Okay, so today I’d like to describe a piece of local news that people have found particularly interesting. Well, what is about a new announcement, like about new announcement in whether in my city, especially herjuman city, will be, I mean will turn to a green urban planning without any petrol vehicles. Well, if my memory serves me right, I first heard about this news on social media, what I mean is that at that time I was browsing on Tiktok and And of course, this new was immediately, I mean this new was immediately caught my attention. And honestly, initially I felt so shocked and of course, out of the blue because I couldn’t I believe that my city one day will turn to a place without any partial vehicles. And of course, based on my observation, a lot of people were sympathetic to me because they also believed, I mean they also find it really unbelievable because they couldn’t imagine a Ho Chi Minh city without petrol vehicles one day. And of course, don’t get me wrong, I don’t have the ability to observe all the people in my city about their reaction but at least around people, locals, residents around my neighbor. They tend to be shocked like me. And yeah, I guess that this announcement was kind of fascinating to the local people around my neighborhood.
Band 6+: Describe a piece of local news that people are interested in. You should say: - What this news is; - How you got to know this news; - What people's reactions are to this news; - And explain why people are interested in this news.
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Okay, so today I'd like to describe a piece of local news that people have found particularly interesting. Well, it's about a new announcement, like a new announcement in my city, especially Ho Chi Minh City, will turn to a green urban planning without any petrol vehicles. Well, if my memory serves me right, I first heard about this news on social media. What I mean is that at that time I was browsing on TikTok and of course, this news immediately caught my attention. And honestly, initially I felt so shocked and of course, out of the blue because I couldn't believe that my city one day will turn to a place without any petrol vehicles. And of course, based on my observation, a lot of people were sympathetic to me because they also believed, I mean they also find it really unbelievable because they couldn't imagine a Ho Chi Minh City without petrol vehicles one day. And of course, don't get me wrong, I don't have the ability to observe all the people in my city about their reaction but at least around people, locals, residents around my neighborhood, they tend to be shocked like me. And yeah, I guess that this announcement was kind of fascinating to the local people around my neighborhood.
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