Band 6: An interesting discussion with a friend (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Okay, an interesting discussion I just had with my friend. It was about money from selling her necklace. It was a discussion with one of my close friends, someone I've known for more than 25 years. I came across old pictures from my old hard disk, and one of the pictures is her wearing a gold necklace. I sent it to her just for fun. However, when she saw it, she told me that she sold this necklace years ago because she needed money at the time. I said maybe that was the valuable thing she mentioned. It would help us when we have financial difficulties. She said it was because she did not know the options about pawn shops. I said maybe we were not that poor from the beginning. We were just poor now. We did not know the better options or alternatives when we had some valuable belongings. This was very interesting for me because it seems like we shared everything, and I can support her without any other theories or academic support because I know that friends do that. How did you do it?

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Okay, an interesting discussion I just had with my friend. It was about money from selling her necklace. It was a discussion with one of my close friends, someone I’ve known for more than 25 years. I came across old pictures from my old hard disk and one of the pictures is her picture wearing a gold necklace. I sent it to her just for fun. However, when she saw it, she told me that she sold this necklace years ago because she needed money at the time. I said, maybe that was the valuable thing that she said. It would help us when we have financial difficulties. She said it was because she did not know the options about pawn shop. I said maybe we were not that poor since the beginning. We were just poor now. We did not know the better option or alternatives when we had some valuable belongings with us. This one was very interesting for me because it seems like we shared everything and I can support her without any other theories or any academic support because I know that friends are doing it. How did you do it?

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