Well, it is very difficult to build something eagerly because it requires a lot of patience. Here I am going to talk about a time in a week to buy a new laptop. I really remember that when I was doing my graduation, then our class teacher used to give us an assignment. That was a part of our syllabus. At that time I didn’t have a laptop or computer. Whereas my other friends had a laptop and computers. I used to ask them to complete my work. I want to purchase my own laptop because it’s not a good to have it to buy tomorrow laptop each month. Then my father suggested me to go for an older version because at that time my father could not afford a brand new laptop. But I want to buy a new laptop due to its better performance and better feature. Then my father told me to wait until new year. The new year was three months away. I agreed and I managed to complete my assignment as earlier. Finally, the day came and my father gifted me a brand new Acer i3 model laptop. That was my red letter day and I was over the moon. I told all my friends about a new laptop. They all congratulated me. So that was the time when I waited for something special.
Band 7+: Describe a time when you waited for something special that would happen. You should say: What you waited for Where you waited Why it was special And explain how you felt while you were waiting You now have one minute to prepare. Please start speaking when you are ready.
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Well, it is very difficult to build something eagerly because it requires a lot of patience. Here I am going to talk about a time I waited to buy a new laptop. I remember when I was doing my graduation, our class teacher used to give us assignments that were part of our syllabus. At that time, I didn't have a laptop or computer, whereas my other friends did. I used to ask them to help me complete my work. I wanted to purchase my own laptop because it wasn't good to borrow a laptop each month. My father suggested I go for an older version because he could not afford a brand new laptop at that time. However, I wanted to buy a new laptop due to its better performance and features. Then my father told me to wait until the New Year. The New Year was three months away. I agreed and managed to complete my assignments earlier. Finally, the day came, and my father gifted me a brand new Acer i3 model laptop. That was my red-letter day, and I was over the moon. I told all my friends about my new laptop, and they all congratulated me. So that was the time when I waited for something special.
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