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Describe a time you borrowed something fromothers.

You should say:

What the situation was

What you borrowed

Whom you borrowed it from

And explain why you borrowed it.

Well, I’d like to talk about a time Iborrowed something. It happened around two months ago, when our schoolorganized a trip to Hangzhou, a city not far from Shanghai. I remember I was ona school bus along with all my classmates. Then I found that the battery of myphone was running low. I got a little anxious.

Apparently, I needed to borrow something tocharge my phone with, and it was a portable power bank. I think nowadays powerbanks are so important since we use our mobile devices all the time. A portablepower bank is usually a small and light device which can be connected to oursmart phones through a USB cable for electricity.

So I just asked around to see whetheranyone had a power bank with them. Fortunately, a girl sitting behind me hadbrought a power bank in her bag. Well, to be honest, it was a bit awkwardbecause at school me and that girl didn’t speak much. When she handed me the powerbank, I was almost sure that I blushed.

Finally, I want to explain why I borrowedit. First of all, it was a long trip and I wasn’t exactly in a talking moodprobably because I didn’t rest well the previous day, so I needed something topass time. You know how dependent we are on our smart phones nowadays. I meanwithout this power bank, the battery would’ve died soon and I’d have spenthours on the bus doing nothing and feeling bored.