IELTS Speaking Part 1: Collecting things – bài mẫu và câu trả lời hay

Do you collect anything?

Sort of, yes.

I have a soft spot for pretty notebooks, so I've built up quite a collection.

There must be about twenty in a box under my bed, and most of them are still blank.

I keep telling myself I'm saving them for something special.

Honestly, I just like looking at them.

Have you ever kept anything from your childhood?

I have, actually.

My grandmother gave me a small teddy bear when I started primary school.

It's still on a shelf in my old bedroom in Nam Dinh.

It's missing an eye now, but it has real sentimental value.

Now that I think about it, it's the only toy that survived my little brother.

I'd never part with it.

What kinds of things do people around you like to collect?

Well, lots of my friends are mad about Korean bands, so they collect photocards and albums.

Some of them shell out half their monthly allowance on that stuff.

And, believe it or not, my dad keeps old banknotes in a folder.

He gets them from customers at the shop, and he just can't bring himself to spend them.

Would you keep old things for a long time? Why?

Oh, it depends.

Clothes and gadgets, not really.

Once I stop using something, I'd rather pass it on to someone who needs it than leave it to gather dust.

But anything with a story behind it, like a letter from a friend, I'd hold on to for years.

I mean, you can't replace those.