{"id":4173,"date":"2022-03-27T08:20:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T08:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/?page_id=4173"},"modified":"2022-03-29T02:43:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T02:43:52","slug":"qb_sa_p1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/qb_sa_p1\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Speaking Question Bank &#038; Corpus Sample Answers &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-4173\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-4173-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-4173-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-4173-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4173-0-1-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4173-0-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4173-0-1-1\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Part 1<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4173-0-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4173-0-1-2\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4173-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-4173-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4173-1-1\" ><div id=\"panel-4173-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4173-1-1-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-1-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-4173-1-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4173-1-2-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h5><strong>IELTS speaking question bank\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-1-3\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4173-1-3\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4173-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-4173-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4173-2-1\" ><div id=\"panel-4173-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4173-2-1-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe  style=\"width:800px;height:450px\"  src=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/wokkx\/ffqn\/\"  seamless=\"seamless\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-2-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4173-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-4173-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4173-3-1\" ><div id=\"panel-4173-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4173-3-1-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-3-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-4173-3-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4173-3-2-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h5><strong>IELTS speaking question bank\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-3-3\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-4173-3-3\" ><div id=\"panel-4173-3-3-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4173-3-3-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-3-4\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-4173-3-4-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4173-3-4-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h5><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Corpus Sample Answers<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-3-5\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4173-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-4173-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-4173-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-98de4a38feb1\"><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"your-work-or-your-studies\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-your-work-or-your-studies\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-your-work-or-your-studies\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYour Work or Your Studies\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-your-work-or-your-studies\" id=\"accordion-content-your-work-or-your-studies\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Do you work or are you a student?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"your-work\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-your-work\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-your-work\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYour Work\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-your-work\" id=\"accordion-content-your-work\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. What work do you do?<\/p>\n<p>2. Why did you choose to do that kind of work?<\/p>\n<p>3. Do many people in your country choose to do that type of work?<\/p>\n<p>4. What are your responsibilities at work?<\/p>\n<p>5. Do you remember your first day at work?<\/p>\n<p>6. What did you do on your first day at work?<\/p>\n<p>7. Did you like your first day at work?<\/p>\n<p>8. (Similar to above) How did you feel on your first day at work?<\/p>\n<p>9. Do you think the first day at work is important?<\/p>\n<p>10. (Similar to above) Do you think a person's first impressions of a new job are important?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"your-studies\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-your-studies\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-your-studies\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYour Studies\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-your-studies\" id=\"accordion-content-your-studies\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. What subject(s) are you studying?<\/p>\n<p>2. Why did you choose to study that? \/ Why did you choose to study those subjects?<\/p>\n<p>3. Do many students in your country study that subject?<\/p>\n<p>4. (Similar to above) Is that a popular subject to study in your country?<\/p>\n<p>5. What school\/university do you attend?<\/p>\n<p>6. Why did you choose that school\/university?<\/p>\n<p>7. What do you plan to do after you finish your studies?<\/p>\n<p>8. Your First Day at University<\/p>\n<p>9. Did you like your first day at university?<\/p>\n<p>10. (Similar to above) Did you have a good first day at university?<\/p>\n<p>11. (Similar to above) How did you feel on your first day at university\/high school?<\/p>\n<p>12. Do you think the first day at university is important?<\/p>\n<p>13. How important do you think it is for people to have an enjoyable first day at university (or, school)?<\/p>\n<p>14. (Similar to above) Do you think a person's first impressions of a new school or university are important?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"your-hometown\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-your-hometown\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-your-hometown\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYour Hometown\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-your-hometown\" id=\"accordion-content-your-hometown\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. What's (the name of) your hometown (again)?<\/p>\n<p>2. Is that a big city or a small place?<\/p>\n<p>3. Please describe your hometown a<\/p>\n<p>4. How long have you lived there?<\/p>\n<p>5. Do you like it?<\/p>\n<p>6. Do you like living there?<\/p>\n<p>7. What do you like (most) about your hometown?<\/p>\n<p>8. Is there anything you dislike about it?<\/p>\n<p>9. Do you think you will continue living there for a long time?<\/p>\n<p>10. Do you plan to continue living there?<\/p>\n<p>11. Where would you like to live?