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Describe an event when someone you believed betrayed you. v.1

Describe an event when someone you believed betrayed you. v. 1
Describe an event when someone you believed betrayed you. You should say: when it was who was the person what happened and explain how you felt about it. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. ] Model Answer 1: Feeling betrayed is certainly not a great feeling and if this betrayal comes from someone you trust, it is even worse. But this is life, and bad things happen to us whether we like it or not as the scars of treachery are still fresh in my mind. I would like to thank you for this topic and I will share my experience when someone I trusted stabbed me in the back. It was about five years ago when I felt betrayed by none other than my old time friend Andrew, whom I thought I knew for more than 15 years since my childhood. I can still vividly remember the day when he asked for our motorcycle (my family owned a motorcycle back then) as he “supposedly” needed it to run for some “errands”, ensuring me that he would be back in 10 minutes. Having complete faith in him, I gave the motorcycle to my friend, who lived only a 10- minute walk away from me, without notifying my parents. I waited for 10 minutes, by my friend was yet to come. I waited for another 20 minutes, but still no sign of my friend. My father started to ask me about the motorcycle, but I, still having faith on my friend, told them that my “friend” would be back in 30 minutes. When there was no sign of my friend even after 30 minutes had passed, I became worried and a bit annoyed at the same time. However, my “friend” did arrive after six straight hours, but he arrived with a broken motorcycle that required a lot of works to get fixed. When confronted, my friend said that he wasn’t at any fault, and that the accident had taken place because of another person’s fault. However, later on, I found out that he had taken the motorcycle far beyond the distance he was supposed to travel with another guy. I also found out that it was because of his fault that the accident had taken place as he was riding motorbike real fast. In other words, he lied to me the whole time. Not sure why he lied to me, but I felt really bad and sad not because of the broken motorcycle, but because I felt that I was duped by a person whom I have always tried to help. Having seen the “deceit” in him, I kept wondering myself about how many times he might have lied to me in the past, or how many times he may have taken advantage of me by lying to me! What was even worse that I chose to lie to my parents because I wanted to save a “so-called” friend who turned out to be a plain “lair” later on! Needless to say, after that terrible incident, I promised to myself that I would never let myself in a position again where I would feel “betrayed” and “deserted”. Model Answer 2: Deception and betrayal are more widespread today than in the past. It is a shame that it has become more common and somewhat of a daily occurrence and used to be considered an unmentionable sin in the past. Unfortunately, I have got cheated a number of times by others but for the sake of my cue card, today I will share the worst incident when I got cheated by a close friend of mine whom I believed. That was shocking and unexpected for me and the bitter feeling still linger. In 2016 when I was doing my post-graduation, and in the last semester, it was mandatory for us to submit a software project for 200 marks. At that time, almost everyone from my class was assisting companies of their choices to make a project for the final submission and others were buying it from various companies, though this was not legit. Although an internship was not mandatory, still students were ready to do anything for their final submission. Neither I was financially capable to purchase a software project nor was I able to do an internship with the companies. Finally, I decided to do it on my own and with the help of the internet. And I finally did that. I painstakingly finished the project and spent many sleepless nights to complete it. I had a friend in my class, who was in the same situation as mine and she was struggling with it. Just for humanity's sake, I would not express her real name. Let's assume that her name was Raima. She belonged to a poor family and didn’t even have her own laptop. I decided to help her by submitting my individual project as a group project. For this purpose, I gave her all my work details to revise it before the final submission date. Regrettably, that was my biggest mistake in my life, as she cheated me on that and submitted my project as her own individual project a week prior to the submission date. That was unexpected and was an act against morality. I was deceived so badly that I lost faith in helping others. I was trying to help her and she stabbed me from back as a reward! I was so crestfallen and dismayed that I felt helpless and depressed for a couple of days.   But luckily I had the blueprints of that project in my email and I was able to prove to my professors that I actually prepared that project. That was tough for me and took a great deal of effort but I was happy to find that deception did not win over morality and humanity. [Written by - Sharuti Sharma]
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Describe
an
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event
when someone you believed
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betrayed
you. You should say: when it was
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who
was the person what happened and
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explain
how you
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felt
about it. [You will
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have to
talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one
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minute
to
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think
about what you are going to say. You can
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make
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some
notes to
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help
you if you wish.
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]


Model Answer 1: Feeling
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betrayed
is
certainly
not a great feeling and if this betrayal
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comes
from someone you trust, it is even worse.
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But
this is life, and
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bad
things happen to us whether we like it or not as the scars of treachery are
still
fresh in my mind. I would like to thank you for this topic and I will share my experience when someone I trusted stabbed me in the back.

