Band 6: Describe something expensive you have bought for yourself. You should say: - where you bought it - why you bought it - how often you use it and explain how you felt when you bought it. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Hi ladies and gentlemen, today I will describe something expensive I have bought for myself. First of all, I will say I am not really the type of person who loves to buy expensive things. In fact, I just buy things that I think are very important for myself. The most expensive thing I've ever bought for myself is a laptop. I think it is very essential for my studies. First, let me introduce a little bit about this laptop. The one I bought is an HP. It costs about 20 to 30 million BND. At first, I felt a little bit of hesitation because it was very expensive. I thought it was a bit of a waste. After some thought, I realized the laptop is very important for my studies, so I decided to buy it. In fact, about 8 to 2 years ago, I went to an electronics supermarket, which is a very famous and reputable supermarket in the United States. The reason why I bought it is that I think it is very important for my studies. For example, when I study literature, I need the laptop to provide information for my studies. When I study art, I need the laptop to find the best examples to draw. After a long and stressful study day, I can use this to relax and have some fun. You can see it's very useful, and I can find everything I need for my studies. I can say that I use it every day, all the time, and everywhere I need. I use it very often because I need to study all week, and after school, I need to study more at home. So I need my laptop very much to help with my studies. It's very important for me. To be honest, I have a little bit of regret about it. I don't like that it's too expensive. I can't earn money now because I'm a minor, and I'm not sure I will use it very often. But after all, I think it's very worth it because it helps me a lot in my studies, and I can improve myself with this laptop. That's all of my ideas. Thank you.

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Hi ladies and gentlemen, today I will describe some things expensive I have to vote for myself. First of all, I will say I am not really the type of person who loves to buy expensive things. In fact, I just buy some things that I think is very important for myself. The most expensive things I’ve ever bought for myself is a laptop. The things I think is very essential for my study. First, let’s introduce a little bit about this laptop. The ones I buy is HP1. It costs about 20 to 30 million BND. At first, I felt a little bit of hesitation because it’s very expensive. I thought it was a bit of waste. After my throat, I think the laptop is very important for my study so I decided to vote for it. In fact, about 8 to 2 years ago, I went to the electronic supermarket which is a very famous and repositional supermarket in the United States. The reason why I voted for it is because I think it’s very important for my study. For example, when I study literations, I need the laptop to provide the information for my study. When I study art, I need the laptop to find the best example to draw. After a long and stressful study day, I can use this to relax and find more fun. You can see it’s very useful and I can find everything that I need for my study. I can say that I use it every day, every time and everywhere I need. I use it very often because I need to study all the weeks and after study at school, I need to study more at home. So I need my laptop very much to provide help for my study. It’s very important for me. One about it, to be honest, I have a little bit of a break. I don’t like it because it’s too expensive. I can’t earn money now because I’m a minor and I’m not sure I will use this very often. But after all, I think it’s very worth it because it helps me a lot in study and I can improve myself by this laptop. That’s all of my ideas. Thank you.

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