Uh, today I’m gonna share with you a. About uh, commonace that I used to visit this lot, but not anymore. So it was the playground in my village. Uh, a little bit about this place is your uh, a control house, which is the place for the local people to celebrate organizing some special, special events. Uh, so this place were very popular with the people in my village. Uh, it have a very large playground for children as well as sport facilities for people to doing exercise. So in the past, my father often brought me here in order to do regular exercise every morning. Well, at the time I was really fun to going to this place as I will have a chance to play with my friend. We often build sand castles, played football and so on. But in recent year it became worse. Well, the place now became a very dark place of my village because it’s now occupied by uh, gangsters. Uh, they are so. So evil in the place. Or uh. I sometimes see some people doing illegal activities here. So I fail feel that it’s not really safe to play in this area anymore. And on top of that, me uh. Um. I am snow under a lot of work and assignment at my school. So I do not t have time to visit the place in the future. I think it’s will change.
Band 6+: describe a public place that you used to visit a lot but don't anymore
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Today, I'm going to share with you a place I used to visit a lot, but not anymore. It was the playground in my village. This place had a community center, which served as a gathering spot for locals to celebrate and organize special events. It was very popular among the people in my village. It had a large playground for children, as well as sports facilities for people to exercise. In the past, my father often brought me here to exercise every morning. At the time, I really enjoyed going to this place because I had the chance to play with my friends. We often built sandcastles, played football, and so on. But in recent years, things have changed for the worse. The place has become a dark spot in my village because it's now occupied by gangsters. They are very menacing, and I sometimes see people engaging in illegal activities there. I don't feel safe playing in this area anymore. On top of that, I'm overwhelmed with work and assignments at school, so I don't have time to visit the place anymore. I think it's a shame that it's changed so much.
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