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 unsorted: not separated; “The shirts were unsorted, so all the colors were mixed

together and it made it hard to find all the red ones.”

 minor: small or insignificant; “We had a minor accident in our car today.”

 diminishing: going down, lessening; “The pain has been diminishing since I took
the aspirin.”

 impacts of: the effects of something on something else; “The impact of the storm
has yet to be fully understood.”

 collective level: a collective is a group of people, so in this context if you are
working at a collective level, it means that people are working together to solve a
problem; “This problem will only be solved if we work at it on a collective level,

not an individual level.”

9. Describe a happy family event from your childhood.
You should say:

what the event was, where it happened
what you saw and did
and explain why you remember this event so well

SAMPLE ANSWER:

A happy family event that I still remember clearly from my childhood was making
sponge cake for New Year holiday at my grandparents’ house.

When I was small, our family would get together to make sponge cake for New Year
holiday. My grandparents had six children; therefore, I had many cousins. And the
great thing was that my cousins and I were around the same age. At that time, we

were too small to do anything, so basically, we played with each other while we
watched the adults prepare the ingredients for the cake. Sometimes, we got to eat
the leftover food after all the cakes were finished. New Year holiday was the only
time of the year that we were allowed to stay up late, one reason why it is so
memorable. Although the winter was cold, we all felt cozy inside; we had so much
fun together.

Since my grandfather passed away a couple of years ago, we stopped our family
tradition. In addition, some of my cousins had already gotten married and had their

own families, and some had gone to study abroad. Consequently, it was very
difficult for us to get together like old times. Missing this special family tradition
makes it so unforgettable for me and I hope we can start doing it again in the future.