Band 6: what your favourite tv series? (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Before I dive into the topic, I should probably mention that my favorite TV series is Naruto. It's actually not a TV series; it's a Japanese cartoon, but it's mostly considered a TV series as it is very popular all over the world. There are several reasons why I consider Naruto my favorite. First of all, Naruto is about an orphan boy who grows up in loneliness without his parents. It also shows how the orphan boy achieves his goals in a hard way. He does everything in his power to achieve his goals. After hard work and dedication, he achieves everything he wanted. Secondly, I consider Naruto my favorite because it has taught me how to communicate with people and how people should respect each other, as someone can be lonely or not, or rich or poor. I understand that people should be kind to everyone. Also, if someone wants to do something, they should do it with full power and not give up, respecting everyone in that way and being friendly with everyone.

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Before I dive into topic I should probably mention that my favorite TV series is Naruto. It’s actually not a TV series. It’s a Japanese cartoon but it’s mostly considered as a TV series as a very popular in the whole world. There can be several reasons why I consider Naruto as my favorite one. First of all Naruto is about the orphan boy who grows in a loneless without his parent’s. Also Naruto is about how the orphan boy achieves his goal in a hard way. He does everything in his power to achieve his goal. After a story, after hard work and dedication he achieves everything that he wanted. Secondly I consider Naruto as my favorite one because it’s learned me how to communicate with people, how people should respect each other as someone can be lonely or not or rich or poor. I understand that people should be common with everyone. Also if someone wants to do something they do it in full power and not give up to respect everyone in that way and to be friendly with everyone.

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