Describe a leader you admire
• Who this person is;
• How you know this person;
• What skills he or she has for leadership;
• And explain why you think he or she is a good leader

回答示例

• I know of many leaders who are sportsmen, businessmen or politicians, but here I would like to talk about a leader whom I like very much.
• He is none other than Anna Hazare.
• He was in the limelight because of his fight against corruption.
• He moved the entire nation to protest against corruption.
• He is 73 years old.
• His real name is Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare.
• He belongs to Ralegaon Sidhi, a village in Maharashtra.
• He is a school teacher in that village.
• Because of him, the village won the award of a model village.
• That is why he got the Padma Bhushan in 1992, from the government of India.
• He calls himself a fakir – a man who has no family, no property, no bank balance and wears only khadi.
• His simplicity is his biggest quality.
• His simplicity and his oratorical skills are the reasons for his success.
• He is also known as today’s Gandhi
• He served the Indian Army for 15 years and took active part in the Indo China War
• There was a time when he thought of committing suicide.
• But then he came across a book by Swami Vivekanand and this brought a turning point in his life.
• He learned that the ultimate motive of human life is service to humanity.
• His tool of protest is hunger strikes
• His target is corrupt politicians
• Many Indians supported him in his latest struggle to get the Jan Lokpal Bill Implemented.
• This fight against corruption is termed as the 2nd Freedom Struggle of India.

考官后续提问

1. In your culture, what kinds of people can be leaders?
Anybody with good oratorical skills and ability to convince and motivate people can be a good leader.

2. Has there been a change in the characteristics that leaders should have?
Today’s leaders also know how to be in the limelight. Leaders who do true selfless service are very few nowadays.

3. Many women are earning more money now, does it mean that they can be leaders?
Gender does not have a role to play in leadership qualities. The ability to earn money also does not determine who can be a leader.