Band 7: Describe a time when you needed to search for information (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I would like to describe a time when I needed to search for information. The information was about air pollution. Air pollution is one of the most significant long-term risks to the environment. Thinking back, I searched for this information two days ago. My teacher told me that I needed to write a research paper about air pollution for school. At that moment, I had no idea what I could write about this topic. Thus, I searched for information on the website. Unfortunately, I forgot the name of the website. However, I know that the website was full of information about environmental problems, such as air pollution, which I needed to write about, and global warming, which is a major issue in the environment. As I mentioned before, I needed to search for information on air pollution due to a lack of knowledge on the subject. This website was beneficial for me because it helped me expand my understanding of this topic.

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I would like to describe a time when I needed to search for information. The information was about the air pollution. The air pollution is one of the most long-term risks in the environment. Thinking back, I guess, is I searched for this information two days ago. My teacher told me that I need to write a research about the air pollution at school. In this moment, I had no idea what I can write about this topic. Thus, I searched for information about this topic on the website. Unfortunately, I forgot the name of the website. However, I know that the website was full of information about the environmental problems, such as air pollution that I needed to write, and global warming, which is the most popular issue in the environment. As I mentioned before, I needed to search about the air pollution because of lack of information in my mind. This website was beneficial for me because it could help me to expand my horizon about this topic.

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