It was about five years ago when I
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felt
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betrayed
by none
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other
than my
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old
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time
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friend
Andrew, whom I
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thought
I knew for more than 15 years since my childhood. I can
still
vividly
remember the day when he
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asked for
our motorcycle (my family
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owned
a motorcycle
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back
then) as he “
supposedly
” needed it to run for
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some
“errands”, ensuring me that he would be
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back
in 10 minutes. Having complete faith in him, I gave the motorcycle to my
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friend
,
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who
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lived
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only
a 10-
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minute
walk away from me, without notifying my parents.

I waited for 10 minutes, by my
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friend
was
yet
to
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come
. I waited for another 20 minutes,
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but
still
no
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sign
of my
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friend
. My father
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started
to ask me about the motorcycle,
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but
I,
still
having faith on my
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friend
,
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told
them that my
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“friend”
would be
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back
in 30 minutes. When there was no
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sign
of my
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friend
even after 30 minutes had passed, I became worried and a bit annoyed at the same
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time
.
However
, my
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“friend”
did arrive after six straight hours,
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but
he arrived with a broken motorcycle that required
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a lot of
works to
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get
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fixed
. When confronted, my
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friend
said that he wasn’t at any fault, and that the accident had taken place
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because
of another person’s fault.
However
, later on, I found out that he had taken the motorcycle far beyond the distance he
was supposed
to travel with another guy. I
also
found out that it was
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because
of his fault that the accident had taken place as he was riding motorbike real
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fast
. In
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other
words, he lied to me the whole time.

Not sure why he lied to me,
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but
I
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felt
really
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bad
and sad not
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because
of the broken motorcycle,
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but
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because
I
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felt
that I
was duped
by a person whom I have always tried to
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help
. Having
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seen
the “deceit” in him, I
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kept
wondering myself about how
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many
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times
he might have lied to me in the past, or how
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many
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times
he may have taken advantage of me by lying to me! What was even worse that I chose to lie to my parents
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because
I wanted to save a “
so
-called”
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friend
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who
turned out to be a plain “lair” later on!
Needless to say
, after that terrible incident, I promised to myself that I would never
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let
myself in a position again where I would feel
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“betrayed”
and “deserted”.

Model Answer 2: Deception and betrayal are more widespread
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today
than in the past. It is a shame that it has become more common and somewhat of a daily occurrence and
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used
to
be considered
an unmentionable sin in the past. Unfortunately, I have
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got
cheated a number of
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times
by others
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but
for the sake of my cue card,
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today
I will share the worst incident when I
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got
cheated by a close
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friend
of mine whom I believed. That was shocking and unexpected for me and the bitter feeling
still
linger. In 2016 when I was doing my post-graduation, and in the last semester, it was mandatory for us to submit a software
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project
for 200 marks. At that
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time
, almost everyone from my
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class
was assisting
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companies
of their choices to
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make
a
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project
for the final
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submission
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and others
were buying it from various
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companies
, though this was not legit. Although an internship was not mandatory,
still
students were ready to do anything for their final
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submission
. Neither I was
financially
capable to
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purchase
a software
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project
nor was I able to do an internship with the
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companies
.
Finally
, I decided to do it on my
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own
and with the
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help
of the internet. And I
finally
did that. I
painstakingly
finished the
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project
and spent
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many
sleepless nights to complete it. I had a
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friend
in my
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class
,
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who
was in the same situation as
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mine and
she was struggling with it.
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Just
for humanity's sake, I would not express her real name.
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Let
's assume that her name was
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Raima
. She belonged to a poor family and didn’t even have her
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own
laptop. I decided to
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help
her by submitting my individual
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project
as a group
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project
. For this purpose, I gave her all my work
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details
to revise it
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before
the final
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submission
date.
Regrettably
, that was my biggest mistake in my life, as she cheated me on that and submitted my
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project
as her
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own
individual
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project
a week prior to the
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submission
date. That
was unexpected
and was an act against morality. I
was deceived
so
badly
that I lost faith in helping others. I was trying to
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help
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her and
she stabbed me from
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back
as a reward!
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I
was
so
crestfallen and dismayed that I
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felt
helpless and depressed for a couple of days.
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But
luckily I had the blueprints of that
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project
in my
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email and
I was able to prove to my professors that I
actually
prepared that
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project
. That was tough for me and took a great deal of effort
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but
I was happy to find that deception did not win over morality and humanity. [Written by
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-
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Sharuti
Sharma]
16Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
58Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
11Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe an event when someone you believed betrayed you. v. 1

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6 paragraphs
1010 words
5.5
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Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
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