IELTS SPEAKING TEST
Part 2
Describe a place you visited where the air was
polluted.
You should say
– Where the place is
– When you visited.
– Why the air was not good.
– And explain how you felt about the place
Sample Answer
Air pollution is an invisible enemy that poses a threat to our health, if we do not take appropriate measure to prevent it.
Just a couple of years ago it was a problem that only industrial areas faced.
Urban population had not even felt it necessary to be concerned about that.
Today, the emissions from vehicles have reached such dangerous levels that our cities are also becoming polluted industrial zones.
Last year our school (/college/ company/ group) organized a visit to a nearby town called Dharampur.
This Dharampur is partly a tourist place and partly an industrial zone.
Just a few years ago our government declared it as a Special Economic Zone. This interested many corporate companies to establish their manufacturing units there.
This brought employment to the local population, and in just a year, the town population doubled.
This town is famous for its ancient temples, and our school wanted to take us there.
This way we could learn about our cultural heritage.
Our bus reached the town at around 11 in the morning as we had departed at around 8 from our school ground.
Throughout the journey we boys sang songs and our teacher Mr. John Simpson cracked many jokes as he is a brilliant raconteur.
As we entered the town, we felt a pungent smell of chemicals the moment we passed by a chemical factory.
We could see black smoke coming out of chimneys of many factories.
And suddenly, my friend Harsh started having breathing troubles.
He is suffering from asthma and he always carries his inhaler with him.
This time, the air was so polluted that he could barely manage to breathe.
My friend Jay immediately opened Harsh’s bag and gave him his inhaler.
We stopped our bus at a local guest-house and inquired about a doctor.
The proprietor of the guest house was a kind person. He asked us not to worry.
He let us stay inside the dormitory and he himself went to fetch a local physician.
When the physician arrived, Harsh’s condition was stable. But, for precaution, the doctor prescribed some medicines to Harsh and asked us to take care of him.
By this time we had lost interest in our trip. We decided to cancel the trip and return home immediately.
After some time, when we were a few kilometers away from that town, we felt as if we got a breath of fresh air. Even Harsh was feeling better at that time.
The next day, I read an article in newspaper about the effect of pollution from industrial areas on indigenous population.
I was shocked to know that my city is also among the most polluted cities of India.
We, as individuals , can’t do much about poisonous gases emitted by industrial units. But, we can grow more trees to make our environment clean and air breathable.
We citizens should collectively set ourselves a task to reduce air pollution.
I am sure that our tiny steps in that direction will make a huge impact in our fight against air-pollution.
emission
air pollutants
air quality index
poor air quality
asthma
asthmatic
Vatva GIDC which is an industrial complex
educational trip
chemical factory – textile factory
Harsh was with us. He is an asthma patient. He carries his asthma inhaler with him.
Some kind of pungent smell of chemicals we could feel as soon as we reached the factory.
restless
breathing troubles
suddenly he was gasping for fresh air
a friend immediately rushed to the bus and got Harsh’s inhaler from Harsh’s bag.
The factory manager immediately called a physician who came there after some time.
He prescribed some medicines to Harsh and Harsh was sent to his home in the manager’s car.
We lost interest in the visit after this mishap, when we were coming out of that area we noticed that black smoke was coming out of chimneys of different factories.
When our bus was just a few kilometers away from the industrial area, we felt as if we got a breath of fresh air
Next day we read an article in newspaper about the effect of pollution from industrial areas on indigenous population.
I was shocked to know that our city is among the most polluted cities of India.
We , as students, can’t do much about factories and pollution control. But, we can grow more trees to make our environment clean.
We citizens should collectively set ourselves a task to reduce air pollution.
I am sure that our tiny steps in that direction will make a huge impact in our fight against air-pollution.
I set myself a task to go to gym daily
I set myself a task to play cricket daily
I set myself a task to do social work daily
I set myself a task to read for IELTS daily.
They set themselves a task……
IELTS SPEAKING TEST
Part 3
Is air more polluted now than it used to be in the past?
Yes, it is more polluted and less breathable than it used to be only a couple of decades ago.
Everyday we see the air quality index reaching dangerous levels in our metro cities.
Air pollution is an insidious adversary that silently kills its prey. This is quite evident as hundreds of people die of lung cancer or suffer from breathing disorders due to air pollution every year.
What measures should be taken to reduce air pollution?
The fight against air pollution can be fought at two levels : individually and collectively.
Individuals can take precautionary measures such as using more and more clean energy. They can reduce their use of vehicles that use fossil fuels and switch to electric vehicles.
Collectively environmental protection groups can work towards alleviating the air quality index of a city by growing more trees.
These groups can spread awareness about importance of fresh and clean air among other citizens.
They can also pressurize the government to pass strict laws that can prevent industries from emitting poisonous gases into the air without treating them.
Do you think wind has any effect on air pollution?
Wind carries air contaminants away from their source, causing them to disperse.
In general, the higher the wind speed, the more contaminants are dispersed and the lower their concentration.
In the winter season, the northern states in India such as Haryana and Punjab has crop harvesting season.
Farmers, after harvesting the crop, burn the stubble to clean their fields.
The smoke from the fire is carried by the wind to the nearby state of Delhi, where air quality index level reaches dangerous levels due to this.
However, high wind can also generate dust – a problem in dry windy rural areas.
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