Band 7: friend who learned smth new not from a techer (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Now I would like to talk about one of my close friends, Marina, who has always been passionate about learning something new whenever she gets free time. First of all, I would like to explain that last summer she decided to improve her skills by trying new business opportunities. At that moment, she was genuinely interested in ordering different kinds of closures, jewelry, and other products directly from China through certain apps. Instead of learning these skills from a teacher, she preferred searching and acquiring these skills independently, which really impressed me. To learn this skill, she relied on different apps like WeChat, Pinduoduo, and other translation tools to avoid language-related mistakes. When it comes to why she learned this skill, I would say that her main aim was to improve her skills, explore a new source of income for herself, and most importantly, spend quality time in summer. In a nutshell, learning this skill was an enjoyable experience for her, providing a better online income in the long run.

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Now I would like to talk about one of my close friends, Marina, who has been always passionate about learning something new whenever she gets free time. Well first of all I would like to explain that last summer she decided to improve her skills by trying new business opportunities. Well, at that moment she was genuinely interested in ordering different kind of closures, jewelry and other kind of products directly from China through certain apps but instead of learning, I mean, equating these skills from a teacher she preferred searching along and equating these skills independently that really impressed me most. On top of that, to learn this skill, she relied on different kind of apps like WeChat, Pinduado and other translation tools to avoid different kind of language-related mistakes. While when it comes to why she learned this skill, I would say that her main aim was to improve her skills and explore a new source of income for herself and most importantly spend quality time in summer. In a nutshell, learning this skill was really an enjoyable experience for her, providing a better online income in the long run.

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