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"your-home-your-accommodation\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-your-home-your-accommodation\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-your-home-your-accommodation\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYour Home (Your Accommodation)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-your-home-your-accommodation\" id=\"accordion-content-your-home-your-accommodation\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. Can you describe the place where you live?<\/p>\n<p>2. What do you usually do in your house\/flat\/room?<\/p>\n<p>3. Are the transport facilities to your home very good?<\/p>\n<p>4. Please describe the room you live<\/p>\n<p>5. Is there anything you don't like about the place where you live?<\/p>\n<p>6. What kind of decorations does it have?<\/p>\n<p>7. How do you think this room could be improved?<\/p>\n<p>8. What can you see when you look out the window of your room?<\/p>\n<p>9. How well do you know your neighbors?<\/p>\n<p>10. What kind of people are your neighbors?<\/p>\n<p>11. Do you spend much time socializing with your neighbors in your neighbors' homes?<\/p>\n<p>12. Do you like the environment where you live?<\/p>\n<p>13. Would you say the place where you live is good for families with children?<\/p>\n<p>14. In the future, what type of place would you like to live in?<\/p>\n<p>15. What kind of neighborhood\/environment\/surroundings would you like to live in?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"advertisement\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-advertisement\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-advertisement\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdvertisement\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-advertisement\" id=\"accordion-content-advertisement\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. Are there many advertisements in your country?<\/p>\n<p>2. Why do you think there are so many advertisements now?<\/p>\n<p>3. Where can we see advertisements now?<\/p>\n<p>4. How do you feel about advertisements?<\/p>\n<p>5. Do you like advertisements?<\/p>\n<p>6. What kind of advertisement do you like the most?<\/p>\n<p>7. Do advertisements (ever) influence your choice about what to buy?<\/p>\n<p>8. Where can we see advertisements?<\/p>\n<p>9. Do you prefer advertisements on TV or those in magazines?<\/p>\n<p>10. What do you think is the purpose of advertisements?<\/p>\n<p>11. What do you think about the developments in advertising in China today?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"being-happy\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-being-happy\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-being-happy\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBeing happy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-being-happy\" id=\"accordion-content-being-happy\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. Is there anything that makes you happy lately?<\/p>\n<p>2. What do you do to stay happy?<\/p>\n<p>3. Can you stay happy all the time?<\/p>\n<p>4. Is it important to be happy?<\/p>\n<p>5. What is happiness to you?<\/p>\n<p>6. Do you think it is easy to be happy?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"birthday\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-birthday\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-birthday\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBirthday\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-birthday\" id=\"accordion-content-birthday\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. Do people in China celebrate birthdays?<\/p>\n<p>2. Are people's birthdays very important in China?<\/p>\n<p>3. How do they celebrate birthdays?<\/p>\n<p>4. Do people in China do anything special to celebrate birthdays?<\/p>\n<p>5. How do you like to celebrate your birthday?<\/p>\n<p>6. What did you do on your last birthday?<\/p>\n<p>7. Nowadays, how do young people in China celebrate their birthday?<\/p>\n<p>8. Do people in China have birthday parties?<\/p>\n<p>9. Do you think it's important for people to celebrate birthdays?<\/p>\n<p>10. Are birthdays more important for children or for adults?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-\" id=\"accordion-content-\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>To download full version of suggested topics for IELTS Speaking Part 1, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IELTS-Speaking-Question-Bank-Part-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4173-4-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-4173-4-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-98de4a38feb1\"><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"why-did-you-choose-to-study-this-subject\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-why-did-you-choose-to-study-this-subject\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-why-did-you-choose-to-study-this-subject\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy did you choose to study this subject?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-why-did-you-choose-to-study-this-subject\" id=\"accordion-content-why-did-you-choose-to-study-this-subject\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lml-learning.eduhk.hk\/englishspeechcorpus\/ViewTaskPart.aspx?id=61&amp;partid=1&amp;categoryid=1&amp;displayid=61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaker 61 <\/a>(the 3rd response): At first, I choose Special Education because I think it is a very meaningful field, and I think people\u2026 there are like\u2026 people lacking in Hong Kong; therefore, I choose this field according to my interest. And then I choose English because I would like to have an extra\u2026 like experience or extra\u2026 extra things to know. Therefore, I choose English as my, like, second language to study.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"did-you-go-on-picnics-when-you-were-a-child\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-did-you-go-on-picnics-when-you-were-a-child\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-did-you-go-on-picnics-when-you-were-a-child\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDid you go on picnics when you were a child?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-did-you-go-on-picnics-when-you-were-a-child\" id=\"accordion-content-did-you-go-on-picnics-when-you-were-a-child\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lml-learning.eduhk.hk\/englishspeechcorpus\/ViewTaskPart.aspx?id=61&amp;partid=1&amp;categoryid=1&amp;displayid=61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaker 61 <\/a>(the 4th response): When I were\u2026 when I was a child, I think I did not go to picnic a lot, because my parents are not that free as they have to work, and I still have other siblings and they have to take care of them, but sometimes we do go out to, like, have some road trip, like, \u2026 because our family have cars, so we might go road trips, but seldom for picnic.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"what-is-the-difference-between-having-a-picnic-and-cooking-at-home\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-what-is-the-difference-between-having-a-picnic-and-cooking-at-home\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-what-is-the-difference-between-having-a-picnic-and-cooking-at-home\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is the difference between having a picnic and cooking at home?