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CELPIP Speaking · Task 5

Comparing and Persuading

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Original practice example: Choosing a New Dental Clinic

You live in Owen Sound, and your dentist of many years has just retired. You need a new clinic for regular checkups and cleanings. You have no dental insurance, so cost matters, and you work weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., which makes appointments hard to fit in. Look at the two clinics below and decide which one you would pick.

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    Juliette, I totally get why you'd suggest the college clinic. Sixty dollars a visit is hard to beat, and you obviously had a good experience there. But when I looked at the details, Brightwater still makes more sense for me. The biggest issue is time. A cleaning at the college takes around three hours, and they're only open on weekdays until three. Since I don't finish work until four-thirty, I'd have to take an unpaid afternoon off, which would probably cancel out whatever I'd save. Brightwater, on the other hand, has evening appointments on Tuesdays and Thursdays, plus Saturdays, so I wouldn't miss a minute of work. The other thing is that the college only does cleanings. I'd still have to find a dentist for the actual checkup, so I'd be paying twice and booking two appointments. At Brightwater, it's two hundred and forty-five, and everything's done in one visit. Sure, the seven-week wait isn't ideal, but nothing's bothering me right now, so I can live with that. Does that make sense?

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