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The 35553 is a total of 21 sentences. At about 12 words per sentence this is 252words.

a 3-sentence Intro a 5-sentence para a 5-sentence para a 5-sentence para a 3-sentence conclusion

Conclusions

A good conclusion will

rephrase the question summarize the main ideas gie !our opinion" if !ou haen#t gien it alread! loo$ to the future %sa! what will happen if the situation continues or changes&

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Should we test products on animals?

I agree that we need to make sure that animals who are used for testing new productshave the minimum of suffering. However, I am convinced that animal testing is necessary,and that it will continue to benefit humans in new and wonderful ways.

Should we beat children?

In conclusion, physical punishment can be a useful method of discipline. However itshould be the last choice for parents. If we want to build a world with less violence wemust begin at home, and we must teach our children to be responsible.

Is education important?

In conclusion, although there are undoubtedly some problems with increased levels ofeducation, I feel strongly that the country can only progress if all its people are educatedto the maximum of their ability.

ho are the better parents ! men or women?

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I think this is not an either/or question. Both men and women have strengths and skillsthat are important for childrens psychological growth. !e need to ensure that bothparents play an important role in the family in order to give children a good start in life.

ho learns "uic#er ! adults or children?

"inally, I feel that we cannot generali#e about children or adults being better learners. Itdepends on the situation and the motivation of the person, and the level of enthusiasm heor she has for learning.

Should dan$erous sports be banned?

In summar!" our societ! would be healthier if more people too$ part in sports of all $inds.+e should continue to tr! to preent accidents and in,uries. oweer" we should alsoensure that sports are challenging" eciting" and" aboe all" fun.

Through recent medical adances we now hae the capacit! to determine the

characteristics of unborn babies" produce clones" transplant animal organs to humans" aswell as prolong life. /uch technolog! is unethical" interferes with the course of nature andshould be prohibited. To what etent do !ou agree with this opinion0

1.In conclusion, recent medical advances offer us advantages such as prolonging ourlives, improving the quality of our lives, and providing some infertile couples with theopportunity to experience parenthood. $n the other hand, they pose dilemmas, includingcompromising our standard of living because of a dependent elderly population,potentially causing harmful mental and physical side effects, and undermining our ethicalvalues. %herefore we have to think about them carefully or it will not be good.

This eample follows the suggested model of a concluding paragraph. The two summar!statements succinctl! paraphrase the main arguments. The paragraph ma$es arecommendation too" howeer" the benefits of this are not stated" so it is ague andunconincing.

&. !hat is more, poor people often cannot afford to pay for these new medicaladvances.'onsequently, they are only a benefit to a small, affluent part of the population,so we should prohibit them.

This eample does not follow the suggested model of a concluding paragraph. There isno statement referring to the main arguments or summar! of them. In fact" it proidesanother argument" which the concluding paragraph should not contain. It does ma$e arecommendation" howeer" this appears to be motiated b! en! or ,ealous!" so it is not aer! credible suggestion.

(.%o conclude, new medical advances have many positive outcomes. However, weshould analyse our ob)ectives carefully in order to decide what is appropriate and whatshould be permitted. If we do not, the result might not be longer more fulfilling lives, butinstead,extended less satisfying existence.

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This eample follows the suggested model of a concluding paragraph. The summar!statement is good it refers bac$ to the main arguments. The paragraph ma$es arecommendation too" which seems logical and acceptable.

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E%UCATIO&

'( As computers are bein$ used more and more in education) there will be soon norole *or teachers in the classroom(

There hae been immense adances in technolog! in most aspects of people#s lies"especiall! in the field of education. 'owada!s" an increasing number of students rel! oncomputers to research for information and to produce a perfect paper for schoolpurposes. thers hae decided to leae the original wa! of learning to get $nowledgethrough online schools. These changes in the learning process hae brought a specialconcern regarding the possible decrease of importance of teachers in the classroom.

/ome people beliee the role of teachers started to fade because computers hae beenhelping some students to progress in their studies quic$er than when compared with anoriginal classroom. or eample" in the same classroom" students hae differentintellectual capacities" thus some would be tied to a slow adance in their studies

because of others4 incapacit! of understanding. In this wa!" pupils could progress in theiracquisition of $nowledge at their own pace using computers instead of learning fromteachers.

oweer" the presence of a teacher is essential for students because the human contactinfluences them in positie wa!s. irstl!" students realize that the! are not dealing with amachine but with a human being who deseres attention and respect. The! also learn theimportance of stud!ing in group and respect other students" which helps them to improetheir social s$ills.

oreoer" teachers are required in the learning process because the! ac$nowledge some

student#s deficiencies and help them to sole their problems b! repeating the sameeplanation" giing etra eercises or een suggesting a priate tutor. ence" studentscan hae a bigger chance not to fail in a sub,ect.

In conclusion" the role for teachers in the learning process is still er! important and it willcontinue to be in the future because no machine can replace the human interaction andits consequences.

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'obod! can argue that the acquisition of $nowledge is more fun and easier withcomputers. The mere actiit! of touching and eploring this deice constitutes anen,o!able tas$ for a $id. This" accompanied with the relaing attitude and softwareinteractiit!" usuall! conduce to a better grasping of new $nowledge. At a highereducational leel the aailabilit! of digital boo$s" simulator and other academic materials"proide the student with an eer accessible source of information" that otherwise wouldnot be at hand.

6ut" besides the increasing compleit! and behaior of intelligent software" which isusuall! embedded in the academic digital material" the need of human interaction in thelearning process will alwa!s be present" at least in the foreseeable future. There is the

necessit! for a human being to be able to determine what the specifics needs of eachindiidual are. The epertise of a teacher in how to eplain and adapt comple concepts

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/( Some people belie.e that a colle$e or uni.ersit- education should be a.ailable toall students( Others belie.e that hi$her education should be a.ailable onl- to $oodstudents(%iscuss these .iews( hich .iew do -ou a$ree with? E0plain wh-(

9eople learn through their entire lies. The! constantl! improe their $nowledge anddeelop. I thin$ that a college or uniersit! education should be aailable to all studentsbecause eer! person has the right to choose the wa! to self-perfection. 6ellow I will giesome of m! reasons to support m! position.

irst of all" eer! person should hae the chance to get a higher degree" gain new$nowledge and eperience. oweer" some people beliee that higher education shouldbe aailable onl! to good students. I thin$ it is sill!. It is li$e to ma$e unaailable traelingfor one who does not hae I: high enough.

