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This IELTS Speaking Part 2 cue card asks you to talk about a famous person you'd like to meet, covering who the person is; how you know about them; what you would ask or say; and explain why you would like to meet them.. Below is a band 9 sample answer with tips on structuring a two-minute talk.
Describe a famous person you would like to meet.
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You have one minute to prepare and may make notes. Then speak for one to two minutes; the examiner may ask one or two short follow-up questions.
Among living public figures, the person I would most like to meet is the naturalist Sir David Attenborough. I have known his work since childhood, because his nature documentaries were among the few programmes my whole family watched together, and his voice practically narrates my mental image of the natural world. What draws me to him is not just the films but the man's trajectory: he has spent seventy years turning complex science into wonder without ever dumbing it down, and in his nineties he redirected his fame into blunt climate advocacy, addressing world leaders with the moral authority of someone who has personally witnessed the planet change. If I met him, I would ask two things. First, which single moment in the wild affected him most deeply — I suspect the answer would not be a famous scene but something unbroadcast. Second, how he keeps hope, having documented so much loss. I would also simply thank him, because my own habit of reading about wildlife, and even my small donations to conservation groups, trace directly back to watching his programmes as a ten-year-old. Meeting him would feel like meeting the origin of my curiosity.
After your talk, the examiner moves to more abstract questions linked to this cue card.
Partly instinct — humans are social creatures who have always monitored high-status individuals — and partly manufactured, since entire industries profit from our attention to celebrity gossip. Celebrities also serve as shared stories: strangers can bond discussing a star's wedding when they have nothing else in common.
I believe so, in proportion to their influence. Fame is amplified speech: when millions imitate your habits and opinions, carelessness does real damage, and thoughtfulness does real good. They did not sign a contract, but power creates responsibility whether we choose it or not.
Increasingly a burden, in my view. Fame once meant admiration from a distance; now it means permanent surveillance, instant criticism and strangers feeling entitled to your time. The wealth is real, but many celebrities describe losing ordinary pleasures — privacy, spontaneity, trust — that ordinary people never think to value.
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