Cách viết một Report thi FCE (Phần 3)

Cách viết một Story thi FCE 
A short story 
Useful expressions 
Background and atmosphere 
It was raining with flashes of lightning outside  
The house was quiet and I sat all alone  
It all began on a day when I had been  
We were very tired and had been traveling all day  
Contrasting events and time 
After  
As soon as I  
By the time  
At the same time  
While I was  -ing, they were  
Meanwhile  
A second later  
The climax / ending 
Just then  
In the end  
Eventually  
Finally, I realized  
That was the last time I’d ever  
Carl’s family had an important reason for leaving the house at two in the morning, and so 
everyone had gone to bed early. In fact Carl had been so excited about flying for the first 
time he could hardly sleep. When he managed to, he dreamt he saw his mother, the twins 
and himself all running down the airport runway chasing the plane as it took off. He was 
screaming, “Wait! Wait!” Suddenly, he woke to a voice saying, “Wake up Carl. Get dressed! 
We’re late!” 
After a one-hour journey down the motorway they finally arrived at the airport. “Your flight 
is boarding now,” said the person at check-in. “If you run you might catch it”. As they ran 
through the airport and reached the gate the plane was moving off. Carl shouted to his 
family, “Quick, follow me!” he raced ahead out onto the runway. “Wait! Wait!” he shouted. 
Just then, he woke. Carl’s alarm clock was ringing and his mother smiled at him. “It’s time to 
get up Carl. We don’t want to miss the plane.”