In our modern era, transportation plays the most important role in everyday life of people. So in my life, also, it’s not an exception. I use a transfer every day. It could be a public transfer or a private one. So most recently, like months ago, we arranged a travel to some nature reserve close to my home. It was about 15 minutes of way. So we wanted to be there before sunrise. We started our journey from the early morning. So we really wanted to reach there before sunrise and sit there and just experience that moment with my family members. So when we started our journey, the car broke down. So it was my positive trait, trying to fix it, but it was some more serious problem. I don’t know, engine was heated. I’m not into that things. So he called some people in that field to fix it, some mechanics. So it took about more than an hour to fix it. We stayed in that car, but it was a memorable experience to just strengthen the bonds with family members. It was reconnection after several months. We hadn’t met each other. We had a lot of fun things in there. After repeating, we got that place, but it was not what we expected. There was sunrise also. We all missed that sunrise.
Band 7+: 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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In our modern era, transportation plays the most important role in the everyday life of people. So in my life, it's no exception. I use a vehicle every day. It could be public transport or a private one. Most recently, a few months ago, we arranged a trip to a nature reserve close to my home. It was about a 15-minute drive. We wanted to be there before sunrise, so we started our journey early in the morning. We really wanted to reach there before sunrise and sit there to experience that moment with my family members. However, when we started our journey, the car broke down. I tried to fix it, which is one of my positive traits, but it was a more serious problem. I think the engine overheated; I'm not into those things. So, I called some people in that field to help us, some mechanics. It took more than an hour to fix it. We stayed in the car, but it was a memorable experience that strengthened our bonds as family members. It was a reconnection after several months of not meeting each other. We had a lot of fun during that time. After the repair, we finally reached the place, but it was not what we expected. We all missed the sunrise.
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