/econd of all" some !oung people do not do well at school but the! hae great personalit!and abilit! to learn. The! are self-confident" persistent and patient. +ith these qualitiesthe! can get higher grades then their classmates who are talented but laz!. Imagine foreample situation when a teenager gets high grades because his or her parentsconstantl! ma$e him or her stud! and help to do most of the homewor$. In this case achild does er! well at school but I thin$ a college can show the opposite results.

inall!" it is a discrimination against students to ma$e aailable higher education onl! forgood ones./o" if a student does poor and gets low grades he;she should be sent down. 6ut if aperson was neer gien a chance to tr! himself;herself at college" what to do in this case0

To sum up" I thin$ that all !oung people should hae the chance to get a highereducation. To ta$e or not this chance must be up to them.

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agree with this. Ta$e for eample children. The! will not beliee their parents thatsomething can hurt them until the! tr! it and ma$e sure in it. urthermore" most li$el! the!will remember this eperience longer. /econd of all" people learn how to anal!ze theirmista$es" ma$e conclusions and net time tr! to aoid them. /o" I thin$ it is a greateperience that ma$es people stronger" more self-confident and persistent. The! gainmore $nowledge and eperience that will be er! helpful and aluable in the future.

rom the other side" listening to the adice of famil! and friends brings man! benefits too.9arents with great patience pass down their $nowledge and eperience to their children.The! teach them all the! $now and the! want their children do not ma$e the samemista$es. In addition to those practical benefits" learning from someone#s adice ispainless. or eample" parents nowada!s er! often tal$ to their children about drugs. Ithin$ it is a great eample when one should not tr! drugs in order to gain new eperience.I thin$ it is a case when children must trust their parents.

To sum up" I thin$ it is wise to combine both of these wa!s to learn and tr! to anal!zepersonal mista$es as well as not personal. I thin$ together the! can greatl! simplif! one#s

life and ma$e the wa! to success shorter.

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2( ith the pressures on toda-3s -oun$ people to succeed academicall-) somepeople belie.e that non!academic sub4ects at school 5e$, ph-sical education andcoo#er-6 should be remo.ed *rom the s-llabus so that children can concentratewholl- on academic sub4ects(

To what e0tent do -ou a$ree or disa$ree?

+hat !oung people should stud! at school has long been the sub,ect of intense debateand this is a question that certainl! does not hae one correct answer.

+e need to proide !oung people the best possible chance of doing well at school. Intraditional curriculum there is a wide ariet! of sub,ects with a mi of academic and non-academic sub,ects. In this wa! a !oung person is formed with a rounded education. 'on-academic sub,ects would include sports" coo$ing" woodwor$ and metalwor$. I beliee thisis the best form of education. A !oung person should learn things other than academicsub,ects. /port is particularl! important. 7oung people hae to learn to loe sport so thatthe! can be fit and health! later in life. If not we will be raising an obese and unfit

generation.I totall! understand the point of iew that education is so important that students must bepushed as hard as possible to achiee their best. It sounds a good idea to onl! eposethe students to academic sub,ects as then the! can spend all of their school hours onstud!ing areas that will get them into uniersit! and good ,obs later in life. I ,ust feel amore rounded education would produce a better indiidual. +e must remember too that alot of people" ma!be een most people" aren>t academicall! minded and would benefitmore from a more ocationall! based education. orcing academic studies onto themwould lead to failure and the student leaing school too earl!.

Therefore I agree that although a wholl! academic curriculum would suit and benefit some

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!oung people" I beliee that for most students non-academic sub,ects are importantinclusions still in toda!>s s!llabuses.

7( In man- countries) sports and e0ercise classes are replaced with the academicsub4ects( %iscuss the e**ects o* this trend(

er the past few decades" academic sub,ects hae become increasingl! important inthis fast-changing information-based societ!. 'owada!s" there has been a growingdebate as to whether it would be more effectie to replace ph!sical education classes withacademic sub,ects. ?espite the importance of sports" I highl! beliee that it is ineitableand more efficient to focus more on academic sub,ects for seeral reasons.

Those who argue that sports and eercise classes are needed in school base their caseon the following arguments. irst of all" sports are a good wa! to build character anddeelop personalit!. That is" there are necessar! for learning about competition"cooperation" and good sportsmanship. In addition" as a ma,orit! of children these da!sare addicted to the Internet" the! find it hard to leae their computer. @onsequentl!" a

growing number of children are becoming oerweight or obese due to a lac$ of eercise./o" if schools foster an enironment that depries students of getting a proper ph!sicaleducation" it will hae a long-term negatie effect on children both mentall! andph!sicall!.

'eertheless" people should not ignore the fact that deoting more time and energ! toacademic sub,ects will benefit students more in the long run. The time deoted to ph!sicaleducation now would be better spent teaching students (nglish. This is because spea$ingfluent (nglish will gie !oung people an adantage oer other college applicants and ,obsee$ers in the near future. 6esides" science will undoubtedl! benefit !outh more thanph!sical education as well. The principles learned in science will proide the necessar!foundation for soling and difficult problems that are sure to arise in students# futures.

In summar!" there are high hopes that educators and parents eercise wisdom inteaching !oung generations.

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8( Some people thin# hi$h school $raduates should tra.el or wor# *or a period o*

time instead o* $oin$ directl- to stud- at uni.ersit-( %iscuss the ad.anta$es anddisad.anta$es o* both approaches(9i.e reasons *or -our answer and include an- rele.ant e0amples *rom -our own#nowled$e or e0perience(

igh school students face man! decisions as the! prepare to graduate" including whatthe! are going to do after graduation. /ome high school students go directl! to college oruniersit! after graduation. thers prefer to trael or wor$ for some time before going touniersit!.

or those who choose to go college or uniersit! after graduation" there are adantages

and disadantages. ne of the big adantages of going directl! from high school tocollege is that !ou are still in the habit of stud!ing. 6! going to college after graduation"

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!ou do not lose the stud! s$ills that !ou deeloped during high school. The bigdisadantages" howeer" is that !ou ma! not be read! for college. 7ou ma! not $noweactl! what !ou want to stud!" or !ou ma! be more interested in freedom and partiesthan in !our courses. At that age" it is often difficult for students to ta$e on theresponsibilities of college.

