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Describe a time when you heard some good news.
 
You should say:
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what it was about 
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when you heard the news 
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who else heard this news 
and say why it had a strong effect on you. 
[You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one 
minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to 
help you if you wish.]
Model Answer 1:
Everyone wants to live a better life and some good news can tremendously 
change the course of their lives. It is only some good news that can affect the 
mental faculty of human beings and bring some good luck for them as well. I 
also heard a couple of good news last month and got relieved on the issues I 
was worried about. 
I live in a nuclear family in Singapore. I have five family members and I am the 
eldest among the two other siblings of mine. The smallest one was worried 
about the admission in a college, while the only sister of mine, who was born 

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after me, was concerned about her university admission. Both of them have 
applied for the admission tests to a local college and a public university but 
they were concerned about the result that if they would secure the marks to 
get a seat. By the same time, my father was experiencing some troubles in his 
business. So, the entire condition of my family was awful and each of the 
members was affected by mental torments. So, when we heard the bunch of 
good news, all the tensions were windup and the happy and peaceful 
environment returned once again. 
I was at my office, where I work as an executive and I heard the news from my 
mom, a homemaker. She informed me that my siblings have got chances for 
admission in their desired college and university respectively. Now they need 
to appear for a formal interview with their respective authorities and have to 
show their documents. Then they will be permitted to get admitted to the 
institutions. Apart from this, she also informed me about that my dad has got 
rid of the troubles. In fact, he was suffering the problem for about a month. 
Some of his imported goods from Russia were barred entering in Singapore as 
some of the documents against the purchase were missing. The port authority 
needed the documents to release the imported goods. So, dad tried his best to 
convince the agencies in Russia to send the documents again. They delayed 
sending the documents which caused the trouble. 
For all the troubles, my entire family was unbalanced. All of the members here 
got worried about the issues. So, once the troubles are gone, my mom 
informed the issue to other relatives of us. Despite being a nuclear family, we 
maintain a close tie with our relatives. We share our happiness and sorrows 
with them. Most of the relatives live in a scattered manner in the locality of 
Woodlands in Singapore where we live now. So, they were also happy to hear 
the news. They all congratulated us, especially my siblings received much 
appreciation from all of them for their success in securing admissions in the 
college and university. My father was also happy as he would get back his 
imported goods. He went to Russia to order for the products and did the other 
necessary things so that the products could reach Singapore within the 
budgeted time and in good condition. 
I was strongly affected with the bunch of good news. As an active member of 
my family, I share a close bond with everyone. When I see them worried, it 
becomes difficult for me to tolerate. I actually cannot see the faces filled with 
nervousness, and even often my mom made mistakes in cooking. For her 
tensions over the entire troubles of the family, she turned inattentive in her 

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daily chores and even cooking became difficult for her. My dad was so tensed 
that he started smoking cigarettes again while my younger sister and brother 
started maintaining unusual silence. So, it became impossible for me to 
tolerate the mental torments of my family members. When the troubles were 
gone and everyone started smiling, I felt comfortable. The situation was a 
great learning event for me as well.