I am going to talk about skill that I always wanted to learn that is flying a kite. Since childhood I always wanted to fly a kite. I saw my friends flying their own kites and it was in the sky and I saw their happy face. I kind of feel jealous because I wanted to fly some of my own. But however when I tried to throw it in the sky, it usually gets destroyed. It’s thrown in the ground and gets destroyed. So it was very hard for me to learn. I guess there were some mistakes I was ignoring. I actually couldn’t remember when it was but it was a long time ago so I can hardly remember about it. However, I can remember that it was very difficult for me to learn. I think it made me difficult because I had the energy and enough strength to throw it up in the sky so that it has enough oxygen so that the wind can keep it flying. So I guess that what made it difficult for me to throw it in the sky and make it fly. I eventually learned it because I developed a special technique to throw it in the sky in such a way that the wind can pick it up and continue to make it float in the air. So what I did, I used a long stick and I tied the kite with the stick and I just throw stick in the sky and with the stick the sky the kite got enough the kite got thrown in the air with enough altitude that the wind can pick it up and make it float and it automatically just keeps
Band 6+: Describe a skill that was difficult for you to learn. You should say: - What the skill was - Why you wanted to learn it - What made it difficult And explain how you eventually learned it.
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I am going to talk about a skill that I always wanted to learn, which is flying a kite. Since childhood, I always wanted to fly a kite. I saw my friends flying their own kites in the sky, and I saw their happy faces. I felt a bit jealous because I wanted to fly one of my own. However, when I tried to throw it into the sky, it usually got destroyed. It would fall to the ground and get damaged. So, it was very hard for me to learn. I guess there were some mistakes I was ignoring. I actually can't remember when it was, but it was a long time ago, so I can hardly recall it. However, I do remember that it was very difficult for me to learn. I think it was difficult because I had the energy and enough strength to throw it up into the sky so that it had enough lift for the wind to keep it flying. So, I guess that was what made it difficult for me to throw it into the sky and make it fly. I eventually learned it because I developed a special technique to throw it into the sky in such a way that the wind could pick it up and keep it floating in the air. What I did was use a long stick and tie the kite to the stick. I then threw the stick into the sky, and with the stick, the kite was thrown into the air with enough altitude for the wind to pick it up and make it float. It automatically just kept flying.
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