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Band 4+: Describe a time when you missed or were late for an important meeting/event You should say: When it happened What happened Why you missed/were late for it And explain how you felt about this experience

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I'll tell you about a time I missed an important interview. It was a nightmare for someone like me who doesn't wake up early. My alarm went off, but I didn't wake up. I was running late and in a mad dash. I started to change clothes, which were nowhere to be found. I hurried up, bolted out of the house, and was about ten minutes late. When I arrived at the interview, I was out of breath. I told them everything without sugarcoating, and I vividly recall the situation. The stakes were incredibly high because I desperately needed a job to support myself. I was a bit down, and to make matters worse, I missed the bus and train.
Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

Well I’m going to talk about about my uh interview it is uh I didn’t go wrong uh in my unfortunately uh it’s I mean the count nobody count on someday sen for the somebody like me who didn’t don’t uh get up early in the morning it was a nightmare I mean al learm goes off and I didn’t wake up so uh I was running late and in a mad dash I mean I started change cloths which of course were nowhere to be found uh bot I hurry up I bolt out uh mean um home and a solid I mean ten minutes uh late for so uh when I when when I had I had went to the interview I out of breee uh then I told everything uh without sugarcoat and uh I mean lots of at tos I viidly recall this situation and and um before the interview I st the stakes were incredibly high because I desperately needed I mean a job to support myself then I uh it was downed a bit and justing I miss it bus and train.

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