Honestly speaking, I am a very lazy person, and I don’t want to do much work, um, as compared to other staffuff in the office. But one day, I received a piece of advice from my boss, who gave me last Friday when I was sleeping in the office without doing any kind of work in my office. So I feel very tired in that time because I work a lot the day before that day, and I feel very exhausted, um, in that time, I fell asleep. I fellleep in the office room. So my boss came and gave me advice on that. On that advice, I was exiled from the company because of not doing hard work. So I feel very bad in that time because my, because my, my way of earning some money was also gone and my job also hired. So in that time, I feel very sad. And there are a couple of experience that I feel after receiving that advice. The first, the first experience was I, uh, was blank. And I didn’t even even remember that day because the, it was the black day of my life. And, and my parents also also told me about negative consequences of that. And I feel very bad, really bad. And all the step, um, members also not liking me because of my bad vhavior. So I try to improve that, my vavior. And nowadays, I am much more dedicated towards my, uh, tasks because I learned the lesson from it. So this was one piece of advice that I received recently, about two months ago.
Band 5+: Describe a piece of advice you recently received. You should say: when this happened who gave you the advice what the advice was and explain how you felt about the advice.
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Honestly speaking, I'm a bit of a lazy person, and I tend to avoid work compared to others in the office. One Friday, I was feeling incredibly exhausted after working late the previous day. I ended up falling asleep at my desk. My boss found me and gave me some advice. He told me that if I didn't start working harder, I could be let go from the company. I was devastated. Not only did I lose my job, but also my primary source of income. It was a very difficult time for me. I felt completely lost and couldn't even remember that day. It was a dark period in my life. My parents also emphasized the negative consequences of my actions, and I realized that my colleagues were disappointed in me. I knew I had to change my behavior. Since then, I've been much more dedicated to my work. I learned a valuable lesson that day. This advice, which I received about two months ago, has had a profound impact on me.
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