Describe a happy family event from your childhood speaking IELTS EXAM

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what the event was

where it happened

what you saw and did

There are numerous happy events in my life that I can recall and among them, I would like to talk about the time when my family gathered to make a cake for the New Year holiday.

The New Year is a very special traditional holiday in my country. It was probably my most favorite holiday when I was a small girl as my family had a lot of activities to celebrate this occasion. Among them, making the cake made me excited the most. The cake is made of glutinous rice, green beans and fat pork, wrapped in banana leaves in the shape of a square. I often played with my older brother when my parents prepared the ingredients for the cake. And then, my father lit a small fire to boil the cake overnight.

It was perhaps the only time of the year when I was allowed to stay up late. While my family was sitting around the warm fire, my grandmother would tell the old legendary story about the cake to commemorate the filial affection of one prince to his father and remind us of the long-lasting tradition of our country.

In recent years, my family has not had enough time for making the cake on our own. However, to me, a ready-made cake that we buy from a local market can’t bring the special feeling and replace the taste of a cake from my childhood. I hope that my family can continue our tradition in the coming years.

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