Band 7: Describe a time you received unexpected good news. You should say: - What the news was - Who gave you the news - What your initial reaction was And explain why it was so important to you. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Actually, that's a really good question because it happened recently. It was for my birthday, so I was born on 29th August, and my girlfriend decided to give me an incredible gift. It was a surprise, so she pretended that she bought something from a shop, like clothes or something related to the PlayStation, but in fact, it was a trip that she offered to me. She filmed my reaction and did something really original; she gave me a pizza print on paper, and when I turned it over, there were two flights with EasyJet to Venice. I was so touched and surprised. My initial reaction was to cry a bit, I admit. It was really important for me because I have been in love with traveling for about one or two years. I love to travel around the world, and she knew that. Venice is a really romantic place to go with your girlfriend, and she offered that to me. I was so happy because it was the first time I went there, and I really wanted to go because it's such an atypical town. It was amazing to be there, and I love Italian food, so it was very important for me to go there, and the food is not really expensive, so that's a good advantage.

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Actually, that’s a really good question because it happened recently. It was for my birthday, so I was born on 29th August and my girlfriend decided to make me a gift that was incredible. It was a surprise so she pretended that she bought something like in a shop, like a clothes or I don’t know, something linked with the PlayStation or an object but in fact it was a travel that she offered to me and she filmed my reaction and she made something really original because she gave me a pizza print on the paper and then when I turn it there was two flights with easy jet to venizia so I was so touched and so surprised my initial reaction was to cry a bit I admit it it was really important for me because it has been like one or two years that I fell in love with traveling. I love to travel around the world and she knew that. So, Venizia is a really romantic place to go with your girlfriend and she offered that to me. I was so happy because it was the first time that I went there and I really wanted to go because that’s such an atypic town and yeah it was amazing on on the place and I love Italian food so it was so important for me to go there and the food is not really expensive so that’s a good advantage

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