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Part 2

Band 5+: Describe a place where you thought things were too expensive

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Hello. Uh, to begin with, I would like to say that I have a daughter. It's important for the next bit. So my daughter and I went for a walk, but eventually, we decided to go by car somewhere just to drive around the city. And she saw a store, and she asked me to pop into the store to buy her juice. And the store, it was, uh, was placed in a shopping center, which is called City Center. And, uh, while we were in this convenience store, she noticed, uh, that they have a glass elevator in the mall. And she asked me to go there and to ride on this elevator because she has never tried it. Had never tried it. And I agreed and we went to this glass elevator. And while we were riding, she decided to look around at these, uh, holes and tops, which were presented in this shopping center. And we went around the whole mall. And we saw such, um, shops like Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, etcetera. And, uh, she was asking me to go inside one of them. But I refused and I said, uh, honey, it's it's not the place where we would buy anything because it's cost unappropriately. I And, uh, she was upset a bit, but eventually I bought her a candy and juice, and we went further.
Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

Hello. Uh, to begin with, I would like to say that I have a daughter. It’s important for to the next bit. So my daughter and I went to to having a walk stroll, but eventually, we decided to go by car somewhere just to drive around with the city. And she saw store, and she asked me to pop into the store to buy her juice. And the store, it it was, uh, was placed in, shopping center, which is called city center. And, uh, while we were in, uh, this convenient storm, she noticed, uh, that they have glass elevator. In, uh, the in the mall. And she asked me to go there and to to write on this elevator because she has never tried it. Had never tried tried it. And I agreed and we went to this palace elevator. And while we were riding, she decided to look around, these, uh, holes and tops, which were presented in, uh, at this shopping center. And we went around all of this all mall And we saw such, um, shops like Doctor. Gabbana, Gucci, etcetera. And, uh, she was asking me to go inside one of them. But I refused and I said, uh, honey, it’s it’s not the place where we would buy anything because it’s cost unappropriately. I And, uh, she was upset a bit, but eventually I bought her a candy and juice, and we went further.

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