
what you typical activities are during this season
explain why it is your favourite season.
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Although most people may prefer the spring or autumn because they are mild seasons, my favorite season is summer. Certainly, the first part of summer, from July 1st to July 20th in my country has a rainy season, so I don’t like it because I don’t want to be wet. During this time, there is really high humidity, so it gets awfully hot and sticky and we often heavy rain, which can cause severe flooding. In the late summer, after the rains pass, we have pleasant climate. In this season, I often go hiking in the country or go to a beach since I can feel comfortable there. I also like running under the blazing sun, it means I like to exercise.
Supporting Football game as a nurse
I joined football competition which a friend of mine held for homeless people who cannot have recreation activity for some reason. This is second time to participate in it because I joined last year as a nurse too. When I arrived at football ground, I found that 15 football teams more than 200 people gathered to play. It was very hot and some players suffered from heat stroke, so I encouraged them to drink more water and take a rest in the shade for a while. Fortunately, there were not players who were serious injured or got serious sick. I not only worked under the brazing sun but I also moved from house to football ground by bike, so when I came back home, I found myself exhausted.
Reiko and Fumi
Today, my aunt in law visited our house to meet my daughter. This was first time for my aunt to see my daughter. When She was pleased to hold my daughter in her arms, my daughter was satisfied with the situation and laughing aloud. We enjoyed talking and eating a sour-sweet apple pie.
After that, we visited special elderly nursing home Kagurazaka where my mother in law lives because she has dimentia. Unfortunately, she can't recognize us at all but we told her that we're all fine.
Celebration on Waka's 100 days old
Today, Waka is 103 days old. We had the Okuizome (“First Meal”) for her. Okuizome is a Japanese tradition that parents carry out on the around 100th day after the birth of their child. By performing the ritual, they hope their child will always have good food in abundance and will never go hungry for the rest of his or her life.
My mother prepared a deluxe meal for Waka. She was so excited to celebrate her first granddaughter's weaning ceremony, that she prepared a beautiful Okuizome dining set specially.
Waka looked very happy and satisfied with first meal although she had never spoken Japanese yet.
visiting shrine
It was just 100th day after Waka was born today. We visited local shrine and prayed to be given happy and healthy life. Then, we picked up some small stones for “Okuizome”. Do you know about the old Japanese custom called “Okuizome”? It is a ceremony held on 100th to 120th day after a new baby's birth. In this ceremony, the baby is made to pretend to eat a meal with parents' hope that this baby will never need to worry about food during a lifetime.
After coming back home, I felt headache for lack of sleep and took a nap for an hour on my bed. After that, I felt a little better and cooked dinner as usual. Then, I enjoyed two English lessons and went to bed at 10 o’clock in the evening. However, I couldn’t get to sleep because I studied English until just before I went to bed and my brain was so excited.
Going to the college
I went to my college to meet professor. Kameoka because I wanted to ask her for an autograph on my letter of reference in order to apply for graduate school in the UK. Fortunately, she willingly accepted to my request. In addition, I also enjoyed talking with a classmate who became a teacher of my college.
After that, I went shopping with my family at Ikebukuro. We looked for a gift for my friend who gave birth to 2nd baby. Then, we had lunch at a sushi restaurant. It was very tasty.
After coming back home, I ran for 5km and did 30 push-ups and sit-ups as usual to become lean body which my wife expects. My target figure is less than 15% of body fat. By the way, my body fat is around 22%. I need to decrease my body fat by 7%.
Hill climb cycling at Okutama lake
It was 2nd day of three consecutive holidays, so I enjoyed hill climb cycling at Okutama lake located west side of Tokyo with brother in law. It was very tough for me to climb the steep slope by bike because the difference in height between the highest and lowest point on the road was more than 1,000m. While I was pedaling, I felt I wanted to walk my bike up the hill. This is the picture which I took on the peak of the road.
Although I had to climb the hill at 5km/h, I could go down it at 50km/h, so I felt great. In addition, total distance was almost 90km, which took us about 5 hours to ride. I had to take a lunch break in the middle of the cycling. After finishing cycling, I enjoyed the hot spring. I’m very satisfied with this hill climb cycling and I look forward to next one.
