topic01 TASK 1 Examiner: Good morni ng! Take a seat , pleas e. How are you feeling at the moment? How did you feel this morning when you woke up? What will you miss most now that you’re leaving school? Would you stay one more year? Why not? "ow we’re going to start. #’m going to ask you a few $uestions . #f you can’t understand me, # can repeat the $uestion once. %et’s get started. A: &o you visit museums when you go to another city? Somet imes I do, but to be honest I prefer doin g some sigh tseein g. If I have some time in a city I woud i!e to see the streets and the famous buidings, and not waste my time on visiting museums. "owever, when I do have the time f or it, and I am interested in an exhibition, th en I# go. What art form do you like 'est? $y favourite art form is painting because painters use a ot of coours and every coour has a different mea ning fo r everyone. I thin! p ainte rs can express their emotions with co ours. I find that most painters have a favourite topic and everyone can find their favourite painter based on that topic. Who are some famous artists in your country? %hat#s a diff icut &uesti on' I act uay !n ow a ot more famous artists from other countries' I thin! (i mmy )the *in g+ used to be a famous arti st, becau se he sti has ots of fans. %hen there are some ta ented and famous singers )%th -er a, / sa $agdi+ who appeared in $egas tr. And in the past, there were some famou s composer s and painters , for instanc e 2ist 3erenc, $un!csy or *ody. &o you think graffiti is art? 4ersonay I thin! graffiti, provided it is creative and beautifu, is the most representative art form in the who e wor d. I es pecia y i!e the gra ff iti schoo s of 5ew 6or!, $iami and 7atimore. It isn#t as tra diti ona as some other forms of art but it comes from the arti st#s heart. It#s very honest and it#s a form of modern art 8 it shoudn#t be banned. Instead, oca governments shoud designate some areas where graffiti artists can wor! in peace and ma!e a sma difference to their surroundings. # see. "ow let’s move on to the ne(t t opic, which is work. 7 )t what age do people usually 'egin to wo rk and retire in your country? I thin! about haf of the peope start wor!ing at about the age of 9 when they have finished university. "owever, there are a ot of peop e who hav e to start ma! ing a iv ing ear ier, because the financia situation of their fami y is not the best. As far as I !now, in "un gary men ret ire at the age of ; and women at the age of ;9. 7ut I !now the governmen t has pans to increase the age imit when you can retire. &o you think it is more important to make a lot of money or to en*oy your *o'? %hat# s a tric !y &ues tion. I mean , we a ! now tha t money i s rea y imp ortant . 6ou need t o have some money i n order to fee secure in your ife. 7ut I thin! in the ong run it#s n ot reay good to have a <ob that pays we but is reay boring, or too difficut, or your boss is horribe. So both are important, in a way. #f you could own your own 'usiness, what would it 'e? A cothes shop maybe= I reay i!e shopping for cothes and it wou d be nice to have a itt e shop where peope come bac! reguary, because they i!e the stye of cothes and they !now