Band 6: Talk what is specific thing which you own and want to replace it. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, there's no doubt that change is a part of life. There are many things in our lives that we want to replace in our day-to-day routines. Here, I'd like to talk about a specific item that I want to replace with a newer version. It's my gas stove. It's a standard gas stove that my mother bought 15 years ago, and I want to replace it with an induction stove. It's more expensive than the older model, but I think it's worth it due to several benefits. The main reason I want to replace it is that induction cooking is safer and faster than traditional cooking because it generates less heat, making it safer to use. On the other hand, traditional gas stoves generate high heat, which creates flames that can cause serious accidents. Another reason is that induction stoves are energy-efficient, while LPG gas is quite expensive. I'm really excited to purchase this during the festival season because they offer huge discounts. I hope to replace it by the end of this year. As I mentioned, the benefits are numerous. I think we should change with the times. As you know, traditional gas stoves are becoming outdated. So, we should always replace things according to the latest trends, from time to time, according to our fashion sense or interior design preferences.

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Well, there is no doubt that change is part of life. There are many things in our life which we want to replace in our day to to day life. Here I would like to talk about specific item which I want to replace it with the new version. It is a gas stove. It is actually a normal gas stove which was boughed by my mother 15 years ago and I want to replace it with the induction st. Uh, it is costly than older model, but I think it is worth to wa due to several benefits. The reason why I want to replace it is that that induction cooking is safer and faster than traditional cooking because it generates less heat which is safer safe for use. While on the other hand, uh, traditional traditional gas stops generate high heat which become flames and which. Which cause serious accidents. Uh, while one another reason is that, uh, induction stop is energy efficient while LPG gas is really expensive. I’m really excited to purchase this, uh, during festival season because they offer huge discounts on festival seasons. I hope I will replace it by the end of this year. As I mentioned, the benefits benefits. While uh, I think. I think we should, uh, change according to the time. As you know, that additional gas stops become. Become too much old fashion. So. So we should always replace things according to. According to fashion, according to time to from time to time according to. According to our fashion sensor or, uh, interior designs.

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