Band 6: Describe an Old Person you Know and Respect Who he or she is? How do you know this person? What is he or she like? Explain why you respect him or her (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, today I will discuss the person who inspires me most and helps me a lot because of his extensive experience related to everything. I respect him a lot because he has helped me in choosing my best career, and it's my uncle. He is 56 years old, and he is a very kind and humble person. Moreover, he is a family member, and I respect him for many reasons. One reason is that he supports me in every decision of my life. He treats me like a father and helps me in every aspect of my life, especially when I was facing difficulties in choosing my career. After completing my intermediate studies, he helped me a lot because he has a PhD in computer science. He also motivated me to choose computer science because of the study field and the career opportunities in computer science. Thank you.

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Well, today I will discuss about the personality who inspires me most and helps me a lot because of his too much experience related to each and everything. I respect a lot because he helps me a lot to choosing my best career and it’s my uncle. He is 56 years old and also he is very kind and humble personality. Moreover, it’s my family member and I also respect a lot due to many reasons. The one reason is he supports me a lot each and every decision of my life. And he treats like same like my father and also helps me a lot in every each and every decision of my life and most probably when I was facing so many difficulties in choosing my career and also after completing my intermediate he helps me a lot because his qualification was PhD in computer sciences and he also motivates me to choose computer science because of was study field and was career opportunities in computer sciences. Thank you.

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