There was one time that when the unexpected news broke to me, I was overjoyed and I was joyous because it was when my eldest nephew was born. I was sitting at home with my sisters. We were eating dinner and suddenly my father called us. My father and mother went out in the evening and we didn’t know where they were going. They went to the hospital and from there they called us at 8 in the night and we were having dinner. So, my father just told my sister that my nephew was born. We were really excited. We were happy. I remember my sister gave handed the phone over to me and my father told me that congratulations you are an uncle and I was nine and a half at that time but I was so excited and I knew that it would be such a great experience for me and to be mentor and guide for somebody who would be younger than me. So I’ve always been his guide since that day and I’ve always protected him. So it was such an important event for me because it changed my whole life and it created a new relationship for me with my nephew and I’ve always loved my sister so that is why I was excited for being an uncle and for the birth of my nephew.
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.
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There was one time when unexpected news broke to me, and I was overjoyed because it was when my eldest nephew was born. I was sitting at home with my sisters, and we were eating dinner when suddenly my father called us. My father and mother had gone out in the evening, and we didn't know where they were going. They went to the hospital, and from there, they called us at 8 in the evening while we were having dinner. My father told my sister that my nephew was born. We were really excited and happy. I remember my sister handed the phone over to me, and my father told me, 'Congratulations, you are an uncle.' I was nine and a half at that time, but I was so excited, and I knew that it would be a great experience for me to be a mentor and guide for someone younger than me. I've always been his guide since that day, and I've always protected him. It was such an important event for me because it changed my whole life and created a new relationship with my nephew. I've always loved my sister, so that is why I was excited about being an uncle and for the birth of my nephew.
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