Ok, now I am going to talk about one of the memorable occasions in our life. It was last year that our vehicle broke down during the travel happened when we were on trip with my husband. We were heading to the mountain in order to see the warfare and we were going to sight seeing excursion. It was a quite good day and we were excited about visiting such kind of spectacular new places, taking lots of photos and we reached our direct almost however as a time our car suddenly broke down. At first we didn’t realize what’s going on but my husband started to get with the program that there were some mechanical issues. He was not good at repairing mechanics as we called his brother for help. Repairers would take about 2 or 3 hours however we considered it golden opportunity to spend our time together and we didn’t miss a boat for spending our quality time. While waiting we sat on the grass under the shadow of the big tree, shared some kind of snacks and take photos and made a heart-to-heart conversation. It was not what we had planned but it ended up with big fun bonding moment. Eventually our brother came and repaired our car and we continued our journey without any kind of problems. Despite inconvenience the situation taught me that it’s no matter where you are it’s crucial with whom you are and we created unexpected memories for together.
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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Ok, now I am going to talk about one of the memorable occasions in our life. It was last year when our vehicle broke down during our travel. This happened when we were on a trip with my husband. We were heading to the mountains to see the waterfall, and we were going on a sightseeing excursion. It was quite a good day, and we were excited about visiting such spectacular new places, taking lots of photos. We reached our destination almost on time; however, our car suddenly broke down. At first, we didn't realize what was going on, but my husband started to understand that there were some mechanical issues. He was not good at repairing mechanics, so we called his brother for help. The repairs would take about 2 or 3 hours; however, we considered it a golden opportunity to spend our time together, and we didn't miss the chance to enjoy our quality time. While waiting, we sat on the grass under the shade of a big tree, shared some snacks, took photos, and had a heart-to-heart conversation. It was not what we had planned, but it ended up being a fun bonding moment. Eventually, my brother-in-law came and repaired our car, and we continued our journey without any problems. Despite the inconvenience, the situation taught me that it doesn't matter where you are; it's crucial who you are with, and we created unexpected memories together.
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