Uh, so you asked me to describe you a time when I received unexpected good news. Uh, first the news was about the student exchange program between our university and, uh, the university in France, in Paris. It was the Hinalco, the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations. And I received this news at the university. Uh, it was my teacher who said me about that. He said that he proposed my candidate. I, uh, mean me as a candidate for this program. And that dean was. He recognized my candidate and was very good for me. Because everybody now in our, uh, country. Won’t almost everybody want to visit France. Europe especially. And I was. My reaction was very good because. And very positive because I was ecstatic. Maybe elated, uh, but a little bit nervous. It was the ecstatic, elated and nervous combo. Why I was nervous because, uh, it was for me a little bit impossible to go to France. Because before that I never gone abroad. I’d never gone abroad. And that’s why I was a little bit nervous. This news for me was very important because I had the opportunity to visit France to meet many friends, uh, international friends. And to improve my, um, communication skills. And also to improve my specialization, intercultural communications. And also to study two foreign languages and improve that. French and Arabic. Thank you very much.
Band 6+: Describe a time you received unexpectedly good news. You should say: - What the news was about - When and where you received it - Who gave you the news And explain how it made you feel.
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So, you asked me to describe a time when I received unexpected good news. First, the news was about the student exchange program between our university and the university in France, in Paris. It was the Hinalco, the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations. I received this news at the university. It was my teacher who told me about it. He said that he proposed my candidacy for this program. The dean recognized my candidacy, and it was very good for me because almost everybody in our country wants to visit France, especially Europe. My reaction was very positive because I was ecstatic, maybe elated, but a little bit nervous. It was an ecstatic, elated, and nervous combo. I was nervous because it felt a little bit impossible for me to go to France. Before that, I had never gone abroad. That's why I was a little bit nervous. This news was very important for me because I had the opportunity to visit France, meet many international friends, improve my communication skills, and also enhance my specialization in intercultural communications. Additionally, I would study two foreign languages and improve in them: French and Arabic. Thank you very much.
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