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Part 2

Band 5+: Describe a place where you thought things were too expensive

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Today I'd like to recall an experience I had with my family when we went to a nearby food stall. The cost of the food was unexpectedly high. Even ordinary dishes and bottled water were much more expensive than I anticipated. I'll go into more detail about the experience and what the place looked like. My parents chose this food stall randomly. It was a small restaurant that mainly served beef and meat, popular with people who wanted a quick meal. When we arrived, the atmosphere was vibrant, with people coming and going constantly. The noise and bustle made me feel a bit uncomfortable. For example, 100 grams of beef cost our family around 100,000 dong. Compared to the prices at a regular market, it was significantly more expensive. Even a bottle of water cost us 25,000 dong. We felt that the prices at this location were not in line with our expectations. While the food stall might have offered some delicious dishes, I can assure you I won't be going back there again.
Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

Today I would like to recall the experience when I had with my family when we went to the nearby foodstall. And it turns out that, uh, the cost were so unexpected as ah, you know, the ordinary dish and um, bottled water, uh, cost us, uh, too much than my estimation. I will talk about a little bit more detail about the experience and what the footste looked like. You know, the nearby footstones my parents chose by chance. And it could be referred as uh, randomly. Uh, did fullstor mainly served beef and meat for people who would like to have a rink? And when we went to the, uh, food store, you know, the um, vibrant ast fee here around people went back and forth and a lot of, you know, uh, the underreivge here make me feel quite annoying and uncomfortable when I had dishes here. So, you know, 100 kilogram. I’m sorry. 100 grams of fifef cost, uh, us, uh, family around 1000 hundred down. And when it compared to the ordinary market, it was then much, you know, worse. Our outside budget as well as the bottle quarter cost us 25,000 Vietnam Dol. And that’s why we felt that this location wasn’t, you know, the cost wasn’t much. Our expectation to conclude while the locations this location mightire, um, some slee Mcing dishes. I promise I won’t go to display again.

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