There are also adantages and disadantages to wor$ing or traeling befor startingcollege. +or$ing or traeling allows !ou a better idea of what !ou want to do with !our life.7ou gain practical eperience that helps !ou define what !ou want to stud!. 7ou also arewell prepared for the responsibilities of college or uniersit! studies. n the other hand"b! the time !ou start college" !ou will probabl! hae obligations" li$e a ,ob or spouse"which $eep !ou from focusing on studies. In addition" traelling or wor$ing before collegema! cause !ou to spend enough time out of school that !ou forget how to stud!.

The desicion of what to do after hich school graduation can be a difficult one. ?ecidingwhether to go straight into college or uniersit! or ta$e time to wor$ or trael is somethingthat faces eer! high school student. After thin$ing about the adantages and

disadantages of both options" the decision should be based on what is best for !ou.

:( The student who stud- *rom the school to uni.ersit- $et bene*it less andcontribute less too) than those o* student who $o to tra.el or 4ob and $et s#ills ande0perience be*ore $oin$ hi$h( %o -ou a$ree or disa$ree?

'owada!s" in our competitie world" to succeed" $nowledge from school and uniersit! isnot enough. Therefore" the student who stud! from the school to uniersit! get benefitless and contribute less too" than those of student who go to trael or ,ob and geteperience and s$ills before going high. There are two following reasons to proe for m!opinion. I call the group of people who stud! from school to uniersit! is group A and theother group is group 6.

irstl!" at school and uniersit!" what group A gain is almost theor!" theor! and theor!. fcourse" theor! is er! neccessar!" howeer" !ou can4t do eer!thing with theor!. 7oumust hae praticeable eperience. This is what group A lac$ er! much. Although in thethird of forth !ear at uniersit!" group A can be apprentices in some companies" to helpthem approach their future ,obs" the! aren4t trained well because of short time. And thereal ,ob is still er! strange with them. After graduating" without eperience" group A can4taccomplish their wor$ perfectl!. n the other hand" it ta$e them time and mone! to $eep

up with other eperienced ones and ma! be scorned. Therefore" group A can contributeless than group 6 who hae the most two important things s$ills and eperience.

/econdl!" as group A is contribute less" the! surel! get less benefit. oreoer" man!companies which emplo! people in group A hae to train them from the bac$-ground.These companies ta$e this cost from group A4s salar! to get rid of the fact that theiremplo!ees ma! leae after being trained to other companies. /o" less benefit isunaoidable and certain" +hereas group 6 are more lo!al and effectie wor$ers. The!also hae useful eperience and s$ills. 6esides" their education is the same as or eenhigher than group A. As the result" group 6 get more benefit absolutel!.

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In conclusion" I thin$ student should go to trael or ,ob before going high. Therefore" the!can4t onl! hae basic $nowledge but also s$ills and eperience which are useful for themto get a good ,ob and a brilliant future.

This essay is too long ("& #ords instead o$ %"&). To $ight this problem, try to #ritemore in general and provide $e#er details. The language and ideas are good and so

is the essay?s structure. *ooks like +and to me.

;( %isrupti.e school students ha.e a ne$ati.e in*luence on others(Students who are nois- and disobedient should be $rouped to$ether and tau$htseparatel-(%o -ou a$ree or disa$ree?

There is no doubt that some students in schools behae badl! and their behaiour causesdifficult! for others either because it has a negatie effect on the group or becauseordinar! students find it difficult to stud! with them.

ne solution is to ta$e these students awa! and teach them on their own. oweer" if wesimpl! hae them remoed after one or two warnings" we are limiting their educationalopportunities because it seems to me that a school which caters for difficult students is asort of BprisonB whateer name !ou gie it and the people who go there ma! neerrecoer from the eperience. This can then cause problems for the wider societ!.

9erhaps we need to loo$ at wh! the disruptie students behae badl! before we separate

them. ?isruptie students ma! be er! intelligent and find the classes boring because thewor$ is too eas!. 9erhaps these students need etra lessons rather than separatelessons. r perhaps the teachers are uninspiring and this results in behaioural problemsso we need better teachers. n the other hand" most students put up with this situationrather than cause trouble" and some people argue that we hae to learn to suffer badteachers and boring situations and that students who can#t learn this lesson need to betaught separatel!.

/o before we condemn the students to a special school" we should loo$ at factors such asthe teaching" because once the children hae been separated" it is er! unli$el! that the!will be brought bac$.

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irstl!" on the one hand" despite being the more traditional educational approach" learningfrom theor! in releant academic discourses to identif! established $nowledge allows usto gain a professional insight. or eample" students can easil! identif! facts and opinionsfrom past discourses. In addition" students acquire $nowledge more easil! when gienrelatie theoretical eamples to build upon. or instance" in sub,ects such as histor! or

sociolog!" stud!ing tetboo$ eamples allows students to unrael comple academictheories which the! could epand on. Alternatiel!" there are some disadantages forstudents.

n the other hand" there is no doubt that students could find themseles reading tediousand monotonous academic papers. or instance" uniersit! degrees inoling theealuation of numerous Flong-winded4 academic discourses proide little inspiration forstudents" discouraging enthusiasm. biousl!" interest can be stimulated throughempirical research in class. 6! this I mean that Fthe human brain learns best b! doing4.Although time-consuming" there is no substitute for learning from ma$ing mista$es.

In conclusion" while both approaches hae benefits and drawbac$s in our eer-changingacademic world" I honestl! beliee that a more practical approach promotes a strongeracquisition of academic $nowledge. In spite of the comprehensie nature whichtheoretical teaching can possibl! proide" practical learning equals more positie learningfor future generations.

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''( People attend colle$e or uni.ersit- *or man- de**erent reasons 5*or e0ample)

new e0periences) career preparation) increased #nowled$e6(h- do -ou thin# people attend colle$e or uni.ersit-?

9eople attend college for a lot of different reasons. I beliee that the three most commonreasons are to prepare for a career" to hae new eperiences" and to increase their$nowledge of themseles and of the world around them.

@areer preparation is probabl! the primar! reason that people attend college. Theseda!s" the ,ob mar$et is er! competitie. @areers such as information technolog! willneed man! new wor$ers in the near future. At college" students can learn new s$ills for

these careers and increase their opportunities for the future./tudents also go to college to hae new eperiences. or man!" it is their first time awa!from home. At college" the! can meet new people from man! different places. The! cansee what life is li$e in a different cit!. The! can learn to lie on their own and ta$e care ofthemseles without haing their famil! alwa!s nearb!.

