IELTS Speaking Part 3

Topic : Weather / Climate 

In this post, we would like to put an emphasis on IELTS Speaking Part 3 topic Weather / Climate.

1. How do the different seasons affect the lifestyle of people in your country?

In places like A, B, C where it’s always hot there aren’t many extreme weather changes to worry about. But in other places such as X, Y, Z, the weather changes so drastically from summer to winter that it affects lifestyles. During the winter the weather may go below zero, and in the summer it may get as hot as 40 Celsius. That means you have to have different kinds of clothes for each season. Also, in the winter you might need heating and in the summer you will most likely have to use a fan or an air conditioner, a friend of mine uses both.

2. How do different seasons affect the way people feel?

One of the things that weather affects is the kind of food you eat, but when it’s really hot I don’t usually feel like eating a lot, just some fruit or quick and easy food, like sandwiches, cold noodles, whereas in the winter I usually feel like eating lots of food such as soups, rice, noodles. Also when it’s hot I just feel like sleeping, but in the winter I’m naturally colder, so I have to move around to keep warm.

3. How does the climate of a place affect the kind of buildings that are built there?

Well, if the climate is hot, then the builders will construct the buildings to stay as cool as possible. But if you are in a cold climate then you might find double insulation on the windows, or the houses will be built to retain heat as much as possible. It’s quite common to see a house with a bunch of open porches and verandas in a hot climate. And probably every room will have a hole for an air conditioning vent. But colder climates will most likely have central heating.

4. Do you think fighting global climate change is a governmental responsibility or the responsibility of individuals?

As the saying goes, many hands make light work. If the government and individuals work together on the climate problems, there will be many changes and more progress will be made. Of course more responsibility should fall on the shoulders of the government because they have the means to do more than the average citizen. But that shouldn’t stop ordinary people from doing their parts.

Vocabulary For Speaking Part 3

• Drastically: in a way that is likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect.
  Ex:  Management was drastically diminished.
• Many hands make light work: a task is soon accomplished if several people help.
  Ex: The manager thought that many hands might light work on the hectic project.
• Air conditioning vent:  a duct or pipe for conveying air
  Ex: The air conditioning vent of the company got destroyed and many people got injured.
• central heating: a system for warming a building by heating water or air in one place and circulating it through pipes and radiators or vents.
  Ex: The central heating of the store exploded that the shopkeeper got sick.
• Insulation: material that is used to stop the passage of electricity, heat, or sound from one conductor to another.
  Ex: There is no insulation inside the room 
•  Retain:  to keep in possession or use.
  Ex: Some students retain evidence of past history  easily .
• Fall on the shoulders: To be or become the sole responsibility of someone.
  Ex: The responsibility of maintaining the house fell on the neighbour’s shoulder.
• Porches: a covered shelter projecting in front of the entrance of a building.
  Ex:  I am always attracted to these country inns when they have hospitable porches and a general look of homely comfort.
• Verandah:  is a roofed, open-air gallery or porch, attached to the outside of a building.
  Ex: Rashmi always has his morning breakfast on a tea table in his beauty.