So today I’m going to talk about a time, a location when I gave advice to a person who is really important to me and I have to say that this person is my own brother. He’s several years younger than I and the reason why I had to give him, I had to give you advice was because at that time he was quite unsure sure what to do. Okay so now moving on to the next point which is what the advice was. Actually I told him to calm down and to simplify his studying schedule because he was having a lot on his plates. He had to do a lot of school subjects and also when coming home he also had to take part in extra curricular classes in the evening so he was quite stressed nearly to say and at the time he asked me a question okay so what he had to do with his life and I simply gave him a smile and I told him that okay I was honest in the same shoes as you as you are saying actually I told him that okay you can just relax and you just feel it out, you just need to find a piece of paper and you write down some important things that you want to keep in your schedule and you just eliminate the rest of them and after a couple of months here, his mood was getting better and he felt happy again happy again and I was quite happy at the time because I shared with him my wisdom and you know like sometimes to be happy is not to do more it’s actually to do less things in your life and I think that nowadays he still sometimes he still asked me for advice and I will happily answer him with all of my and education and because I want him to grow up and become a successful person.
Band 7+: Describe a time you gave someone advice. You should say: - Who you gave the advice to - What the situation was - What advice you gave And explain whether or not the advice was helpful.
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So today I'm going to talk about a time, a location when I gave advice to a person who is really important to me, and I have to say that this person is my own brother. He's several years younger than I am, and the reason why I had to give him advice was because, at that time, he was quite unsure about what to do. Okay, so now moving on to the next point, which is what the advice was. Actually, I told him to calm down and to simplify his studying schedule because he had a lot on his plate. He had to manage many school subjects, and when coming home, he also had to take part in extracurricular classes in the evening, so he was quite stressed, to say the least. At the time, he asked me a question about what he should do with his life, and I simply gave him a smile and told him that I was in the same shoes as he was. I told him that he could just relax and figure it out. He just needed to find a piece of paper and write down some important things that he wanted to keep in his schedule and eliminate the rest. After a couple of months, his mood improved, and he felt happy again. I was quite happy at the time because I shared my wisdom with him. You know, sometimes to be happy is not to do more; it's actually to do fewer things in your life. I think that nowadays, he still sometimes asks me for advice, and I will happily answer him with all of my knowledge because I want him to grow up and become a successful person.
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