雅思口语考官范文-Family Business

Describea family business you know about.

Youshould say:

What type of business it is

Who owns this business

What activities are involved inthis business

Andexplain your idea of this business.

Thebusiness I know and would like to talk about is owned by a family in ourcommunity. It’s a floral business and they’ve been very successful with it.They have a large nursery outside oftown and this is where they grow their produce. The flowers they harvest aresold wholesale to local vendors.

MrChen is the man with the green fingers who started the business many moons ago.Over the years, the business has grown in leapsand bounds. Nowadays, they have been increasing the size of their flowerfarm by branching out into shrubs,bulbs and gardening supplies.  I heard talk that they are considering exportingflowers to neighbouring provinces, as well. With the business on the rise, I think that Mr Chen has agood business head on his shoulders and he created a solid business model.

Allof his family are involved in the business. I know that he’s been able to put his children through university inthe UK with the money he has earned. Now, both his son and his daughter areinvolved in the day to day business. Other family members, such as uncles andaunts, work in the nursery tending to the plants and managing the otherworkers. I think it’s a good idea to keep it in the family.

Youknow, in the beginning, he only had two small gardens and a small shop. But bypersevering, and through his own hard work, he created a very successful business.

Ithink his business plan, hard work, dedication, timely decision making and luckworked to his advantage, and the family has become a renowned floral company inthis province.

Hisbiggest shop is just down the road from where I live and so our house is alwaysfull of flowers, as we often drop in on our way home. If Mr Chen is there, we always come away with a great armful of blooms, as he is a good friend to my mum and dad and they’ve knowneach other for years.

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Vocabulary

Nursery [noun]: a place whereyoung trees or other plants are raised for transplanting, for sale, or forexperimental study.

Green fingers [idiom]: if you havegreen fingers, you are good at making plants grow.I do envy you your green fingers. Your garden always looks sobeautiful.

Many moons ago [idiom]: A long timein the past.I used to be quite theathlete, many moons ago.

Leaps and bounds [idiom]: very largedegrees of or rapid progress forward. (Used especially in the phrases “by/inleaps and bounds” and “make leaps and bounds.”)The class made leaps and bounds in its reading comprehension after Iadopted a new teaching method.

Branching out [phrasal verb andidiom]: If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that isdifferent from their normal activities or work.I continued studying moths, and branched out to other insects.

Heard talk [phrasal verb]: tofind out that something has happened

On the rise [idiom]: becomingmore successful, frequent, or numerous.Theseyoung actors are on the rise. The number of auto thefts in Cook County is onthe rise again.

Know that [phrasal verb]: toknow that someone or something exists and who, what, or where they are.

In the family [idiom]: restrictedto one's own family.He only told hisbrother because he wanted it to remain in the family.

Drop in [phrasal verb]: tomake a short visit somewhere.Why don’tyou drop by for coffee some time?

Come away [phrasal verb]: toleave in a particular state or condition

Blooms [noun]: the flowersof a plant.