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Band 6+: Describe a place you visited that was surprisingly different from what you expected. You should say: - Where the place was - When you visited it - What your expectations were before visiting And explain why it was so different from what you expected.

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I would definitely say China. I expected the people of China to be racist and less friendly, and I expected China to be less modern and less clean because I've seen a lot of people online talking about how bad it was. But it was actually different. It was cleaner, people weren't resistant at all to me, unlike the people in Japan. It was such a clean and technologically advanced place, it's crazy. China is definitely living years ahead of us. I was surprised by the amount of technology, and I really liked the surprise because it shows how hard they worked to improve the country. My friend went in 2010 and she said it was bad and the smell was stinky because of the food, but I don't think food is a problem. You should respect other people's food because if you don't accept their food, how can you expect them to accept yours? So I didn't have a problem. People online were saying it was nice, cozy, and warm. The second I found out about how it looked and started to inform other people about who I am, we started to be friends. The more friends you have in China, the more comfortable you feel. That's all. I don't know what you expect me to say, but it's such a nice country. You have to visit it. My dad has been there ten times, which is crazy. He has never been to another country since he went to China. I think that's how much our family loves China, and we still do. We're going again for 10 days just because we love it so much.
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would definitely be China like I accepted the people of China to be racist and less friendly and I accept to be China like I mean they can’t be less pop less modern and less cleaner because I’ve seen a lot of people online talking about how bad it was but it was actually different it was cleaner people weren’t resistant at all to I am like the people who was in Japan was and it was such a clean and technology can’t be like this is crazy like China’s definitely living other years than we are so I was surprised about the amount of appropriate the amount of technology and I really liked the surprise because it shows how hard they worked to so the country can improve because my friend went actually 2010 and she said it was bad and the smell was stink because of the food but I don’t think that food is a problem like you should respect other people food because if you don’t expect their food how do you accept them to expect yours so I had it actually a problem like people online were saying like I said it was nice cozy and warm country and the second I like find out about how it look and and to inform other people about who I am we start to be friends and like this and the more friend you have in China the more comfortable you like feel and that’s all like I don’t know what you expect me to say but this such a nice country like you have to give it a visit my dad won’t like ten times which is like crazy he never been to another country since he like been to China and I think that’s how much our family like love China and and we still do. We’re going like, start 10 days again just because we love it so much.

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