At college" students hae the opportunit! to increase their $nowledge. As the! decidewhat the! want to stud!" pursue their studies" and interact with their classmates" the!learn a lot about themseles. The! also" of course" hae the opportunit! to learn aboutman! sub,ects in their classes. In addition to the s$ills and $nowledge related to their

career" college students also hae the chance to ta$e classes in other areas. or man!"this will be their last chance to stud! different sub,ects.

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@olleges offer much more than career preparation. The! offer the opportunit! to hae neweperiences and to learn man! $inds of things. I thin$ all of these are reasons wh! peopleattend college.

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9eople attend colleges or uniersities for a lot of different reasons. I beliee that the threemost common reasons are to prepare for a career" to hae new eperiences" and toincrease their $nowledge of themseles and the world around them.

@areer preparation is becoming more and more important to !oung people. or man!" thisis the primar! reason to go to college. The! $now that the ,ob mar$et is competitie. Atcollege" the! can learn new s$ill for careers with a lot of opportunities. This meanscareers" such as information technolog!" that are epected to need a large wor$force inthe coming !ears.

Also" students go to colleges and uniersities to hae new eperiences. This often meanshaing the opportunit! to meet people different from those in their hometowns. or moststudents" going to college is the first time the!4e been awa! from home b! themseles. Inadditions" this is the first time the!4e had to ma$e decisions on their own. a$ing thesedecisions increases their $nowledge of themseles.

6esides loo$ing for self-$nowledge" people also attend a uniersit! or college to epandtheir $nowledge in sub,ects the! find interesting. or man!" this will be their last chancefor a long time to learn about something that doesn4t relate to their career.

I would recommend that people not be so focused on a career. The! should go to college

to hae new eperiences and learn about themseles and the world the! lie in.

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'+( &owada-s) education o.erseas has become more accessible and $rowin$numbers o* people send their o**sprin$ to stud- in other countries( =owe.er) thistrend has its detractors(I stron$l- belie.e that the pros *ar outwei$h the cons) and will e0amine both below(

ne of the greatest adantages is that the children learn to be independent. aing tocoo$" clean" and pa! bills instills this in them. ften the! hae to wor$ part-time to ma$eends meet" and this impresses upon them the importance of wor$ and mone!management.

Another important factor is that these children will be eposed to different cultures andwa!s of thin$ing. The! will become more open-minded and tolerant and are li$el! tobecome more adaptable indiiduals.

ne of the main moties for sending !oung people abroad to stud! is that it enhances

their emplo!ment prospects. In m! eperience of liing in foreign countries and spea$ingto arious !ouths" it seems that a foreign education is regarded as something desirable

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and helpful in getting a decent ,ob. A degree from 6ritain" for eample" is seen as being ofa higher standard than one from a deeloping countr!. urthermore" liing in a foreigncountr! ma! lead to fluenc! in a second language" which is another selling point forprospectie emplo!ers. In addition" man! companies are $een to recruit people with aglobal outloo$.

There are a few drawbac$s howeer. or instance" without parental superision" the newfound freedom children eperience ma! lead to harmful practices such as drug-ta$ing anddrin$ing. *eluctance or inabilit! to reintegrate into their mother countr! is another. To sumup" it can be seen that the adantages of stud!ing abroad for children are more numerousthan the disadantages. f course a lot depends on the age of the child" but I beliee thatfor most teenagers it would be a positie eperience.

'/( It has been said) >&ot e.er-thin$ that is learned is contained in boo#s(>Compare and contrast #nowled$e $ained *rom e0perience with #nowled$e $ained*rom boo#s(In -our opinion) which source is more important? h-?

B(perience is the best teacherB is an old clich" but I agree with it. +e can learn a lot ofimportant things from boo$s" but the most important lessons in life come from our owneperiences. Throughout the different stages of life" from primar! school to uniersit! toadulthood" eperience teaches us man! s$ills we need for life.

As children in primar! school" we learn facts and information from boo$s" but that is not allwe learn in school. n the pla!ground we learn how to ma$e friends. In our class wor$"we learn how it feels to succeed and what we do when we fail. +e start to learn about thethings we li$e to do and the things we don#t. +e don#t learn these things from boo$s" butfrom our eperiences with our friends and classmates.

In our uniersit! classes" we learn a lot of information and s$ills we will need for our futurecareers" but we also learn a lot that is not in our tetboo$s. In our dail! lies both in classand out of class" we learn to ma$e decisions for ourseles. +e learn to ta$e onresponsibilities. +e learn to get along with our classmates" our roommates" and ourwor$mates. ur successes and failures help us deelop s$ills we will need in our adultlies. The! are s$ills that no boo$ can teach us.

Throughout our adulthood" eperience remains a constant teacher. +e ma! continue toread or ta$e classes for professional deelopment. oweer" our eperiences at wor$" at

home" and with our friends teach us more. The triumphs and disasters of our lies teachus how to improe our careers and also how to improe our relationships and how to bethe person each one of us wants to be.

6oo$s teach us a lot" but there is a limit to what the! teach. The! can gie us informationor show us another person#s eperiences. These are aluable things" but the lessons welearn from our own eperiences" from childhood through adulthood" are the mostimportant ones we learn.

J 9eople are learning and practicing through their entire life. I beliee that life eperienceand practice are the basic reasons of the human$ind#s eolution. oweer" in m! opinion"

$nowledge gained from boo$s pla!s a er! important role in the modern life.

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The most obiousl! important adantage of boo$s is that the! hold all $nowledge gainedb! preious generations. 9eople write boo$s about their discoeries and inentions" whichare gained through practice and eperience. This $nowledge is accumulated in boo$s thatare passed from generation to generation. /o" basicall!" people get all $nowledge aboutthe preious achieements from boo$s" anal!ze it and than" according to their eperienceand new data" write new boo$s. In this case" boo$s are the holders of human$ind#s

eperience.or eample" at old times people thought that the (arth was flat. It was concluded fromobserations and studd!ing. oweer" the net generations" using the eperience of theirancestors" proed that the (arth was round.

9ersonall!" I thin$ that boo$s are er! important because the! are able to gie people thebasic and fundamental $nowledge. 6oo$s store histor!" the important eents anddiscoeries. +ithout them it is difficult and sometimes impossible to moe forward" ma$enew discoeries and inentions.

