Al right. When I decided to open my small business I took a peak risk that I thought might end badly. Uh, at the time I was around 17 so I suggested to my parents to open up our small market, uh, in the uh, neighborhood where didn’t many ah markets, didn’t have many markets. Uh, and um, in that occasion we invested most of our savings to rent a store there. Uh, after ah and having opened up our business I was really worried about and confused about people wouldn’t come to my market and I could lose all of my money. Um, but um, but uh, fortunately uh, the risk paid off uh, and I did some research and understand what products people in the aria needed. Uh, and I reduced the price of some products such as uh, floo, uh, n rice and oil because of attracting people to my market. After a few months later ially I marginally rose the price of that products step by step. And now the market became successful and profitable. This experience tolds m me that taking risks can lead to good results if you try to understand and work hard. Uh, and it is a great lesson that I learned something due to process.
Band 7+: describe a risk you took that you though would lead to a terrible result but ended up with a positive result. You should say - when you took the risk -why you took the risk -How it went -And explain how you felt about it
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Alright. When I decided to open my small business, I took a big risk that I thought might end badly. At the time, I was around 17, so I suggested to my parents that we open a small market in our neighborhood, which didn't have many markets. We invested most of our savings to rent a store there. After opening our business, I was really worried and confused about whether people would come to my market, and I was afraid of losing all our money. But fortunately, the risk paid off. I did some research and understood what products people in the area needed. I reduced the price of some products, like flour, rice, and oil, to attract people to my market. After a few months, I gradually raised the price of those products step by step. Now, the market is successful and profitable. This experience taught me that taking risks can lead to good results if you try to understand the situation and work hard. It was a great lesson that I learned through the process.
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