(2025) IELTS Speaking Part 1 Topic Computers

I use my computer almost everyday. I would say I use it mainly for work and study.
I’m quite used to reading on a digital screen, for example to read research papers and news items.
Also I do a bit of online shopping every night and then like shopping for clothes or to book flights and accommodation for my holidays.

It went way back when I just started primary school. Back then I was spent hours watching my dad playing this computer game called the Age of Empire which is really old. I don’t think kids nowadays have ever heard of it. But that was the first time I ever had the access to this human invention called computer.
Before then the most technological gadget in my life was a hand held game console which I used to play Tetris. So during that time all I was thinking was when do I get to use the computer by myself?
And the day finally came, my dad was away and the bright red mouse nipple was looking back at me like the forbidden fruit in the Eden Garden. And of course I spent the whole afternoon playing the game by myself. But just when I was about to put it back, I made one tiny but fatal mistake.
I turned it off by holding the power button as opposed to, you know, you should click windows at the top, at the left bottom corner of your screen and then click shut down, blah blah blah.
So you can imagine how mad my dad was at me when he found out what I did.
But now, almost 20 years later, looking back at it, I still don’t think that was completely my fault. Because if you think about it, computers are the only electronic device in the world other than bombs made by terrorists. Maybe that can’t be, or at least shouldn’t be turned off by pressing the power button.

So what kind of design is that? The reason why honestly is still kind of beyond me.

Miserable for sure, because we are not just talking about computers for work and study. Computers are everywhere in this modern life. Cars manufactured today contain at least one computer, for example, and they operate almost everything from air conditioning, radios and to lock brake systems, cruise control and braking control, etc …

I’d say when there’s no Internet connection, because nowadays a computer offline is virtually useless. The only thing I imagine you can do on a computer without Internet is to play minesweeper. So if I’m going outdoors, I won’t choose to bring a laptop with me because it’s bulky, heavy to carry around, and no more useful than the brick when there’s no Wi-Fi around.

Basically, I use it everyday, I use it for studying, because these days many things have to be done with computer. These is particular true during the lockdown, during which I use it to listen to a lecture, discuss with my classmates and submit my assignment.

Way back to my primary school. I remember we had a computer class once a week, and we were all excited about this class, because computer was exclusive, and very few family can afford it. But at that time, our teacher just thought us how to turn on the computer, how to type and how to carry out some basic operation such as copy and paste.

It will be full of doom and gloom, like I said, most of my study are now being done with my computer, So without computer, I couldn’t finish anything. And besides, I tend to use computers to do other things, such as watching sitcoms, online shopping, or just scrolling social media websites. To be honest Just can’t image what my life will be like without my computer.

I would say, making notes, although I ve tried some software such as pdf expert or adobe acrobat to take notes on my computer, it just is not as smooth as I do it with my pen and paper. So when I am reading some papers, I would rather print it out and make notes on the hard copy.