Sample Response 4

Listen again and repeat after the response. Pay close attention to pronunciation, intonation and word stress.

The best advice I have ever received was from my mother. My mother advised me as a young child to take my schoolwork very seriously because it would help me in the future.

It turned out to be the best advice that I have ever received.

First, concentrating on my schoolwork helped me to achieve good grades, eventually allowing me to receive a college scholarship.

I could not have afforded college without it. Plus, my good study habits throughout college enabled me to graduate at the top of my class.

I was immediately eligible for all sorts of jobs.