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Band 6+: Can you tell me where you live? -Do you work or study? -What do you do in your free time?

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I'm from Lebanon, not Uzbekistan, the city of Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan. Lebanon is a modern and developing country, I think. I am a student and I also partially work as a software engineer. And I really enjoy reading newspapers in my free time, writing rhymes, playing the piano, and also playing the guitar. I prefer to do these kinds of things in my free time always.

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Lebanese, Uzbekistan, the city of Tashcan. It’s a capital of my country. And it’s so much, uh, modern and developing country, I think. I am a student and I also partially work as a software engineer. And I really enjoy, uh, reading newspapers in my free time and writing rhymes and also doing some playing some piano and also playing guitar. Uh, I prefer to do these kind of things in my free time always.

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