So the event which I remember the most in my childhood I would say is a football event like a charity football event in my hometown. So basically in my hometown Every year the hometown government will celebrate the charity event by the football match. They will invite some local team and have a match and all the money from the ticket sold and the profit will become charity money. And it will give to some charity institution. So the first time I was attend the event, it was I was five years old. Like, it’s the first time I know what is football. And my brother went with me, because he’s a huge football fan, and I need some like tour guide to explain what the hell football is. And when I was young, I don’t know much about football. After that, events, I know a little bit more. Well, not too much, but some basic knowledge. And actually I have take part in one match in that event when I was 12 years old. Because at that time I’m the goalkeeper from my school team and my school team was invited to become a team, a competition, a competitor in that match. And that’s really cool. The reason why is memorable to me, like I said before, because that is the first time I know what football is. And the second thing, which I think is also my most important, is that it’s the first time I really enjoy something, because my childhood is kind of boring. And that’s the first time I feel happy to attend something I’ve been interested in, something. and that’s football.
Band 7+: Describe a memorable event from your childhood. You should say: - What the event was - When it took place - Who was involved And explain why it is memorable to you.
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So the event that I remember the most from my childhood is a charity football event in my hometown. Every year, the hometown government celebrates this charity event with a football match. They invite some local teams to play, and all the money from ticket sales and profits goes to charity. The first time I attended the event, I was five years old. It was the first time I learned what football was. My brother went with me because he's a huge football fan, and I needed a tour guide to explain what football is. When I was young, I didn't know much about the game. After that event, I learned a little bit more—well, not too much, but some basic knowledge. I actually took part in one match at that event when I was 12 years old. At that time, I was the goalkeeper for my school team, and my school team was invited to compete in that match. That was really cool. The reason why this event is memorable to me, as I mentioned before, is that it was the first time I learned what football is. The second reason, which I think is also important, is that it was the first time I really enjoyed something because my childhood was kind of boring. That was the first time I felt happy attending something I was interested in, and that was football.
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