What kinds of machine are used for housework
in modern homes in your country?
Well, to begin with, I should say that
there are, of course, a lot of electronic equipment
which Russian people use in our country.
Fridge, of course.
It's one of the crucial part of every kitchen I think
in every city of the country.
And, of course, like, the small pieces, for example,
like oven, or microwave oven or just the toaster.
I think it's really important part of the kitchen
because it's very useful
not only to cook, for example, some easy and fast food
but it's also useful for kind of difficult meals
or whatever.
How have these machines benefited people?
Well, I think it really depends
because, for example, if you have a new kitchen,
for example, a good oven,
it's a really good motivation
to use it as much as possible
so we will try to cook some difficult meals,
for example, choose difficult recipes for that.
So I think it's a kind of good motivation.
And are there any negative effects of using them?
Well, I'm not quite sure that it's negative effects at all
because some people talk a lot about
the electromagnetic field of electronic equipment
in general
but for my personal experience
and for some of the researches of electrical engineering
from all over the world,
there is no 100% evidence that
this is harmful for the health of the adults
and for the children as well.
Do you think all new homes will be equipped with
household machines in the future?
Well, it's pretty hard to predict
but I should say that probably yes because
electronic equipment and electronic devices
just are getting better and more complicated every year
so I think in the future we will find in our houses
some smart equipment, for example, the fridge
which can defrost it by itself,
or maybe the toaster which can cook your toasts
just before you will wake up
for your breakfast, for example,
or, I don't know, maybe the oven
which can cook by the recipe
which you can download it, for example, to it.
So, I think yes, we will... it will be the evidence of
this smart electronic in our houses in the future.
Hi, my name's Pete Jones
and I've been helping IELTS candidates through
teaching, tutoring and making IELTS videos
for more than ten years now.
You've just seen Efim, from Russia,
answering some IELTS Speaking Part 3 questions
on the topic of technology.
The good news is,
a few weeks before we made this recording,
Efim got the IELTS band score he needed
and is now planning to start a PhD.
After we made the recording, Efim asked
how he could improve his Speaking band score
from a 6.5 to a 7.0.
What I told Efim,
and what I'd like to explain now,
is to get a band score 7.0 or above for your speaking,
you need to use certain combinations of words.
Let me give you an example to show you what I mean.
When you use the word 'equipment',
there are certain adjectives
that naturally come before it.
'modern', 'specialist', 'medical' or 'electronic'
are all adjectives that native speakers often use
before the word 'equipment'.
These natural combinations of words
are called 'collocations',
and you need to use some collocations
to get a band score 7.0 for your vocabulary
in the IELTS Speaking test.
Efim certainly used different adjectives
to describe the word 'equipment',
but did he use adjectives
that native speakers of English would use
with the word 'Equipment'?
As you've just heard,
Efim used the words 'smart' and 'complicated'
to describe equipment that is clever
and uses advanced technology,
but native speakers wouldn't use these words;
they would tend to say 'sophisticated equipment'
or 'smart technology'.
Efim also made other mistakes
with word combinations,
and so I've put a list of collocations
at the end of this video
that would have been useful for Efim
and will be useful for you
if you get similar questions
in your IELTS Speaking test.
Remember, to get an IELTS band score 7.0
in your Speaking test,
you need to use some collocations
or as IELTS say,
you need to show some awareness of collocation.
For more information about how to improve
your IELTS Speaking band score,
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