If you have time, would you choose to learn to play a new musical instrument or learn to play a new sport?

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If you have time, would you choose to learn to play a new musical instrument or learn to play a new sport?

Submitted by sinahldn on Thu, 11/17/2016 - 18:50
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I listen to most of his speaking . Those are great ,but it's clear that he use templates for his tasks. In fact, he uses the same template for both task 1 ,and task 2.
His tasks are helpful and I use his structures; however, I want to know if I use the same structure as bellow, will this reduce my speaking score.

My answer......for the following two main reasons.
First, reason 1. These days....
Reason 2 is another noticeable reason. These days....

Yes, he was using a template suggested by testbig:

first 1-2 sentences: introduction. my opinion: A or B. agree or disagree. about 5 seconds

First, reason 1 (1 sentence) + why reason 1 (some arguments. 1-2 sentence) + advantages of reason 1( 1-2 sentence). // about 20 seconds

Second, reason 2 (1 sentence) + why reason 2 (some arguments. 1-2 sentence) + advantages of reason 2 ( 1-2 sentence). // about 20 seconds

Conclusion: Don't need a conclusion. (you can have one only when you don't have something to talk about)

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An example (Eating at home or restaurant) for First:
First,reason 1 (1 sentence: Eating at home can save money) + why reason 1(some arguments. 1-2 sentences: I can prepare cheaper food from food market; I don't need to drive or take a bus to reach the restaurant;) + small conclusions ( 1-2 sentences: with the money I saved, I can buy a good book to read; I can use the money for a trip...).

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To simplify the pattern:

reason + why reason + advantages of reason

but the pattern is for you at the beginning, gradually you should use your own styles.

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this user:
http://www.testbig.com/users/bigzee

followed our pattern too, and he got 29 in speaking:
http://www.testbig.com/question/thank-you-letter

but you may not figure out obviously he used a template since he developed the pattern with his own styles.