An intelligent person, I know, is my father. He’s a structural engineer and achieved great success in his career. In the past, he was a businessman, but when his father passed away, his father told him that business would not go well and advised him to focus on size instead. After that he just became an engineer and starting planning and calculating important building including Expo and the other famous building in Astana. He also one of the creators of Google Translator. He’s intelligent person because he knows a lot of any area of our life. His advice and tips is really useful in real life situation. So right now he is a teacher of the university and just his students really appreciated for his studies and just everything he did for them. So, So moreover, my father, my father, wanted to follow my brother in his footsteps and at the moment he studies in Malaysia at the same profession. So I think in the future he really can become an intelligent and successful person as well as my father so I think that’s all
Band 6+: 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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An intelligent person I know is my father. He's a structural engineer and has achieved great success in his career. In the past, he was a businessman, but when his father passed away, he was advised that business would not go well and to focus on engineering instead. After that, he became an engineer and started planning and calculating important buildings, including the Expo and other famous buildings in Astana. He is also one of the creators of Google Translator. He's an intelligent person because he knows a lot about many areas of our lives. His advice and tips are really useful in real-life situations. Right now, he is a university teacher, and his students really appreciate his teaching and everything he has done for them. Moreover, my father wanted to follow my brother in his footsteps, and at the moment, he is studying in Malaysia in the same profession. I believe that in the future, he can become an intelligent and successful person, just like my father. I think that's all.
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