You should say: when you took the risk, why you took the risk, how it went, and explain how you felt about it.
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this podcast brought to you by ring with ring cameras you can check on your pets to catch them in the act Drop that or just keep them company Make sure they're okay while you're away with ring learn more at ring.com/pets Hello, hello our dear listener and welcome into IELTS speaking part two Describe a risk you took you should say when you took the risk Why you took the risk how it went and explain how you felt about it Rory's here with us and he's a super risky person to listen up. Oh boy He's the definition of a risk itself, you know adventurous Risky so Rory has jumped with parachutes swam with sharks while the swam in cold scottish rivers ah So he's like a risk one study listener Rory give us your story This is a hard one since I'm usually quite a risk affairs person to be honest But I think it was a big risk buying my house When I think about it It was a significant investment of time and resources, but it seems to have paid off Ultimately, which makes me feel a lot better about it though at the time. I'm made the decision. It was very terrifying This is about nine months ago, and I made the call to buy the place almost the moment I saw it it had three bedrooms And I was sure that would make a good investment since I might want to rent one or two of them out to students If money was thin on the ground, but it was also in my hometown, which made it convenient to live in since I knew the area And all my best trends were close by It was still a bit of a tough call since I might not have liked the neighbors or found all sorts of problems It's quite an old place So it could have been falling apart and I would never know it until something undeward happened And if I settled in my hometown I might not get the chance to see as many other parts of the world as I might like to in the future And no one wants to be boxed in with no escape. Despite all of that though The thing is you have to settle down at some point and make all these grown-up decisions So I went forward with it and it's gone mostly to plan at the place cost a fair amount And there have been some growing pains But overall, I'm pretty happy with it. Most of the issues have been resolved And I have a tenant staying with me so that company helped if I need it I also made more friends in my hometown. So we always have a reason to see people and go out And I don't feel weighed down at all Sometimes I wonder if I made the right call and how life might be different if I picked another place But the thing is I'd have had different challenges to face And at least here I didn't have to go through it alone In the end, I feel that life would have been much more boring if I hadn't made that leap of faith And what did your friends think of it? My friends love it. They think it's a great place [Music] Right now it's like a risk you took So Rory told us about buying his flat I care which is well, a risky thing to do What about other things that we can talk about? Taking an IELTS exam Taking an IELTS exam, moving to a new country Getting married Choosing a university Yeah, choosing a university, what else? Changing jobs, changing careers Setting up your own business Setting up your own business Getting alone To listen Going shopping with Maria Going shopping with Maria is a life-changing experience to listen Yes, it could be a risk to your health And memorable You can also talk about risky activities like base jumping, skydiving, swimming with sharks Oh, I didn't think about that. I've done all of those Yeah, diving Skydiving is like when you jump with a parachute Diving is like when you swim with sharks And you have this tank, oxygen tank Okay So Rory started it off with This is a hard one One meaning question So this is a hard question This is a hard one I'm usually quite a risk averse person Which means Rory avoids risks Yeah, I told you that Rory is super risky It was a joke But Rory did all these risky stuff like skydiving, diving But he says like He avoids risk Which is weird Rory Maybe I should have said I avoid financial risks Aha, and then you bought the flat, right? Okay, no Rory, you are a risky person Are you avoid risk But eventually you have to do something risky You can't just sit and think about it forever So if you tend to avoid risks in your life You can say I'm usually quite a risk averse person So I kind of I'm I don't enjoy taking risks But regardless of what the risk is It could be a significant investment time and resources Or maybe it's not a significant investment of time and resources The point is that we need to talk about what you need for it And you invest resources You invest time if you use it to do something And when you start talking about a risky talk You can say it was a big risk buying my house It was a big risk choosing a university It was a big risk setting up my own business But it has paid off Ultimately, ultimately it means finally Pay off? Well, you do something and then it pays off You kind of you have the positive results You set up your own business And now you have money from it Making the decision was really terrifying Terrifying like I was scared to make this decision And the collection is to make a decision So when I made that decision I was terrified or it was terrifying I made the call to buy the place Made the call can feel called to them Literally Made the decision And if I'm choosing a university, what do I say? With my call That call Well, if you're choosing a university It's the same idea It was a tough choice But I made the call to go to And whatever the name of the university is And I'm sure now that it is a good investment So I chose the university I paid for my education And it is a good investment Or you bought your new place, a house on flat Or you invested money into your own business And if money was seen on the ground Ooh, this is an MGM Seen on the ground But that just means you don't have a lot of it Well, so to be seen on the ground To exist only in small numbers or a mouse What could be seen on the ground? It's usually money But it could be anything To be honest, any resource that we need to