Band 7: Describe a time when someone gave you something that you really wanted You should say: Who this person was What this person gave you Why you wanted this thing And explain how you felt when you got this thing (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I'd like to talk about the time I received a very precious gift from my parents on my birthday. It was back in 2019. I decided to attend a coding boot camp in another city to study programming. The school required every student to bring a powerful computer to class so we could install the necessary software. I only had an old, outdated machine that couldn't handle most of the programming software. So, I decided to buy a new computer, and I really wanted the latest MacBook Pro, which Apple had just released with their new Apple Silicon processor. I thought it would be incredibly efficient. On my 20th birthday in 2020, my parents took me to my favorite restaurant. After a delicious meal, they gave me a beautifully wrapped gift. I was so excited! I opened it right in front of them and realized it was the latest MacBook Pro I had been wanting. I couldn't wait to get home and try it out. I was thrilled to finally have the thing I had been wanting for so long. And yes, I still have this MacBook today. I'm so happy with it.

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I would like to talk about the time I received a uh, very precious gift for my parents on my birthday. So it was back in 2019. I decided to attend uh, a uh, coding boot camp in another city, uh, to study the programming thing. So there the school required every student to bo uh, a powerful machine to the school so that we can install the programming software. So I only got the very old and outdated machine which I think, uh, I couldn’t install most of the programming software on it. So I decided to buy a little machine and I wanted the latest MacBook Pro, which was released by Apple with the latest, like the Apple processor. It’called Apple silicon. I think it’s very efficient. So on my 2020 1st birthday, my parents took me to my favorite restaurant and after a big meal they gave me a uh, very well weapped gift. So I was exhiated and opened this gift in front of them and I realized it’the latest mapbook pole I had been craving. And I just couldn’t wait to wash back home and try this machine. I really uh, I was very excited that I got the thing that I had been wanting for a long time. And yeah, I still keeppt this MacBook till today. I feel very happy.

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Describe a place in your city where you like to relax. You should say: where it is; what it looks like; what you usually do there; and explain why this place helps you relax.

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