I borrowed many things from my friends and my family members, especially during my school days. Some of the things which I borrowed was very important to me. And, uh, today I’m going to talk about one of the incident where I have to borrow one book from my friend, uh, of my high school during my twer, I think, eight or seven years back. Uh, I have to borrow a book from my friend, which was so special to me because it is going to launch on that particular year. And the book name was Jasmine Days. It written by Benyamin. It has been a translating book from Magayanaam. And the story of the book is, um, is about a young radio jokekey, Samira Parvin, who is emigrated from, uh, Pakistan to an unnamed city in the Middle east. And I don’t have much money in my hand at that time to buy that book. So I heard that my friend is also going to buy that book. So I requested her to lend that book to me for some time, for some time. And she has, uh, told me that after she completed the book, you can take the book and read. So I was waiting for her to complete the book. And when she completed book, I took the book and I started reading. It was so interesting novel, and where, uh, I completed almost half of the novel within two days. And during my school days, I was like a bookworm. So it was easy for me to complete that book so easily. And it was a very wonderful book. And, um, I was so excited to finish that book. Um, the thing which I borrow the book was mainly because my parents has given me the allowance on that particular month, but I have to spend that money on some other things, so I don’t have much money in my hand to purchase that book. That’s the main reason I, uh, decided to learn book from my friend. And I started discussing each chapter with my friend because it was so interesting, and, um, it was so nice to discuss with my friend. So, uh, and it was very wonderful, uh, experience. And I finished the book within four days, and I return the book to her itself.
Band 7+: Describe a time you borrowed something that was useful to you. you should say what you borrowed, who you borrowed it from, what you used it for, and explain why you borrowed it.
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I've borrowed many things from friends and family, especially during my school days. Some of these things were really important to me. Today, I'll talk about a time I borrowed a book from a friend in high school, about eight or seven years ago. I needed to borrow this book because it was a special release that year, called "Jasmine Days" by Benyamin. It was a translated book from Bengali. The story is about a young radio jockey, Samira Parvin, who immigrates from Pakistan to an unnamed city in the Middle East. I didn't have enough money to buy the book at the time, but I knew my friend was going to buy it. So, I asked her to lend it to me for a while. She said I could have it after she finished reading it. I waited patiently, and when she was done, I took the book and started reading. It was such an interesting novel, and I finished almost half of it within two days. I was a bit of a bookworm back then, so I could read quickly. It was a truly wonderful book, and I was excited to finish it. The main reason I borrowed the book was because my parents had given me an allowance that month, but I had to spend it on other things. I didn't have enough money left to buy the book. I started discussing each chapter with my friend because it was so interesting, and it was great to share it with her. It was a wonderful experience. I finished the book within four days and returned it to her.
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