Well, I think I’m gonna describe a place in my village that I used to visit a lot, but not anymore. So it was Thera house in my village. So a little bit about his name is a place when the local people in my village gather to, uh, organize big events. So it was also the place for people, uh, to play and do exercise. Uh, it has a really large playground as well as a lot of sport, uh, facilities in order for people to doing regular exercise. So in the past is one of my most favorite destinations. Uh, every morning my father would brought me to this place in order to do regular exercise. And at the meantime, I often go, uh, going out with my friend. We often go to the playground to build sand castle, uh, played football and so on. So it was really interesting. But, uh, in recent years, it has become worse. Is now a, uh, very dark sport in my village, as it was occupied by gangster, many z people, zun men in the village gathered dead to use drugs. It’s not really safe for me to, uh, go into this place. And on top of that, another side reason is that, um, I’m now, uh, a high school student and I am snow under a lot of assignments. So I do not have time to visit this place or I do not want to visit this place anymore.
Band 6+: describe a public place that you used to visit a lot but don't anymore
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Well, I think I'm going to describe a place in my village that I used to visit a lot, but not anymore. It was called the Thera House, and it was a gathering place for the local people in my village. They would organize big events there, and it was also a place for people to play and exercise. It had a really large playground as well as a lot of sports facilities for people to do regular exercise. In the past, it was one of my favorite destinations. Every morning, my father would bring me to this place to do regular exercise. And at the same time, I would often go out with my friends. We would go to the playground to build sandcastles, play football, and so on. It was really interesting. But in recent years, it has become worse. It's now a very dark spot in my village, as it's been occupied by gangsters. Many young men in the village gather there to use drugs. It's not really safe for me to go there anymore. And on top of that, another reason is that I'm now a high school student and I'm swamped with assignments. So I don't have time to visit this place, or I don't want to visit this place anymore.
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