I would like to say about, and it’s very specific that I’m buying for my entertainment purpose. So it was the time when I got my first salary from my work, and then my salary is a little bit huge, more than other workers. So I thought about finding something special for me, like to cheer me up or to achieve my victory. So I bought an item that is really special to me. It was a gaming console. It’s very special for me because since I was in China, I always wanted a gaming console to play video games in a higher quality, like rapid quality, sound quality, and you know, a smooth gameplay. So I bought it. I bought it from online shopping. I outed online and in June the online fewer, I was really excited about the products because I was sure that I would be very happy to play a really amazing game on a gaming console. So after the console arrived at my friend’s door, I was really excited. So I opened it quickly and I just played from day to day without doing anything, just playing video games. I think it was worth of my money because it’s very nice for my entertainment and it’s entertained me a lot that I was really good. So yeah, it would be worth of money.
Band 6+: Describe a time you spent a lot of money on something. You should say: What you bought? When you bought it? Where you bought it? Explain why you spent a lot of money to buy it??
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I would like to talk about something very specific that I bought for my entertainment purposes. It was the time when I received my first salary from my job, and my salary was a bit higher than that of other workers. I thought about finding something special for myself, something to cheer me up or to celebrate my victory. So, I bought an item that is really special to me. It was a gaming console. It's special to me because since I was in China, I always wanted a gaming console to play video games in higher quality, with better sound quality and smooth gameplay. I bought it through online shopping. I ordered it online in June, and I was really excited about the product because I was sure that I would be very happy to play amazing games on this gaming console. After the console arrived at my friend's door, I was really excited. I opened it quickly and played every day without doing anything else, just playing video games. I think it was worth my money because it provided great entertainment and kept me very engaged. So, yes, it was worth the money.
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