Describe a place in the countryside/ village where you visited.
You should say:
- where it is
- when you visited this place
- what you did there
and how you felt about visiting this place.
[Instruction: You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.]
Model Answer:
Having been born and raised mainly in the nice countryside, I have always held a particular affinity towards villages. Even after settling down in the city for almost 20 years, I make some special efforts to visit a village once in a while, just like I did about a year ago, and here is the story of that visit.
On a fine, spring morning, about a year ago, when I was getting ready to start my day, one of my close friends called me and told me that he would visit me in a few days. When asked about the reason behind the visit, he told me that he wanted to take me to “Tighana” village for a short visit (by the way, this “Tighana” village, which I have already visited a few times before taking my friend there, is located on the northwest side of my city and about 70 kilometers away from it).
The visit occurred per the schedule, and we ended up in a charming village. After arriving there, we first rested at a local restaurant to refresh ourselves with some snacks before walking for a good 30 minutes to find and possibly buy a good piece of land where he could grow his guava garden. But, as we walked along the village roads, we didn’t forget to talk to the happy, residents there. At some point, we stood by for a while to see how the young boys were trying to catch fish in a pond with their bare hands from underneath the water!
Anyway, after visiting that village, I felt like everything was so familiar to me, as if it was my own village and backyard. It also made me feel alive with all the natural greens around me. Finally, the visit also allowed me to rediscover the natural order of life – a natural order that teaches us to be happy with whatever little we possess.