For me the most important memory when I learned something new is from my childhood. When I was learning to swim and why it is important to me. The reason when I was a kid my family were traveling a lot. We were visiting lots of places, we were going to the countryside and we also were swimming in a sea. But I always had some fear of water. I couldn’t swim and I also have a memory when my father took me into the water and I just started to cry and that moment when I was in the water was embarrassing to me. And of course it is not good at all because I am a man and swimming and it is the most common skill that everybody needs to learn and in my point of view every person has to know how to swim. So when I was 9 my father enrolled me into swimming classes and the first time when I was visiting I felt really good. But after some time I felt also overwhelmed because that training was really hard. But it wasn’t just swimming or something else. I learned how to swim but after that we started learning other types of swimming and it was really hard cardio. We were swimming about 2 or 3 km per day and we need to also notice that I was 9 or 10 years old. And of course after that I felt myself great. It brings me even nowadays a lot of benefits because I really can swim good and I can swim a lot of my peers in swimming.
Band 6+: Describe a time when you learned something new. You should say: What you learned When and where you learned it How you felt while learning it And explain why this experience was memorable.
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For me, the most important memory of when I learned something new is from my childhood. I was learning to swim, and it is important to me. The reason is that when I was a kid, my family traveled a lot. We visited many places, went to the countryside, and also swam in the sea. However, I always had a fear of water. I couldn't swim, and I remember when my father took me into the water, I just started to cry. That moment in the water was embarrassing for me. Of course, it is not good at all because I am a man, and swimming is a common skill that everyone needs to learn. In my view, every person should know how to swim. So when I was 9, my father enrolled me in swimming classes. The first time I attended, I felt really good. But after some time, I also felt overwhelmed because the training was really hard. It wasn't just swimming; I learned how to swim, but then we started learning other types of swimming, which involved really hard cardio. We swam about 2 or 3 kilometers per day, and I need to note that I was only 9 or 10 years old. After that, I felt great. It brings me a lot of benefits even nowadays because I can swim well, and I can swim better than many of my peers.
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