So I would like to talk about a time when we were completely restricted from using our phone. So we were going to achieve with my family. To be more specific, it was a long drive for my family member who were busy with work almost every day in a week and they don’t get many lots of time to spend with us. So that was the reason why the trip was made. So on that day my mom suddenly set a rule for everyone. She said we have to give our phone to her and we cannot use our phone throughout the whole trip. And when I heard that rule, I was shocked because I am a person who loves to use my phone all the time. Even though I am not doing anything, I have to have my phone in my hand no matter what. because I like to you know we do lots of things in our phone like scrolling through social media, texting our texting our friends, gossiping and giving our daily updates, things like that silly things. So that is like a really hard thing for me and after after I gave my phone to my mom I realized one thing that it’s not that hard to spend time without phone. After we get a lot of talk about our daily life, we had a lot of fun, we grew up with each other, we shared lots of things like our journey, our future plan, even though it we didn’t know that we are not that close with each other. After because of those advanced device, family are pulled away from each other. So that was a really valuable lesson for us that we can…
Band 6+: Describe time when you don't allowed to use mobile.
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So I would like to talk about a time when we were completely restricted from using our phones. We were going on a trip with my family. To be more specific, it was a long drive for my family members who were busy with work almost every day of the week, and they didn't get much time to spend with us. So that was the reason for the trip. On that day, my mom suddenly set a rule for everyone. She said we had to give our phones to her and we could not use our phones throughout the whole trip. When I heard that rule, I was shocked because I am a person who loves to use my phone all the time. Even when I am not doing anything, I have to have my phone in my hand no matter what. I like to do lots of things on my phone, like scrolling through social media, texting my friends, gossiping, and giving daily updates—silly things like that. So it was really hard for me. After I gave my phone to my mom, I realized one thing: it's not that hard to spend time without a phone. We talked a lot about our daily lives, had a lot of fun, and grew closer to each other. We shared many things, like our journey and our future plans, even though we didn't know we were not that close before. Because of these advanced devices, families are pulled away from each other. So that was a really valuable lesson for us that we can...
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