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. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Six months ago, I was training for a competition held by the Indonesian Ministry of Higher Education. It was a chemistry Olympic competition, and I represented my university. However, the announcement of the winners took a long time. At that time, I was also doing an internship at the National Research and Technology Agency of Indonesia. I had to manage my time between the internship and was not really thinking about the announcements. While I was busy with the demands of my internship, unexpectedly, my friend knocked on my boarding house door. She was really excited to deliver the news to me, and I was confused about what the news was about. She said that I was the winner of the competition and that I could represent my region at the next level of the competition. I was surprised at that moment; I wasn't expecting this because I was so busy with the tasks and assignments of my internship. It really made me feel overwhelmed, and I was stunned at that time. But I knew I had to learn more because I would be representing my region at the national level.

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Six months ago I was training a competition that held by Indonesian Ministry of Higher Education. It was a chemistry Olympic competition and I represented my university. But the announcements of the winner took a long time. At that time I’m also doing an internship in National Research and Technology Agency of Indonesia. So I have to manage my time to do the internship and I’m not really thinking about the announcements and when I was busy doing the burden on the tax of my internship, unexpectedly my friends knocking my boarding house door and she was really excited to give the news to me, to deliver the news to me and I was confused what the news about and she said that I was the the winner of the competition and I have and I can’t represent it my region to the further level of the competition that was my friend said and I’m so sad at that time I wasn’t expecting this because I’m so busy with the burden and with the task with the assignment of my internship. It really made me feel healthy and I was struck at that time. But I knew at that time I knew I have to learn more because at least I didn’t have to carry with representing my region on the national level.

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