Describe an occasion when you had to wait a long time for someone or something to arrive. You should say: who or what you were waiting for how long you had to wait why you had to wait a long time and explain how you felt about waiting for such a long time. [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:
People say that patience is a great virtue, so I try to be patient as often as I can, even when I have no reason or incentive to wait. But, for better or worse, waiting for something or someone is a reality of life, and we have to wait, no matter how much we dislike it, just as I didn’t like it when one of my fellow co-workers kept me waiting for a long period of time for no valid reasons.
It was about a few months ago when this happened at my work. Anyway, it was Friday, so I was naturally a bit excited to leave my office as soon as I could and enjoy the weekend. But, suddenly, one of my fellow workers jumped in front of me just an hour before the closing of our office and asked me to loan my motorbike to him. He told me that he needed to go out for some emergency reasons and that also he would come back just in time before the office had closed. So, I just gave the key of my motorbike to my co-worker in good faith only, of course, to find out that he just couldn’t properly value my good faith.
In fact, instead of showing up after an hour, he actually showed up after several hours. Anyway, I tried to keep my calm when he came back and asked me what really had caused him to delay for such a long time. In response, he said that he had gone to see a friend at the hospital, and he just got stuck there. He also politely apologized for the delay.
Anyway, after waiting for such a long time, I naturally felt a bit frustrated and even annoyed at the irresponsible act of my co-worker, especially, at a time when I was planning to leave my office as soon as possible. However, after knowing that he went to visit his friend at the hospital, I felt like I lost very valuable several hours of my life in a good cause, and that was to help someone out during a crisis time.
Describe
an occasion when you had to
wait
a
long
time
for someone or something to arrive. You should say: who or what you were
waiting
for how
long
you had to
wait
why you had to
wait
a
long
time
and
explain
how you felt about
waiting
for such a
long
time
. [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:
People
say that patience is a great virtue,
so
I try to be patient as
often
as I can, even when I have no reason or incentive to
wait
.
But
, for better or worse,
waiting
for something or someone is a reality of life, and we
have to
wait
, no matter how much we dislike it,
just
as I didn’t like it when one of my fellow co-workers
kept
me
waiting
for a
long
period of
time
for no valid reasons.
It was about a few months ago when this happened at my work.
Anyway
, it was Friday,
so
I was
naturally
a bit excited to
leave
my
office
as
soon
as I could and enjoy the weekend.
But
,
suddenly
, one of my fellow workers jumped in front of me
just
an
hour
before
the closing of our
office
and asked me to loan my motorbike to him. He
told
me that he needed to go out for
some
emergency reasons and that
also
he would
come
back
just
in
time
before
the
office
had closed.
So
, I
just
gave the key of my motorbike to my co-worker in
good
faith
only
,
of course
, to find out that he
just
couldn’t
properly
value my
good
faith.
In fact,
instead
of showing up after an
hour
, he
actually
showed
up after several
hours
.
Anyway
, I tried to
keep
my calm when he came back and asked me what
really
had caused him to delay for such a
long
time
. In response, he said that he had gone to
see
a friend at the hospital, and he
just
got
stuck there. He
also
politely
apologized for the delay.
Anyway
, after
waiting
for such a
long
time
, I
naturally
felt a bit frustrated and even annoyed at the irresponsible act of my co-worker,
especially
, at a
time
when I was planning to
leave
my
office
as
soon
as possible.
However
, after knowing that he went to visit his friend at the hospital, I felt like I lost
very
valuable several
hours
of my life in a
good
cause, and that was to
help
someone out during a crisis
time
.