8.0-8.5 Speaker 2
Task 2
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E: Alright. Now, I'm going to give you a topic. And I'd like you to talk about it for one to two minutes. Before you talk, you'll have one minute to think about what you're going to say and you can make some notes if you wish. You understand?
S: Yes.
E: The topic I'd like you to talk about is the type of clothing you like to wear. Alright. So first of all, you got one minute to prepare. (After one-minute preparation) All right. Now remember, you've got one to two minutes for this so don't worry if I stop you. I'll tell you when the time is up. Can you start speaking now please?
S: So I found it very interesting that you chose this specific topic because I really do have a love hate relationship with the entire concept of clothes. My problem comes from the fact that I grew up in Pakistan and so your performance and your … how you presented yourself in society held a very different type of connotation. So there was gender roles and norms surrounding your clothing and how you presented yourself on a very strict spectrum of masculinity and femininity. And me as a person, I do not like to adhere to these type of extremes. And while I do identify as a woman, and I'm a female, I … the way I dress in the way I prefer to dress in my country don't really resonate with the id … the typical ideals of femininity. And so my preference and clothing does run a little bit more androgynous than society would dictate how it should. A bit of it has been influenced by social media. I tend to lean towards comfort wear or fashion wear and I do like to still adhere to the concept of mo, modesty when I'm thinking about how to dress myself. Growing up, I never like to wear dresses or anything above my knee and my mum would be frustrated as to why this little girl doesn't want to wear dress and I'd say, oh, because I feel cold and the truth was, I just wanted to run around in a pair of shorts without having to think about, oh, I have to keep prim and proper and make sure nobody catches me unawares, you know. That did follow me through. And now I'm in my 20s and I still like to tell my mum I don't like to wear dresses and, well, it's gotten better in terms of the relationship dealing with that. I do still see it as a big hindrance to our progress and society because once you present …
E: Thank you. Sorry to interrupt.