Band 6: Describe a time when you picked up an item that someone else lost (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, it's true that I haven't found many truly important lost items. But I do remember one time when I was walking home from college, and I saw an Android phone lying in the street near a trash bin. This happened a few days ago. We all know how essential mobile phones are in this modern world, and this one was clearly important to someone. People today can't imagine life without their phones, they use them for so much more than just communication. The benefits of mobile phones are endless, so I decided to try and return it to its owner. I started by asking people around me, but no one recognized it. I even asked some shop owners, but they didn't know anything about it either. Finally, I decided to hand it over to a traffic police officer. He was very grateful for my honesty and initiative. He said it's not easy to find people like me who are so honest in this day and age. He then used his megaphone to announce that a phone had been found and to ask anyone who had lost it to come forward. His compliments made me feel really good, and I was proud of myself for doing the right thing. I think I got this sense of honesty from my father, who is a very principled man. I believe that no one can truly succeed without being honest. Honesty is the best policy, after all.

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Well, it’s undeniable that there have not been many times when I found uh, something important that someone lost. However, I beginely remembered that once I was walking from my college to my home and there was an Android phone in the street near the uh, dusty bin. Uh, it was happen with me couple of days ago. Uh, so we all know about the benefits of mobile phone in this modern period and it was for an armed la. So people in this modern period cannot think anything without using phones, uh, as they. Because people use phones not only for communication, but on super variouss. Uh, as the amities of mobile phones are uncountable, I decided to get it back to the owner of the people owner of this phone. At the beginning of my process, I started asking people around me, but there was no one whom I uh, could transfer it. Then I asked some of the ownersop, some of the owners of some of the shop owners, but they also denied it. After that, I uh, decided to hand it to the traffic police. After receiving the mobile phone from me, he at first appreciated me for my initiatives. Uh, to say that it’s not a piece of p. To get um, to get a person like you who is very honest till now and then he uh, used his m for declaring missing notice to the people. His compliment made me very pleased and I became proud of this, uh, um, I became proud of myself during that time as you. I got this habit from my father who is a man of bir. Uh, I believe that nobody can be successful without being honesty, uh, because honesty is the best policy, see, and uh.

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