Describe something that you picked up that was thrown by someone else.
Speaking cue card with answers(30 cue)
– Where was it?
– When was it picked up?
– What did you do after you picked it up?
– How did you feel?
• I play with my friends in a park near my house every Saturday and Sunday.
• Last Sunday, it was a sunny day, and the park was full of people.
• We played on the swings and had a lot of fun.
• Suddenly, I noticed a boy throw a plastic bottle near the bench.
• I felt sad seeing the litter in such a nice place.
• I decided to do something about it.
• I walked over, picked up the bottle.
• I wanted to put it in the nearby dustbin.
• It wasn’t a big thing, but I wanted to help keep the park clean.
• But I also wanted to tell that boy that he had done something wrong.
• He must be around 10-12 years old.
• As I went towards him, he saw me coming with the bottle in my hand.
• I told him that littering was wrong and that he should himself put the bottle in the bin.
• His mother was also sitting on a nearby bench and was seeing all this.
• He looked at his mother and then took the bottle from my hand and threw it in the dustbin.
• After he threw the bottle away, I smiled at the boy and he smiled back.
• It made me happy to know that I had made a small difference.
• My friends saw what I did, and they smiled at me.
• We continued playing and had a great time. I felt proud that I did the right thing.
• I remembered what my parents always say about keeping the environment clean and not littering.
• Later, I thought about how small actions, like picking up trash, can make a big impact.
• It’s important to take care of our surroundings.
• I hope everyone does their part to keep our parks and streets clean.
• Even the little things we do can make a big difference.
Part 3 Follow Up Questions
1. What kind of people tend to lose things more often than others?
People who are careless about things or do not pay much attention tend to forget or lose their things. In some cases, people are often burdened with multiple tasks, also lose things more often.
2. What kind of things do people often lose?
I think the most common that anyone can lose easily or would have definitely lost multiple times om their life would be keys to the house or car. Other than nowadays people tend to lose everyday things like tv remote or their mobile phone.
3. Why do some people find lost things easier than others?
I believe such people have good memory skills. For example, whenever I lose anything I try to recall the situation or time when I had used that particular thing and then I am able to find it easily.
4. What do you think are the reasons why some people pick up lost things and don’t give them back?
May be they are greedy or sometimes they think that they got it by luck. It could also be that they don’t want to spend effort on finding the rightful owner of that thing and they decide to keep it with themselves.
5. Should parents teach their children to return things lost by others?
Obviously yes, people should never keep anything that doesn’t belong to them. So it is important for parents to instil this value in their children as they do not know the difference between right and wrong.
6. Why do some people enjoy collecting antiques or second-hand items?
May be because of the historical values attached to those items. People who have interest in art often like to collect paintings and sculptures from famous artists. Also, some people think of these items as investment which could bring them good returns in future.