use for something So it was still a bit of a tough call So of this decision, this risk This action was a bit of a tough call Which means like it was really tough A tough decision Yeah, like it was risky I was afraid And I could have all sorts of problems I might not Have liked the neighbors I may not have liked The neighborhood I could have died Nah Not from buying a house, surely Yeah, and here We imagine what could have happened They're listening Very good structures But they didn't happen That's why we use present perfect So I could have Died, right? But I didn't But it was possible I invested into my own business I could have spent all my money Right? Or I may not have Liked it myself, right? Or I could have Gun bankrupt, for example Yeah, so might Not have done something Or could have done Okay Despite all that Everything was okay And I didn't get boxed in Which is a phrasal verb For having no options Yeah, could you give us another example with this Oh sure, if you bankrupt yourself Then you could get boxed in to Well, some kind of horrible situation Where you can't do anything Yeah, like boxed in If someone is boxed in They can't move And you can use it, for example When you park your car And somebody else is blocking you So I was boxed in I had to wait for the driver Of the other car to get back To kind of to move Or if you are boxed in You are prevented from doing Something that you want Like, oh, I feel boxed in at work I want more freedom But I feel boxed in I made all these grown-up decisions I came to listen, I took this risk Adult decisions I made adult decisions Yeah, I went forward with it So like, I kept going I did it I was scared to death But I went forward with it And it went To plan Everything was fine I'm pretty happy with it The issues have been resolved And we're using present perfect Because Rory Bought the flat in the past But now it has this influence on him So, everything has been resolved I've been happy there And Rory has a person Who is staying in one of the rooms A tenant Well, I'm told that I shouldn't call him a tenant Because apparently This has all kinds of connotations Which are very negative But I always just think of a tenant To someone who pays you rent Sometimes I wonder If I made the right call So, kind of It's interesting if I made the right decision Okay Sometimes I wonder If I made the right call When I decided to swim with sharks Was it an okay thing to do? Well, actually that's a good point Is it an okay thing to do? To exploit animals through your entertainment It was challenging I was challenged I did it In the end I feel that life Would be much more boring If I hadn't made That leap of faith What is leap of faith? An idiom But that's just another way of saying You take a risk But like an idiom kind of way of saying So, an act of believing Something that is not easily believed So, kind of you could believe that You would have this flat Wow That this flat would be yours Wow It was a leap of faith And it would be drama free It took a big leap of faith To decide To quit my job Okay, so I couldn't believe it But I did it It took a big leap of faith To do something Can I say like I had a leap of faith It was a leap of faith I think I made a leap of faith Is the more natural one Yeah, and here you can say Now I feel good Now I feel great Like my life Would be Much more boring Now, if in the past I hadn't made that leap of faith But I made Yay I have one more thing to mention Because we're talking about risk We talk about the potential For things that could Or that might go wrong So modal verbs are very important And I said it could have been Falling apart So modal verb with have We're talking about The potential for things to go wrong Very important for avoiding Generalizing Using these modal verbs And showing flexibility With grammatical resource For a bad 9th score I've been doing this a lot with my students This is why I picked up on it Sweet Thank you very much for listening And we'll get back to you In our next episode Where we talk about Taking risks in general Describe a risk you took You should say When you took the risk Why you took the risk How it went And explain how you felt about it This is a hard one Since I'm usually quite a risk If I was a person to be honest But I think it was a big risk Buying my house When I think about it It was a significant investment of time And resources But it seems to have paid off Ultimately Which makes me feel a lot better about it Though at the time I made the decision It was very terrifying This is about 9 months ago And I made the call to buy the place Almost the moment I saw it It had three bedrooms And I was sure that would make a good investment Since I might want to rent One or two of them out to students If money was thin on the ground But it was also in my hometown Which made it convenient to live in Since I knew the area And all my best friends were close by It was still a bit of a tough call Since I might not have liked the neighbors Or found all sorts of problems It's quite an old place So it could have been falling apart And I would never know it Until something undeward happened And if I settled in my home town I might not get the chance to see As many other parts of the world As I might like to in the future And no one wants to be boxed in with no escape Despite all of that though The thing is You have to settle down at some point And make all these grown up decisions So I went forward with it And it's gone mostly to plan At the place cost a fair amount And there have been some growing pains But overall I'm pretty happy with it Most of the issues have been resolved And I have a tenant staying with me So that company Help if I need it They also made more friends in my home town So we always have a reason to see people And go out and I don't feel weighed down at all Sometimes I wonder if I made the right call And how life might be different If I picked another place But the thing is I'd have had different challenges to face And at least here I didn't have to go through it alone In the end I feel that life would have been much more boring If I hadn't made that leap of faith And what did your friends think of it? My friends love it They think it's a great place [Music]
