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PART 1 I'm speaking English for my own satisfaction / my job / in order to improve my employment prospects. If you want to go ahead these days, you need to have a good command of English I always loved (the sea). I'd love to visit places untouched/ unspoilt by man. However, there's no place like home. That's a big question! I want to be a useful member of society. I'm keen on ... I'm an avid (traveler) ... I haven't given it much thought until now. PART 2 What strikes me about the first picture is the fact that... This picture reminds me of... Judging from thephotograph, the children... The man appears to be... From what we can see here, he must... There are many similarities... Both pictures depict... Both pictures are quite similar in that they show... When you give it a closer look it reveals... The first picture ... whereas the other picture ... Another important difference is... Picture ... doesn't show ... as clearly as ... Picture ... attempts to ... but I think picture ... does this more effectively... All pictures are interesting, but ... gives a stronger idea of... It's difficult to tell from a photograph but this picture could have been taken in ... I might be wrong, but I'd say that this picture ... I would imagine/guess that this picture comes from ... Picture ... is by far the best to show because ... To me, picture ... is essential for this kind of publication. I'm surprised there is no picture showing...

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PART 1I'm speaking English for my own satisfaction / my job / in order to improve my employment prospects.If you want to go ahead these days, you need to have a good command of EnglishI always loved (the sea.I'd love to visit places untouched/ unspoiltby man.!owever, there's no place like home."hat's a big #uestion$I want to be a useful member of society.I'm keen on ... I'm an avid (traveler ... I haven't given it much thought until now.PART 2%hat strikes me about the &rst picture is the fact that..."his picture reminds me of...'udging from thephotograph, the children..."he man appears to be...(rom what we can see here, he must..."here are many similarities...)oth pictures depict...)oth pictures are #uite similar in that they show...%hen you give it a closer look it reveals..."he &rst picture ... whereas the other picture ...*nother important di+erence is...,icture ... doesn't show ... as clearly as ...,icture ... attempts to ... but I think picture ... does this more e+ectively...*ll pictures are interesting, but ... gives a stronger idea of...It's di-cult to tell from a photograph but this picture could have been taken in ...I might be wrong, but I'd say that this picture ...I would imagine/guess that this picture comes from ...,icture ... is by far the best to show because ..."o me, picture ... is essential for this kind of publication.I'm surprised there is no picture showing...* picture of ... would get the message across more e+ectively."he cover would be so much better if we had a picture of ....o let's look at the alternatives ..."he name for this escapes me at present, but it's for/it's like ..."he name for it is on the tip of my tongue ...PART 3/p to the problem in #uestion ..."he main problem centres around ...It's my belief ...(or my part ...*s I see it ...*s I was saying ...I forgot to mention ...I'm of the opinion that ..."o my mind ..."o my way of thinking ...I am convinced that ...I am inclined to believe that ...0on't get me wrong but shouldn't we ... 1'udging by ... they must be ...... is a separate issue.2oving on to ..."aking everything into account ...I couldn't agree more.I agree up to a point.I think I see what you mean, but ...I'm in two minds about it. / I'm ambivalent about ...I don't see eye to eye with you here ..."hat's true in a way, I suppose, but ...I don't feel convinced ..."hat's one way of looking at it. 3n the other hand ...4an you take a clear stand on that matter1It brings to the #uestion / idea / problem of ...,erhaps we should put ... &rst1 %hat do you think1* strong point in favour of ... is that ...%hat do you think should go ne5t1*re you happy with this order then10o you go along with that1PART 4'ust following from what 6 was saying, I also feel ...%hile generally agreeing with 6, I must say that ...*dding to what 6 has just said, I think ...I can sympathise with what 6 said but ...3ne thing 6 didn't mention is ....urprising, as it may seem, I don't support 6's view on ...,erhaps it should be also emphasi7ed that ... / it should be pointed out that ...