describe a piece of good news that you heard about someone you know about

what it was

when you heard it

how you knew it

explain how you felt about it

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well , this is a very good topic that reminds me of my cousin ，who is someone I know about and I once heard a great piece of news about him .

what I am talking about was a fact that my cousin got admitted by a?world top?academic institute in the UK , the university of Cambridge for his postgraduate studies , in the meantime he received a scholarship which covered everything for everyday use .

I heard this piece of news approximately two years ago back in high school , it was?some time in June when he got the letter of admission?, at that time my cousin was pursuing his bachelor’s degree in Tsinghua , a prestigious university in the whole of China .

I got to know it from my mother who was the elder sister of my cousin’s old man?, truth be told she has been using my cousin as a role model?to?spur me on throughout my school years?till this day , there was no way for her to hide me from such big time news .

speaking of how I felt about this piece of good news , you know what

firstly ,

I felt glad even sort of exhilarated for my cousin who was about to?study in England , which promised his future , actually his major during undergraduate years was plant science which gave students?a hard time in?job hunting?, yet getting a higher degree in Cambridge could make things change , for example ,....

secondly ,

to tell you the truth I felt a little bit jealous and stressed due to the news , back then and there I was a high school student facing college entrance exams?but I was not confident to see myself shine in that grueling test , especially when my parents tried to make a comparison between me and my cousin?, for instance , .......