I’ve chosen to talk about the day my bike was broken, because unfortunately I’ve never ever driven a car in my life. It’s happened in my hometown, Samarkand, approximately 2 years ago. Back in that time I used to really enjoy cycling around the town, with no purpose and observing the nature there. So the story I’m gonna tell about was one of these adventures. In that day I took my cousin with myself, hoping that it would be even more exciting, because he is my peer and we shared some interests. We set off in the late morning, there was no reason to hurry, and allocated half of our time to cycling until we found mind-blowing view in the park, and decided to rest there and have some lunch. Long story short, when it was time to go home, I saw that the chain in my bike came loose. While I was trying to fix it, suddenly the chain snapped. It caught me off guard, because I needed to go back home before the dinner. I’ve tried to do something, but nothing could help in that situation. After a while, I said my cousin to go find new chains, or to take instruments from home. It took too long for him, because we were far from home, literally in the middle of nowhere, to make things worse. I repaired my bicycle in almost an hour, so that by the time I got home, it was already 10 pm. To be honest, after that breakdown, my parents trusted me less when it comes to going outside. This is why I rarely left home without their permission after that.
Band 8+: 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've chosen to talk about the day my bike broke down because, unfortunately, I've never driven a car in my life. This happened in my hometown, Samarkand, approximately two years ago. At that time, I really enjoyed cycling around the town, with no specific purpose, just observing the nature there. So the story I'm going to tell is about one of these adventures. That day, I took my cousin with me, hoping it would be even more exciting because he is my peer and we share some interests. We set off in the late morning; there was no reason to hurry, and we allocated half of our time to cycling until we found a mind-blowing view in the park and decided to rest there and have some lunch. Long story short, when it was time to go home, I noticed that the chain on my bike had come loose. While I was trying to fix it, suddenly the chain snapped. It caught me off guard because I needed to get back home before dinner. I tried to do something, but nothing helped in that situation. After a while, I told my cousin to go find a new chain or to take tools from home. It took him a long time because we were far from home, literally in the middle of nowhere. To make things worse, I repaired my bicycle in almost an hour, so by the time I got home, it was already 10 PM. To be honest, after that breakdown, my parents trusted me less when it came to going outside. This is why I rarely left home without their permission after that.
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