I want to describe a disaster that happened when I was a child. Actually, I was in third grade in elementary school. At that time, a really heavy, bad earthquake happened in Iran. Many parts of the northeast of Iran damaged from that earthquake. Hopefully, it didn’t make any damages in my neighborhood and for my home, especially. But lots of people died and it was a really bad thing that happened for me in my life. I know lots of people that they lost their friends, their family, their parents, those people that they loved them. To add about the weather situation that it was not really stable, I can remember that two years ago, I went to the north of Iran. And you know, in that part of the country, the geography and the features of geography of that part of Iran is not really suitable. You must actually, you know, I like to say, it’s possible anything happened for you. And you must prepare for that things. And beware in the beach. And you know, suddenly all the things change and heavy storms and harsh wind starts to blow. And that was really scary for me because I hadn’t seen something like that before.
Band 6+: Describe a natural disaster/an extreme weather condition that you will never forget
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I want to describe a disaster that happened when I was a child. Actually, I was in third grade in elementary school. At that time, a really heavy earthquake occurred in Iran. Many parts of the northeast of Iran were damaged by that earthquake. Fortunately, it didn't cause any damage in my neighborhood or to my home, especially. But lots of people died, and it was a really bad thing that happened in my life. I know many people who lost their friends, their family, and their parents, those people they loved. To add about the weather situation, it was not really stable. I can remember that two years ago, I went to the north of Iran. In that part of the country, the geography and features are not really suitable. You must actually prepare for anything that can happen. You must be cautious at the beach. Suddenly, everything can change, and heavy storms and harsh winds start to blow. That was really scary for me because I hadn't seen anything like that before.
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