Describe a person who is good at making things by hand

Band 6

I would like to talk about my neighbour, Seu Antonio, who is very good at making things from wood. He is a retired carpenter and he liveLỗi hoà hợp chủ ngữ – động từ: phải là “lives” next door to my family in Curitiba, in Brazil. I know him sinceLỗi thì: phải là “have known him since” I was a small child, because I use toLỗi dạng động từ: phải là “used to” sit outside his workshop and watch him work. He makes wooden chairs, small toys for the children in our street, and once he made a bookshelf for my mother, which we still have in our living room. He learned the work from his father when he was a teenager, and last Christmas he made a small wooden train for my little brother, who still sleeps with it. What I remember is the smell of the wood and the sound of his tools, and sometimes he let me hold the sandpaper, and he was, erTừ ngập ngừng tự nhiên, từ đệm không đáng kể, always very careful with every piece. He don’t useLỗi trợ động từ: phải là “doesn’t use” machines for the small parts, and he sands each toy until it is very smoothTừ vựng cơ bản, hạn chế Lexical Resource. I admire this skill for some reasons. First, it needs a lot of patience, and I am not a patient person, so I think it is very difficultTừ vựng cơ bản, hạn chế Lexical Resource. Second, the things he makes isLỗi hoà hợp chủ ngữ – động từ: phải là “are” strong and they last for many years, not like cheap things from a big shop. You knowCụm từ đệm dùng để ngập ngừng, he also teaches the children to make a small boat, and I think this is a good way to keep the old skill alive. Maybe one day I will learn it from him too.

Band 7

I’d like to talk about my neighbour, Seu Antonio, who’s extremely good at making things from wood. He’s a retired carpenter and he lives next door to my family in Curitiba, in Brazil. I’ve known him since I was a small child, because I used to sit outside his workshop and watch him work“Used to” cho một thói quen lặp lại trong quá khứ, dùng chính xác. He makes wooden chairs, small toys for the children in our street, and once he built a bookshelf for my mother, which we still have in our living room. He learned the work from his father when he was a teenager, and last Christmas he made a small wooden train for my little brother, who still sleeps with it. What I remember most is the smell of the wood and the sound of his tools, and sometimes he let me hold the sandpaper, and he was always meticulous about every pieceTính từ chính xác kèm giới từ tự nhiên. He doesn’t use machines for the small parts, and he sands each toy until it’s smooth like silkLỗi giới từ: phải là “smooth as silk”. I admire this skill for a few reasons. Firstly, it takes enormous patience, which I am lackingCách nói thiếu tự nhiên: “I lack” hoặc “I don’t have” tự nhiên hơn. Secondly, what he makes is built to lastCụm cố định tự nhiên, unlike the cheap things you find in a big shop. What’s moreCụm nối giúp thêm ý một cách tự nhiên, he teaches the local children to make a small boat, and I think that’s a good way of keeping the old skill alive. I’m hoping to learn it from him one day.

Band 8

I’d like to talk about my neighbour, Seu Antonio, who’s remarkably good at making things from wood. He’s a retired carpenter and lives next door to my family in Curitiba, in Brazil. I’ve known him since I was small, because I used to sit outside his workshop for hours, watching him work. He makes wooden chairs and small toys for the children in our street, and he once built a bookshelf for my mother that still stands in our living room. He learned the work from his father when he was a teenager, and last Christmas he made a small wooden train for my little brother, who still sleeps with it. What I remember most is the smell of fresh wood and the sound of his tools, and sometimes he let me hold the sandpaper, and he was always meticulous about every pieceTính từ chính xác kèm giới từ tự nhiên. He doesn’t use machines for the delicate parts, and he sands each toy until it’s smooth as silkPhép so sánh tự nhiên, dùng chính xác. I admire the skill for several reasons. Firstly, it demands a kind of patience that I have yet to developCấu trúc tự nhiên cho điều chưa đạt được. Secondly, what he makes is built to lastCụm cố định tự nhiên, whereas the things you buy in a big shop tend to wear out. Above all, he doesn’t keep the knowledge to himselfCâu phủ định với đại từ phản thân, dùng tự nhiên: he teaches local children to make a small boat, which strikes me as the best way of keeping an old craft alive. I’m hoping to learn it from him one day.