Should companies be required to make products that last?
A strong Part 3 answer takes a position in the first clause, supports it with one reason and one concrete case, and then names where it stops being true. Around a minute.
The question, as the examiner gives it
Should companies be required to make products that last?
no preparation, about 1 minute to speak
A band 7 to 8 answer
About 126 words at a natural pace — roughly what 60 seconds holds.
Answer it yourself first
Record your own answer first. A model you have read three times comes out with a flattened rhythm, and examiners are trained to hear exactly that. Read it afterwards for the vocabulary and the shape, not to memorise the sentences.I would support a requirement, though I think durability is the wrong thing to legislate directly. It is very hard to define and easy to argue about. What is much easier to require is repairability, which means spare parts available for ten years and a design that can be opened without destroying it. That produces the same outcome through a mechanism you can actually enforce. The objection is cost, and it is a fair one, because a repairable product is more expensive at the point of sale and that falls hardest on people with the least money. My answer would be that the current arrangement also falls hardest on them, since buying a cheap machine four times is more expensive than buying a good one once.
The words that earn marks
Each one links to how it is pronounced.
- durability
five syllables with the stress on the third
- legislate
three syllables with the stress on the first
- repairability
a long abstract noun used accurately
- spare
the exact adjective in spare parts
- enforce
the key verb about making a rule work
- objection
three syllables with the stress on the second
- arrangement
three syllables with the stress on the second
How a strong answer is built
- 1Agree, then reject the obvious form of the policy.
- 2Propose a workable alternative.
- 3State the strongest objection fairly.
- 4Answer it directly.
Sounds to watch
The ones this answer leans on most.
Straight answers
How long should my answer to “Should companies be required to make products that last?” be?
About 60 seconds. Long enough for the answer plus a reason or an example, short enough that the examiner can get through the rest of the set.
Should I memorise the model answer?
No. Record your own version first, then read the model for the shape and the vocabulary. A memorised answer changes rhythm and pace noticeably, and examiners are trained to hear it — it usually costs more than the better wording gains.
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