Band 7: Describe a book that had a profound impact on you. You should say: - What the book was about - When you read it - What you learned from it And explain why it had such a strong impact on you. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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A while back, I read this book called Julius Caesar, which was written by Shakespeare himself. It is basically about a conspiracy against a Roman dictator, who is Julius Caesar. I think I read this book two years ago, and I specifically remember the line "Et tu, Brute?" which translates to "And you, Brutus?" That's what Caesar said to his best friend when he was stabbed in the back. Out of everyone, Brutus was the one who killed Julius Caesar, being his best friend. That made me really like the book because it helped me understand that you cannot trust everyone around you, and even your best friend can betray you. It's really important to be careful. It taught me a valuable lesson at a young age about ensuring that the people you associate with genuinely care for you and are always there for you instead of talking badly about you. In a room full of people, if they are speaking ill of you, then the world doesn't matter because you counted on them and trusted them. I think this book had a profound impact on me because it changed my perspective and made me more cautious about the trust I place in people.

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A while back I read this book called Julius Caesar which is written by Shakespeare himself and it is basically about a conspiracy against a Roman dictator who is Julius Caesar himself. And I think I read this book two years ago and I specifically remember the lines H2 Brute which translates to U2 Brutus. That’s what Caesar said to his best friend when he physically stabbed him in his back and out of everyone, Brutus was the one who killed Julius Caesar, being his best friend. And that just made me really like the book because it made me understand how you cannot trust everyone around you and even your best friend can betray you so it’s really important to be careful and it just taught me a really good lesson at a young age and it’s really important to just make sure that the people you’re hanging out with are they genuinely love you and they’re always there for you instead of talking bad about you because it’s just the fact that in a room full of people if they’re talking bad about you then the world doesn’t even matter to you because you counted on them, you trusted them. So I think this book really had a profound impact on me because I think It really changed my perspective and just made me look out for myself and the trust I put into people.

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