To summarize" I thin$ a person should ta$e basic $nowledge from boo$s because it willhelp him to ma$e his own inentions" conclusions and discoeries. nl! using both boo$sand one4s eperience one can moe forward.

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'1( %o -ou a$ree or disa$ree with the *ollowin$ statement? People should readonl- those boo#s that are about real e.ents) real people) and established *acts(Use speci*ic reasons and details to support -our opinion(

/ome people thin$ that fiction boo$s hae no use at all. The! claim that people shouldread about real eents that too$ place" real people" and established facts. I hae to totall!disagree with this statement. rom m! eer!da! eperience and obseration I can standthat fiction" miracles and fair! tails are required in our life. or seeral reasons" which I willmention below" I beliee that fiction boo$s pla! an essential role in our life.

irst of all" it is $ind of difficult to imagine a si !ear old child reading about politics orhistor! with the real facts that are not alwa!s pleasant. I thin$ that children need miraclesand /anta @laus because the real world is too complicated for them. The! are too

innocent and ineperienced to $now the real facts and understand what a real life isabout. In addition" I am sure that ma$ing a child read onl! non-fiction boo$s can result inshoc$.

/econd of all" following this statement about refusing from reading boo$s about fictioneents we also should refuse from festials" parades" and celebration such holida!s asalloween because most of the characters there are fictional. oreoer" comic boo$s willdisappear as well as animated films and fiction moies. The disadantage of non-fictionlies in the facts that nothing happens to ecite the mind and spirit. rom the other side"fiction proides a great slope for a mind to thin$ creatiel!.

In conclusion" I thin$ that people need miracles. +e can not be satisfied with onl! na$ed

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truth. uman $ind must beliee in something and this belief helps people brea$ limits andma$e new inentions.

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ost students who do not complete school do so because of famil! problems. Kirls"especiall!" want to get married and start a famil!. /ome parents are not interested ineducation and do not support their children in stud!ing. /ocial problems are also acontributing factor. (ducation is compulsor! but" despite this" some people do not ta$e itseriousl!. urthermore" ,obs are aailable een if students do not hae a good education.The third reason is wor$ pressure. /ome families are poor and need their children to wor$

in order to increase the income. All these problems will create !oung people who do nothae an! s$ills and who will not be able to improe their lies for the famil! and thecountr!.

There are seeral things that can be done about these problems. 9arents should beencouraged to send their children to school. /chools with bab!-minding facilities shouldbe opened speciall! for married students. The goernment needs to stress the importanceof education and een offer financial support to students to continue. This will encouragestudents to sta! at school rather than start wor$ing.

In conclusion" there are seeral things that the goernment can do to allow more people

to finish school. oweer" a number of societ! attitudes also hae to change if thecountr!4s !oung people are to achiee their full potential.

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'8( %oes a uni.ersit- education lead to successin li*e?

It is er! difficult to answer the claim that a person needs a uniersit! education to besuccessful in life because success in life means different things to different people. Thisessa! starts b! defining three different ideas of success. ollowing this" it loo$s at whicht!pes of success are dependent on a uniersit! education.

/uccess in life can be achieed in different wa!s. an! magazines and teleisionprogrammes tell us that success means haing a lot of mone!" haing a fulfilling career"and being powerful. In contrast" most religious and spiritual organizations claim thatsuccess means finding spiritual happiness and being at peace with Kod and with !ourself.Another idea of success focuses on relationships - being surrounded b! people who loe!ou and care about !ou" spending time with famil! and friends.

A uniersit! education can help !ou achiee some t!pes of success" but it ma$es little orno difference to whether or not !ou are successful in other areas of life. Endoubtedl!" a

uniersit! education is essential if !ou want to hae a career in a profession such as law"engineering" teaching" or medicine. oweer" !ou do not need a uniersit! degree tobecome a wealth! and powerful moie star" sports star or businessperson. In fact" auniersit! education does not generall! enable !ou to achiee spiritual happiness" or tohae successful relationships with famil! and friends.

sIn conclusion" there are man! different t!pes of success. A uniersit! education ma!help !ou to achiee professional success in some careers. oweer" it will not help !ou toachiee success in other areas of !our life such as !our spiritual life or !our relationships.

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':( Education, Losin$ its @alue

Toda!" it seems to be uniersall! accepted that increased education is a good thing.Thousands of colleges and millions of students spend ast amounts of time and mone!chasing pieces of paper. 6ut what is the alue of these qualifications0 This essa! willdiscuss whether education has been dealued.

/upporters of education %usuall! teachers or educators" or those who hae an interest instopping people thin$ing for themseles& sa! that increased leels of education will opendoors for students. @ertificates" diplomas" and degrees are held up as a status s!mbol" apassport to a priate club of mone! and power.

oweer" the trul! powerful are not those who hae ta$en degrees" but people who hae

stood bac$ and loo$ed at what is reall! important in life. The! hae seen opportunit! andfollowed dreams. These people are found in eer! part of societ!. Mi$e man! brilliantpeople" (instein was a wea$ student at math. Mi$e man! successful businessmen" 6illKates neer completed college. Mi$e man! inentie and creatie people" (dison neerwent to school. The greatest religious teachers do not hae letters after their name" buthae loo$ed into their hearts for meaning. /imilarl!" the world4s political leaders do nothae master4s degrees or doctorates. These are the people who shaped our centur!" andthe! are too bus! with real life to spend time in the paper chase.

/tudents in college are being sold an illusion. The! are made to beliee that self-understanding and societ! approal will come with the acquisition of a piece of paper.Instead of thin$ing for themseles" and finding their own personalit! and strengths" the!are fitted li$e square pegs into round holes.

The role of education is to prepare masses of people to operate at low leels of abilit! in aer! limited and restricted range of actiities. /ome of these actiities are morechallenging than perhaps the assembl! lines of the past" but still the ultimate purpose isequall! uninteresting. ore worr!ingl!" despite the increased leel of education" peopleare still not genuinel! epected to thin$ for themseles. In fact" the longer !ears ofschooling ma$e the ,ob of brainwashing een easier.

There is still a role for stud!" research" and education. oweer" we need to eamine ouremphasis on education for the sa$e of a piece of paper" and to learn the real meaningand reolutionar! challenge of $nowledge.

