Today I want to talk about an intelligent person I know. Actually, he’s my father. He used to be a businessman and also worked as a programmer in the past. However, after his past passed away, he decided to change his path and dedicate himself to the engineer. And I think this decision completely transformed his entire life. After becoming an engineer, he worked for the benefits of society in Estonia and built such large-scale construction projects, projects such as Pyramid and SNF and Expo. Knowing that he attributed so much for the landmarks makes me truly proud of him. I also know that he was one of the main contributors to the development of BuKu translator, which now is by million people around the whole world. I also consider him a creative person because he’s able to combine a technical knowledge which was innovative thinking, which now is it by, which will be essential for our society. And I think it is just about improving our nation and improving our lives to making it more convenient and easier. Because of him, my brothers and I, when it became a successful and intelligent person like him, so for that we are learning more about programming and engineering. So I believe that it’s essential to have someone who inspires you to make something. And from personal point of view, I believe that my father, he is a perfect example of being a smart. And I also appreciate him that he demonstrates as the importance of being intelligent and helping our nation to develop. So, I think only because of him I could become an intelligent person and also improve my mind sense for making our lives more convenient.
Band 7+: Topic 10: Intelligent person (September -December 2025) Describe an intelligent person you know You should say: who this person is what this person knows about why you think they know a lot about it why you think this person is intelligent
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Today I want to talk about an intelligent person I know. Actually, he's my father. He used to be a businessman and also worked as a programmer in the past. However, after his father passed away, he decided to change his path and dedicate himself to engineering. I think this decision completely transformed his life. After becoming an engineer, he worked for the benefit of society in Estonia and built large-scale construction projects, such as Pyramid, SNF, and Expo. Knowing that he contributed so much to these landmarks makes me truly proud of him. I also know that he was one of the main contributors to the development of the BuKu translator, which is now used by millions of people around the world. I consider him a creative person because he is able to combine technical knowledge with innovative thinking, which is essential for our society. I think it is about improving our nation and making our lives more convenient and easier. Because of him, my brothers and I aspire to become successful and intelligent people like him, so we are learning more about programming and engineering. I believe it is essential to have someone who inspires you to achieve something. From a personal point of view, I believe my father is a perfect example of being smart. I also appreciate that he demonstrates the importance of being intelligent and helping our nation develop. I think it is because of him that I could become an intelligent person and improve my mindset to make our lives more convenient.
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