On occasions when I spent a lot of money, maybe when I was 20 years, I think this is the money that I spent not for myself but for someone else. And the reason that, the reason that, whereby it, maybe it from the, I collect, I collect the, all the accessories and commodity, and necessary commodities for the, for the, for children in the orphans. The reason that has been a lot of money on it is quite random and unreasonable. Before that I consider myself quite selfish and cocky. I don’t want to think for the other and only care for myself. But when first visited, often in my local region, I quite understand the difficulty and the impoverished condition of the children from the region. So from that moment I constructed 50% of my budget monthly to contribute to this charity. Yes, that’s all.
Band 6+: describe a time you spent a lot of money on something
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On occasions when I spent a lot of money, maybe when I was 20 years old, I think this is the money that I spent not for myself but for someone else. The reason I spent a lot of money on it is quite random and unreasonable. Before that, I considered myself quite selfish and cocky. I didn't want to think of others and only cared for myself. But when I first visited an orphanage in my local region, I understood the difficulties and the impoverished conditions of the children from the area. So from that moment, I allocated 50% of my monthly budget to contribute to this charity. I collected all the accessories and necessary commodities for the children in the orphanage. Yes, that's all.
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