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-what-is-the-difference-between-having-a-picnic-and-cooking-at-home\" id=\"accordion-content-what-is-the-difference-between-having-a-picnic-and-cooking-at-home\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lml-learning.eduhk.hk\/englishspeechcorpus\/ViewTaskPart.aspx?id=61&amp;partid=1&amp;categoryid=1&amp;displayid=61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaker 61 <\/a>(the 6th response): Well\u2026 having a picnic and cooking at home\u2026 so, I\u2019ll say for going on a picnic, we definitely prepare the food beforehand, but when cooking at home, I think we can add or we can, like, have access to many like cooking utensu, utensils. So, for example if I would like to cook for a dinner, I\u2026 after I cook it, and then I can add things like \u2026 if it\u2019s not salty enough, I can add salt or like pepper, but for picnic, because we are bringing the food outside, therefore, we cannot do many amendment on the food, like, we cannot change a lot. Therefore, I think the food of\u2026 the food that we bring to picnic are like prepared\u2026 like pre-prepared, but for cooking at home, they are like we can change the \u2026 {choked} sorry, we can ch, change them in within.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"do-people-in-your-country-like-to-go-on-picnics\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-do-people-in-your-country-like-to-go-on-picnics\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-do-people-in-your-country-like-to-go-on-picnics\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDo people in your country like to go on picnics?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-do-people-in-your-country-like-to-go-on-picnics\" id=\"accordion-content-do-people-in-your-country-like-to-go-on-picnics\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lml-learning.eduhk.hk\/englishspeechcorpus\/ViewTaskPart.aspx?id=61&amp;partid=1&amp;categoryid=1&amp;displayid=61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaker 61 <\/a>(the 7th response): I\u2019ll say not quite many of them go on a picnic, but when I look on my, like, social media platform, I do see some of the girls or boys who are with similar age with me, they went on picnics sometimes, for maybe photograph. But for people older in Hong Kong, I think they more likely to go on hikings more than picnics because maybe they would don\u2019t want to bring as much things, or maybe they think hiking is more an interesting, interesting activity to do rather than just sitting there and eating.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"do-you-watch-sports-matches\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-do-you-watch-sports-matches\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-do-you-watch-sports-matches\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDo you watch sports matches?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-do-you-watch-sports-matches\" id=\"accordion-content-do-you-watch-sports-matches\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lml-learning.eduhk.hk\/englishspeechcorpus\/ViewTaskPart.aspx?id=61&amp;partid=1&amp;categoryid=1&amp;displayid=61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaker 61 <\/a>(the 9th response): Yes. I, I do watch sports matches, so a, as I said, I play volleyball but I don\u2019t only watch volleyball matches. I , I remember it was like 2012, I\u2019m not sure, but that was the World Cup, so like, football matches, so I was really into football that time and I just watch the football matches for, like, I think at least half of them, and I found them very interesting although someone might say it\u2019s very boring to watch for like 90 minutes of a match. Yes, and als, I also watch like badminton matches because my family plays badminton, and also the, like, the Olympics before, and the Winter Olympics now, I also s, do watch some of them.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"what-is-your-favorite-sport\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-what-is-your-favorite-sport\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-what-is-your-favorite-sport\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is your favorite sport?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-what-is-your-favorite-sport\" id=\"accordion-content-what-is-your-favorite-sport\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lml-learning.eduhk.hk\/englishspeechcorpus\/ViewTaskPart.aspx?id=61&amp;partid=1&amp;categoryid=1&amp;displayid=61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaker 61 <\/a>(the last response): Yeah, so as I said, I, I play volleyball for a long time, so I think yeah, my favorite sport is volleyball, so I did play quite a few different sports like running or, or like badminton, but I think volleyball really can help us to, like, build a connection with other, with my teammates, so as I like getting in touch with people, so I think volleyball is my favorite sport and it\u2019s very challenging for me too.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"in-what-ways-are-your-friends-important-to-you\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-in-what-ways-are-your-friends-important-to-you\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-in-what-ways-are-your-friends-important-to-you\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn what ways are your friends important to you?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-in-what-ways-are-your-friends-important-to-you\" id=\"accordion-content-in-what-ways-are-your-friends-important-to-you\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lml-learning.eduhk.hk\/englishspeechcorpus\/ViewTaskPart.aspx?id=60&amp;partid=1&amp;categoryid=1&amp;displayid=60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaker 60 <\/a>(the 9th response): Oh, they are very important to me, because I hate to be lonely. I need to talk to someone every now and then, because I can\u2019t just sit. Not to say do nothing, but I need someone to confront and talk to, so I hold them. I give them a great importance in my life.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"how-important-do-you-think-it-is-to-speak-other-languages\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-how-important-do-you-think-it-is-to-speak-other-languages\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-how-important-do-you-think-it-is-to-speak-other-languages\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow important do you think it is to speak other languages?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-how-important-do-you-think-it-is-to-speak-other-languages\" id=\"accordion-content-how-important-do-you-think-it-is-to-speak-other-languages\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lml-learning.eduhk.hk\/englishspeechcorpus\/ViewTaskPart.aspx?id=60&amp;partid=1&amp;categoryid=1&amp;displayid=60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaker 49 <\/a>(the 8th response): OK. Language is very important in terms of communication, and it makes the people from different cultures to understand you easily. So, it provides all access to the, the\u2026 Fo s, for example, you go to a different culture, and if you, you\u2019ve been able to speak the local language, it makes all the things you want to do much easier, coz, yeah, i you, you know, you can communicate. 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