';( Education, Still In.aluable

In the past" degrees were er! unusual in m! famil!. I remember the da! m! unclegraduated. +e had a huge part!" and for man! !ears m! mother called him Bthe geniusBand listened to his opinion. Toda!" in comparison fie of m! brothers and sisters haedegrees" and two are stud!ing for their masters#. oweer" some people thin$ that thisincreased access to education is dealuing degrees. In this essa!" I will loo$ at some of

the arguments for and against the increased emphasis on degrees in our societ!.

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9eople hae seeral arguments against the need for degrees. The! sa! that haing soman! graduates dealues a degree. 9eople lose respect for the degree holder. It is alsoclaimed that education has become a rat race. Kraduates hae to compete for ,obs eenafter !ears of stud!ing. Another point is that stud!ing for such a long time leads tolearners becoming infleible. The! $now a lot about one narrow sub,ect" but are unable toappl! their s$ills. (mplo!ers prefer more fleible and adaptable wor$ers.

oweer" I feel strongl! that this moe to haing more qualifications is a positiedeelopment. In the past education was onl! for the rich and powerful. 'ow it is aailableto eer!one" and this will hae man! adantages for the countr! and the indiidual. irstof all" it is impossible to be oereducated. The more people are educated" the better theworld will be" because people will be able to discuss and echange ideas. A further pointis that people with degrees hae man! more opportunities. The! can ta$e a wider ariet!of ,obs and do what the! en,o! doing" instead of being forced to ta$e a ,ob the! disli$e.inall!" a highl! educated wor$force is good for the econom! of the countr!. It attractsforeign inestment.

In conclusion" although there are undoubtedl! some problems with increased leels ofeducation" I feel strongl! that the countr! can onl! progress if all its people are educatedto the maimum of their abilit!.

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the great famil! of man$ind.

All in all" the teaching of academic sub,ects in schools is entirel! appropriate. It is m!firml! held iew that practical sub,ects hae no place in the classroom. n the contrar!"the curriculum should be more academicN

+'( It has been said) B&ot e.er- thin$ that is learned is contained in boo#s(Compare and contrast #nowled$e $ained *rom e0perience with #nowled$e $ained*rom boo#s( In -our opinion) which source is more important? h-?

C(perience is the best teacherD is an old clich" but I agree with it. The most important"and sometimes the hardest" lessons we learn in life come from our participation insituations. 7ou can4 learn eer!thing from a boo$.

f course" learning from boo$s in a formal educational setting is also aluable. It4s inschools that we learn the information we need to function in our societ!. +e learn how to

spea$ and write and understand mathematical equations. This is all information that weneed to lie in our communities and earn a liing.

'eertheless" I thin$ that the most important lessons can4t be taught the! hae to beeperienced. 'o one can teach us how to get along with others or how to hae self-respect. As we grow from children into teenagers" no one can teach us how to deal withpeer pressure. As we leae adolescence behind and enter adult life" no one can teach ushow to fall in loe and get married.

This shouldn4t stop us from loo$ing for guidelines along the wa!. Teachers and parentsare aluable sources of adice when we4re !oung. As we enter into new stages in ourlies" the adice we receie from them is er! helpful because the! hae alread! badsimilar eperiences. 6ut eperiencing our own triumphs and disasters is reall! the onl!wa! to learn how to deal with life.

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T=E E&@IDO&ME&T &ATUDAL SOUDCE

++( &owada-s en.ironmental problems are too bi$ to be mana$ed b- indi.idualpersons or indi.idual countries( In other words) it is an international problem( Towhat e0tent do -ou a$ree or disa$ree?

An essential problem of the 21st centur! is world pollution. @urrentl! the enironment isso much contaminated that urgent measures should be ta$en. The single indiidualcannot be blamed for the world pollution" howeer eer! person should ta$e care of his orher habitat. In addition" it is ital that enironmental issues should be treatedinternationall!.

Matel!" man! presentations" conferences and international summits are held regardingwaste treatment" rec!cling" soil and water contamination. or sure ,oint efforts andconsolidation can onl! help in the mutual war towards the enironmental disaster" which is

going on. or instance" goernments should offer support to companies andorganizations" inoled in manufacturing" industr! or agriculture in order to findenironment friendl! approaches. These could be special law regulations" rec!clingprograms" helping courses in order to implement I/ certificates and man! more.

oweer" the influence of indiiduals oer enironment should not be ignored. If we donot confess that our planet is our home" we will neer be able to ta$e adequatel! care ofit. +e hae to contribute eer! da! to the preseration of nature and enironment. oreample" alwa!s remember to sae energ! b! switching off lamps" computers andeer!thing that we do not use. ur net obligation is to separate waste and throw bul$onl! in the designated areas. ?riing ehicles can also be enironment friendl!. or

eample" we hae to aoid accelerating the engines too rapidl! or using the air conditionin the countr!" where it will be better to sae energ! and simpl! open the windows.

To sum up" enironmental problems should be handled b! local and internationalauthorities also. (er! single person should ta$e care of enironment and moreoer wehae to bring up our children to be conscious citizens of a clean and presered planet.

This is a very good essay, +and - candidate. The structure o$ essay andsentences is correct as #ell as the spelling and punctuation. ood /ob!

+/( &owada-s we are producin$ more and more rubbish(h- do -ou thin# this is happenin$?hat can $o.ernments do to help reduce the amount o* rubbish produced?

I thin$ it is true that in almost eer! countr! toda! each household and famil! produces alarge amount of waste eer! wee$. ost of this rubbish comes from the pac$aging fromthe things we bu!" such as processed food. 6ut een if we bu! fresh food withoutpac$aging" we still produce rubbish from the plastic bags used eer!where to carr!shopping home.

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dail! basis than families did in the past. @onenience is also er! important in modern life"so we bu! pac$aging or canned food that can be transported from long distances andstored untill we need it" first in the supermar$et" and then at home.

oweer" I thin$ the amount of waste produce is also a result of our tendenc! to usesomething once and throw it awa!. +e forget that een the cheapest plastic bag has used

up aluable resources and energ! to produce. +e also forget that it is a source ofpollution and difficult to dispose of.

I thin$" therefore" that goernments need to raise this awareness in the general public.@hildren can be educated about enironmental issues at school" but adults need to ta$eaction. Koernments can encourage such action b! putting taes on pac$aging" such asplastic bags" b! proiding rec!cling serices and b! thing households and shops that donot attempt to rec!cle their waste.

