I would like to talk about my best friend Simon. So I first met Simon back in 2019 on a language exchange platform. It’s called HelloTalk. Simon wanted to study Chinese and on that time I was eager to improve my English skills so we became friends. After several video calls for the language exchange, I realised Simon is a very considerate, very friendly person. So I decided to keep talking to him and treating him as my best friend. Especially during 2020, just at the beginning of COVID outbreak, I found it very challenging for me to land a job in the IT industry. I completed 6 months coding bootcamp and however I didn’t have college degrees so I found it very challenging for me to get a job. When I was about to give up, Simon just told me to stick up to my dream to serve here and he even offered to help me with my series and he actually did. Finally, I got a job in Guangzhou in June so I feel very grateful and indebted to Simon because he has been so supportive to me even in the toughest hours for me. He didn’t leave me.
Band 7+: Describe a person who you are happy to know. You should say: - Who this person is - How do you know this person - What he or she is like - And explain why you are happy to know him or her.
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I would like to talk about my best friend Simon. I first met Simon back in 2019 on a language exchange platform called HelloTalk. Simon wanted to study Chinese, and at that time, I was eager to improve my English skills, so we became friends. After several video calls for the language exchange, I realized Simon is a very considerate and friendly person. I decided to keep talking to him and treat him as my best friend. Especially during 2020, at the beginning of the COVID outbreak, I found it very challenging to land a job in the IT industry. I completed a six-month coding bootcamp; however, I didn't have a college degree, so I found it very challenging to get a job. When I was about to give up, Simon told me to stick to my dream and even offered to help me with my resume, and he actually did. Finally, I got a job in Guangzhou in June, so I feel very grateful and indebted to Simon because he has been so supportive during my toughest times. He didn't leave me.
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