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Band 5+: Describe a time you successfully did something difficult

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Well, I have done a lot of difficult tasks in my life. However, today, I would like to talk about a difficult thing which I did last year. It was car driving. To be honest, initially, it was a very challenging skill for me to learn. But now I am perfect in driving. Actually, I had much fear of driving the car, but my family used to force me to learn driving. It is the most important skill in recent times. I have a plan to go abroad for my higher studies. So, driving is a necessary skill to learn in a foreign nation. People use cars as a major mode of transportation to travel, so I decided to learn driving. I joined my town's famous driving academy. Moreover, they have a 4-week driving course along with classes about the basics of driving. In the 1st week, I was able to control the car. Honestly speaking, it was difficult to learn because I was facing problems distinguishing between the brakes and accelerator. In addition, I was not able to control the steering. However, their way of teaching made me comfortable with driving. Although it was supposed to be an 80-day course, I learned it in 3 weeks. Now I am really good at driving a car. All in all, I felt over the moon for being successful in this difficult thing.
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Well, I have done a lot of difficult tasks in my life. However, today, I would like to talk about a difficult thing which I did last year. I was car. It was a car driving. To be honest, initially, it was a very challenging skill for me. To learn. But now I am a perfect in driving. Actually, I had a much fear to driving the car, but my family used to force me to learn a driving car. It takes the most important skill in recent times. I have a plan to go abroad my for my higher study. So I driving in the is a necessary learning in a 4 nation. People using car major transportation to travel, then I decided to learn a driving, okay, driving. I joined, uh, my town famous driving academy. Moreover, they have a 4 week driving classes course along with the for the class about the basic thing and driving. In the 1st week, it was able to control the car. Honestly speaking, I was a difficult to learn because I was facing a problem. Different types between breaks and accelerator. In addition, it was not able to control the steering. However, there way of teaching may, uh, make me comfortable to driving. Although it was 80 days of but I learned in a 3 weeks. Now I really good to drive a car all in all. I felt over the moon for being successful in this difficult thing.

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