+ith the political will" such measures could reall! reduce the amount of rubbish weproduce. @ertainl! nobod! wants to see our resources used up and our planet poisoned

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tips b! car" people could choose to wal$" c!cle" or ta$e a bus. /ince cars are a ma,orsource of the problem" changing our behaiour in this area would hae a ma,or impact.

In conclusion" I would maintain that onl! a combination of international agreement"national policies" and changes in indiidual behaiour will succeed in preenting furtherdamage to the enironment.

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+2( Man- parts o* the world are losin$ important natural resources) such as *orests)animals) or clean water(Choose one resource that is disappearin$ and e0plain wh- it needs to be sa.ed(Use speci*ic reasons and e0amples to support -our opinion(

As human#s population is dramaticall! rising eer! !ear" people#s requirements are

increasing too. +e need more food" more fresh water" more places to lie. As a result ofthis man! parts of the world are losing essential and sometimes irreplaceable resources"such as forest" animals" or fresh water. In this essa! I will focus on the threat ofdisappearing man! wild animals.

The reason wh! I thin$ that animals should be presered is that all liing creatures on thisplanet are connected with each other. /o" the disappearance of onl! one species cancause dramatic changes in the planet and een death of man! other liing creatures. oreample" the disappearance of bats will cause the huge increasing of insect populationand this will reflect on all animals and plants. Another eample is that if the population ofbats increases" the population of insects will decrease significantl!" and this will cause thedisappearance of man! plants because insects are the main pollinators. /o" I thin$ it iser! important to presere all species on our planet and lie in harmon! with ourenironment.

Another important reason wh! I thin$ that animals should be saed is that I" personall!" donot want m! child to learn about different animals from boo$s and not be able to see themalie. I thin$ it is shameful for human$ind to eplain our children that we are the reasonwh! those animals disappeared.

In conclusion" I would li$e to sa! that the issue about losing important natural resources is

topical and open for debate nowada!s. I beliee that together people can ma$e adifference. rom m! point of iew" the first problem we should find a solution for ishuman#s oerpopulation. As I mentioned aboe people#s demands are growing and thismeans we consume more and more natural resources. The second question" which is onthe list of most important issues" is pollution including the air pollution" water pollution" etc.

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+7( The risin$ le.els o* con$estion and air pollution *ound in most o* the worldFscities can be attributed directl- to the rapidl- increasin$ number o* pri.ate cars inuse( In order to re.erse this decline in the "ualit- o* li*e in cities) attempts must bemade to encoura$e people to use their cars less and public transport more(

%iscuss possible wa-s to encoura$e the use o* public transport(

An!one who lies in a cit! is aware of the increasing number of cars on the road and the$inds of problems this creates traffic ,ams" air pollution and longer commuting periods. Aseconomies grow and access to cars spreads to increasing numbers of people" this trendis li$el! to worsen. The solution" it would seem" is for goernrnment to encourage the useof public transport in urban areas" thus decreasing dependence on the car.

ne wa! to stimulate public transport use is to ma$e priate car use more epensie andinconenient. The introduction of tolls along urban motorwa!s has been successfull!emplo!ed in man! cities. ther such measures are high-priced permits for par$ing in

urban areas and the restriction of par$ing to a limited number of cars. aced with highcosts or no place to par$" commuters would perhaps be more willing to abandon their carsin faour of buses or trains.

There are also less punishing wa!s of spurring public transport use. The construction offree carpar$s at suburban train stations has proen successful in quite a number ofcountries. This allows commuters to drie part of the wa!" but ta$e public transport intothe central" most congested" urban areas.

Indeed" ma$ing public transport more comfortable and conenient should wor$ to attractmore commuters and decrease traffic congestion. 9ublic transport that is conenient andcomfortable retains its passengers" much li$e an! business that satisfies its customers.The more commuters committed to ta$ing public transport" the less congestion on cit!streets.

+8(The earth is bein$ *illed with waste material such as plastic ba$s and otherrubbish( Is this reall- happenin$? hat are some solutions to this problem?

er the past few decades" the increasing amount of industrial wastes and householdgarbage has become a ma,or problem in man! countries. 9eople hae questioned whatcaused this problem and what can be done to improe the situation. In m! opinion" two of

the most critical causes of this waste material problem are the increased consumptionand a shortage of space for landfill.

To begin with" modern lifest!le has contributed greatl! to the increasing amount of wasteand garbage we produce eer!da!. In other words" we hae turned into a materialisticand mass-consumption societ! where we use more and throw awa! more than eerbefore. oreoer" countries are running out of space to store garbage and waste material.In fact" securing land for waste disposal raises controersies in man! countries.

To sole this intractable problem" eer! citizen needs to participate in producing lessgarbage. or eample" we can bring our own personal shopping bags instead of using

plastic bags proided b! stores and shops. 6esides" the goernment can enforce stricterlaws on companies to use biodegradable pac$aging or use rec!cled material. Indeed" this

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alone can eliminate much of the waste which is sent to at land fills. @ompanies can alsocontribute b! deeloping new raw material which is rec!clable and will ultimatel! lead toless garbage. ne good eample of this is that tire companies deelop new tires for carswhich are not made of rubber but of new biodegradable material.

As discussed aboe" indiiduals" business and the goernment can share the

responsibilit! to reduce the amount of waste material and to sae the earth. I hope that inthe future our offspring will be better off with the well-presered enironment.

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SCIE&CE TEC=&OLO9Y

+:( ith all the troubles in the world toda-) mone- spent on space e0ploration is acomplete waste( The mone- could be better spent on other thin$s(

'ations after nations" eer!da!" eer! !ear" celebrate their achieements in spaceeploration . oweer" it is now time to question how meaningful these blasts are. Thisessa! aims to eplain wh! it is questionable.

irst" until all urgent and important matters in this globe hae been soled" mone!bumped on space eploration is of no meaning. It is not a common sense at all to inestmillion dollars researching and producing foods for astronauts %for space eplorationpurpose&" while eer!da! thousands of people are staring. urthermore" the discoer! ofouter space onl! seres a minor group of people if the ma,orit! are een not well-educated. Those in rural areas or third-world nations do no een $now how to preent

common threatening diseases li$e AI?/ and lung cancer.

