Describe an occasion that you had some information incorrect.
You should say:
Why you needed the information;
When you had the information;
How you got the information;
And explain how you felt about it when you knew it was incorrect.

27. 获得不准确信息的经历

One time, I was really misguided by109 information posted online. The thing is, my mom’s birthday was coming up. So I decided to bake a delicious cake for her. But I don’t know how to bake.

So before I began, I searched how to bake a cake on Baidu, which is the same as Google.I found lots of recipes and videos that teach you how to make all kinds of cakes. In the end, I picked one that was very detailed110. According to the recipe, I bought lots of ingredients like cake flour and butter. The next morning, I followed the recipe very carefully, and I did every step the same as it was shown online.

I was expecting the cake to be perfect. But it didn’t look the way I wanted. It was supposed to be fluffy111, but the one I made was very tough112. I was so disappointed with the result. Later my mom checked the recipe I got off the internet113. She figured out that the recipe was wrong. The quantity of water written on it was two cups short114, which made the dough115 too tough.

I guess the recipe was incorrect. Anyhow116, this minor error ruined117 my cake. Honestly, this experience made me realize that I can’t fully trust online information. There are mistakes everywhere.

109 misguided by：被…误导
110 detailed: 很详细的
111 fluffy：蓬松的
112 tough: 硬
113 off the internet：从网上找到的，从网上下载的
114 two cups short：少了两杯的量
115 dough：面团 /dəʊ/
116 Anyhow: 不管怎么样
117 ruined：毁掉了