Describe a time someone talked about something you were not interested in, but you kept listening

الدرجة 6

I would like to describe a time when my neighbour talked about something I was not interested in. His name is Mr Farooq, he is an old man who liveخطأ في التوافق بين الفاعل والفعل، والصواب «lives» alone in the house next to ours in Lahore. Last winter my mother askخطأ عابر في الزمن، والصواب «asked» me to return a dish to him, and when I arrived he invited me inside for tea. It was a cold evening and his room was small but warm. Then he started to talk about repairing old radios. He showed me many small parts on his table and explained how every one works, you knowعبارة حشو مستخدمة علامةً على التردد, for almost an hour. He told me that his father teachخطأ عابر في الزمن، والصواب «taught» him the job when he was twelve, and that he still keeps the first radio he ever repaired on a shelf. Honestly, technical things are not interesting for me, and I was, erعلامة تردد طبيعية، وحشو بسيط, very bored and I wanted to go home. But I keepخطأ عابر في الزمن، والصواب «kept» listening because he lives alone and I think nobody visits him often. Also I remembered that my grandfather died last year, and I wished I could listen to his stories again. He looked so happyصفة بسيطة، وكلمة «animated» أو «delighted» كانت ستحصد درجة أعلى when he was talking that I did not want to make him sadصياغة بسيطة، وعبارة «disappoint him» كانت ستحصد درجة أعلى. I nodded and asked some questions, and in the end I understandخطأ عابر في الزمن، والصواب «understood» a little about the radios too. I felt tired but also happy, and when I left he said that I was a very good boyصياغة بسيطة وطفولية بعض الشيء، وهذا يحدّ من درجة الثروة اللغوية.

الدرجة 7

I’d like to describe a time when my neighbour talked about something I wasn’t interested in. His name is Mr Farooq, and he’s an elderly man who lives alone in the house next to ours in Lahore. Last winter my mother asked me to return a dish to him, and when I arrived he invited me inside for tea. It was a cold evening, and his small room was warm. Then he started to talk about repairing old radios. He showed me lots of small parts on his table and explained how each one works, for almost an hour. He told me that his father had taught him the job when he was twelve, and that he still keeps the first radio he ever repaired on a shelf. Honestly, technical things have never interested me, and I was bored to tearsتعبير اصطلاحي مستخدم بدقة and wanted to go home. But I kept listening because he lives alone and I don’t think anybody visits him often. I also remembered that my own grandfather died last year, and I’d have given a lot to hear his stories again. He looked so animatedاختيار دقيق للصفة when he was talking that I didn’t wantedخطأ في صيغة الفعل، والصواب «didn’t want» to disappoint him. I nodded and asked a few questions, and in the end I understood a little about the radios tooاستخدام دقيق لصيغة الماضي البسيط لختام القصة. I felt tired but also strangely touchedشعور مختلط وطبيعي يضيف عمقًا, and when I left he said I was a good listener.

الدرجة 8

I’d like to describe a time when my neighbour talked about something I wasn’t interested in. His name is Mr Farooq, an elderly man who lives alone in the house next to ours in Lahore. Last winter my mother asked me to return a dish to him, and when I arrived he invited me in for tea. It was a cold evening, and his small room smelled of tea and old wood. Then he started on the subject of repairing old radios. He laid out lots of small parts on his table and explained how each one works, for almost an hour. He mentioned that his father had taught him the trade at twelve, and that the first radio he ever repaired still sits on a shelf above his table. Honestly, technical things have never interested me, and I was bored to tearsتعبير اصطلاحي مستخدم بدقة and longing to go home. But I kept listening because he lives alone and I doubt many people visit him. I also thought of my own grandfather, who died last year, and how much I’d give to hear one of his stories again. He looked so animatedاختيار دقيق للصفة while he talked that I couldn’t bring myself to disappoint him. I nodded along, asked a few questions, and by the end I had actually understood a little about the radiosاستخدام طبيعي لصيغة الماضي التام لإظهار نتيجة غير متوقعة. I felt tired but also strangely touchedشعور مختلط وطبيعي يضيف عمقًا, and as I left he told me I was a good listener, which meant more to me than I had expectedجملة ختامية تأملية تربط الإطراء بالشعور.