Band 5: Describe a long term coal you would like to achieve in future (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, it is very important to set a goal in life. I have set many goals, some are completed and some I will complete in the future. I set both short-term and long-term goals. Short-term goals are easily completed, and for long-term goals, I would like to achieve them in the future. Here, I would like to talk about a goal I would like to achieve in the near future. I aspire to become an explorer and travel all over the world. It is a unique dream for me because I want to explore the world, feel different cultures, visit historical places, mountains, beaches, and more all around the world. I have had this dream since childhood when I used to watch various videos and TV shows about exploring the world. I was fascinated by the idea of exploring the world and gathering information about it.

Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

Well, it is very important to set a goal in a life. I have many of a set a goal some are completed and some, uh, some I will complete in the future. I set a long term and short term goal short term goal, I easily complete it and long term goal I would like to achieve in the future. Well, here, I would like to talk about that goal, I would like to achieve in upcoming future. That is a become explore and travel over over the world. It dream. It is a very unique dream for me. Because I want us I would like to ex I would like to uh explore the world and who feel, and I visited art, and I and I visited, well, and I explore art culture, uh, history places. Mountain beaches over all the world. I I had a dream in that goal. I I have a dream. I have a dream in childhood to explore world when I was a child, I show different types of, you know, videos, TV shows, uh, to blockers ex, uh, to explore the world. I wondered to the explore world and, uh, uh, information about

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