In my life I have received a lot of gifts. Some gifts are really valuable and some are not accepted. Here I’d like to talk about such incident that I received a gift that I couldn’t accept. This gift was left over. Actually a couple of years ago when I turned about 25, that moment I arranged a birthday party program. So in that birthday party program I invited all of my friends and relatives. On this occasion one of my uncles who came from UK, he also attended this birthday program. So when he attended, I get it to him to present the party. So when he gave me a gift by wrapped sticker, so that moment I realized that maybe it’s an ordinary gift like an electronic gadget such as earphone, earbuds, etc. That’s common. So when I entered my body part, at that moment I opened all of the gifts. So at that moment I found some gifts like Burgorgias, Belfishas and also captivating some gifts like doll, doll, headphone and also Apple Watch. Suddenly I saw a gift that I were really encouraging it’s a laptop. I couldn’t expect it to get this laptop but in that moment I felt about the moon. So I couldn’t I couldn’t tell the initial reaction that really need and I think it was one of the one of the item that I wasn’t expected because of in birthday party and because it’s a expensive gift and also it’s a gift that that people usually don’t do don’t give this gift in birthday party
Band 6+: Describe a gift you received that was not what you expected. You should say: - Who gave it to you - What the gift was - What you expected to receive And explain why you were surprised by the gift.
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In my life, I have received a lot of gifts. Some gifts are really valuable, and some are not accepted. Here, I'd like to talk about an incident when I received a gift that I couldn't accept. This gift was unexpected. A couple of years ago, when I turned 25, I arranged a birthday party. I invited all of my friends and relatives. On this occasion, one of my uncles, who came from the UK, also attended the party. When he arrived, I greeted him to present at the party. He gave me a gift wrapped with a sticker, and at that moment, I realized that it might be an ordinary gift, like an electronic gadget such as earphones or earbuds. That's common. When I opened all of the gifts, I found some items like Burgorgias, Belfishas, and also captivating gifts like a doll, headphones, and an Apple Watch. Suddenly, I saw a gift that was really surprising: it was a laptop. I couldn't expect to receive this laptop, and in that moment, I felt over the moon. I couldn't express my initial reaction, but I think it was one of the items that I didn't expect because it was a birthday party, and it was an expensive gift. People usually don't give such gifts at birthday parties.
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