I’m not happy that this topic came up. I always find myself getting upset whenever I’m reminiscing it. As it was an undesirable instance, I experienced about five years ago, I’m not sure. Me and my family members went on a journey to Mash Head during the New Arugus vacation. When going back, I decided to travel with my aunt and her husband and her daughter. My aunt’s husband, Ben’s car, went broken. It took about 10 hours or even more to get fixed. The reason was because the damage that was occurred to the vehicle was extremely severe. One of the most crucial parts of the engine was broken down. It was just a long hours we were spending across the road where no supermarket or resting area was available or accessible. It was just a drought desert which was undesirable to stand under the sunshine at our head. Nothing special happened. This wasn’t negatively impactful on anything. It caused us to be extremely exhausted. He himself couldn’t keep driving after that incident. This is it.
Band 6+: Describe an occasion when the vehicle you took broke down in your travel You should say: • where you were going, who was with you whether it took long to repair it what impact this breakdown had
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I'm not happy that this topic came up. I always find myself getting upset whenever I reminisce about it. It was an undesirable instance I experienced about five years ago. My family members and I went on a journey to Mash Head during the New Arugus vacation. On the way back, I decided to travel with my aunt, her husband, and her daughter. My aunt's husband, Ben, had a car that broke down. It took about 10 hours or even more to get it fixed. The reason was that the damage to the vehicle was extremely severe. One of the most crucial parts of the engine had broken down. We spent long hours on the road where no supermarket or resting area was available. It was just a dry desert, which was undesirable to stand under the sun. Nothing special happened. This didn't negatively impact anything, but it caused us to be extremely exhausted. He himself couldn't keep driving after that incident. That's it.
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