Then" some ma! argue that the purpose of space eploration are to discoer new lands"new energ! resources or to deter potential threat to globe. 'eertheless" is it effectie todo so while other alternaties are aailable0 Mands on earth are no !et effectiel! used.'ew energ! resources %e.g. solar and nuclear energ!& hae not !et been widel!-used.Threats of plagues hae not !et been deterred. All these 0not- !ets0 need mone!. That iswh! costl! space discoer! programs are a waste of mone!.

In the nutshell" people should onl! inest in space eploration proiding that %& earl!-mentioned urgent and important matters hae been soled. Also" purposes of space

eploration campaign should be studied carefull! and other alternaties should beconsidered before mone! is wasted.

This is a very good essay, #ell done.

+;( Some sa- that the internet is ma#in$ the world smaller b- brin$in$ peopleto$ether( To what e0tent do to -ou a$ree that the internet is ma#in$ it easier *orpeople to communicate with one another(

A global illage" that is certainl! what the world feels li$e nowada!s. +ith the help of theworld wide web" !ou can reach out and get to $now people !ou might neer meet inperson. Articles can be coauthored" business deals can be finalized" degrees can beearned and at times een medical adice can be gien0and all of this is ,ust a clic$ awa!.

(lectronic mail" instant messages" web cameras and microphones all these gadgets andprograms ma$e the presence of the other the person more real. +ho $nows with the helpof isual realit! !ou might een get a 3-? image of the spea$erN I beliee that the internetis one the best inentions of the last centur!" !ou can hardl! get to miss an!one and

nobod! is reall! out of reach. 7ou will get to $eep the channels patent with !our friends"and will be able to do !our wor$ from !our bedroom in !our pa,amasN

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oweer" the internet can also be a ma,or source of harassment. /pammers and hac$erscan inade !our priac! and get personal;confidential information" which otherwise the!will neer get access to. 7ou are neer out of an!bod!4s reach" unless !ou ma$e aconscious decision of not chec$ing !our email" there can be alwa!s more wor$ waiting for!ou in !our inbo and !ou might neer hae a moment for !ourself. +orse" if !ou were awor$aholic" !ou might neer eperience that stress-free acation eer again in !our life0

simpl!" because !ou hae !our mobile wor$place with !ou.As a romantic" I will alwa!s loo$ forward to getting an occasional letter in the snail mail. Apersonal letter" where I can sense the mood of the writer b! the slants in his;herhandwriting and get to $now him;her better. 6ut as a t!pe A personalit! person" theinternet gies me all what I dream of in communication0speed" reliabilit!" andconenience of time and place. I can certainl! tolerate its shortcomings an! da!" as longas it $eeps me close to m! loed ones.

This is a great essay, at least band and maybe even 0. 1t is longer than re2uired(3& #ords instead o$ %"&) #hich means that it took you more time to #rite and less

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1t?s a good essay, the arguments are clear, the language and the grammar are alsogood. 4tructure needs to be improved little bit ' make paragraphs smaller, re'divideso there #ould be " paragraphs instead o$ 3. 1n case it is argument essay ? giveyour opinion in the conclusion only. 1n case o$ opinion essay ? give your opinion inthe introduction

/'( Some people sa- that the Internet is ma#in$ the world smaller b- brin$in$people to$ether( To what e0tent do -ou a$ree that the internet is ma#in$ it easier*or people to communicate with one another?

In toda! world P due to the adancement of technolog! new inentions are coming intoeistence. It is a certaint! that 0necessit! is a mother of inention0. P Internet is ,ust li$e awonder bo" which contains eer! t!pe of information. 6esides it has also proed as aer! important tool to connect people with each other.

In toda!0s modernized era nobod! has sufficient time to write letters to their loed ones.

oreoer it also ta$es longer to send or receie an! information. 6ut through an internet itis an easiest wa! to send massages to our loed ones. (ither it can be in the form of ane- mail or b! tet messages from internet to cell phones. +e can send and receiemessages straight wa!.

In other hand toda!0s !outh generation mostl! prefer to do chatting on %& internet.Through this chatting we can write messages and straight wa! can get their repl!.oreoer oice chatting is going to be er! popular da!-b!-da!.

As it is a realit! that adantages and disadantages are li$e both sides of a coin" whichusuall! runs parallel. /o li$e other things internet also hae some downsides" li$e peopleare facing some health problems for eample" poor e!e-sight" bac$ ache" migrane.Toda!0s teenagers usuall! prefer to spend their time on internet rather than toparticipating in other ph!sical actiities" so that0s wh! the! are going to be wea$er in theirph!sical health.

To conclude" I would li$e to sa! that internet is one of the most modernized and mostsuccessful tools" not onl! for communication" een to get most releant informationregarding eer! field in a er! short period of time.

This is a great essay, #ell done! 5emember ?the 1nternet? is a proper noun,

currently, there is only one. 6ay attention to your punctuation ' many commas aremissing a$ter linking #ords. 7ther#ise, the essay is #ell argued and set out.

/+( e ha.e been li.in$ in the nuelear a$e now *or o.er hal* a centur-( Since the*irst atomic bombs were de.eloped) nuclear technolo$- has pro.ided $o.ernmentswith the abilit- to totall- destro- the planet( Yet the technolo$- has been put topositi.e use as an ener$- source and in certain areas o* medicine(To what e0tent is nuclear technolo$- a dan$er to li*e on Earth? hat are thebene*its and ris#s associated with its use?

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These da!s" man! people are afraid of nuclear technolog! because of the dangersassociated with its use. In m! opinion" although it is true that nuclear weapons pose thegreatest threat to life" the use of nuclear technolog! for peaceful purposes also carriessome serious ris$s.

'uclear power stations proide an important source of cheap power for man!

industrialised nations and some deeloping countries. oweer" there is alwa!s thedanger of radiation lea$ing from these plants. (en though safet! precautions are ta$en"there hae been numerous disasters such as the eplosion of a nuclear plant in *ussianot long ago.

'uclear technolog! is een used to help cure some diseases such as cancer. *adiationcan be applied to the bod! to burn awa! cancerous cells. This is" howeer" a dangerousprocedure" and the application of radiation is almost alwa!s painful and not alwa!ssuccessful.The most worr!ing aspect of nuclear technolog!" though" is its use for militar! purposes.(nough atomic bombs hae alread! been built to completel! destro! the planet" and the

real danger is that one da! some countr! will start a war with these weapons. Too man!countries now hae the technolog! required to ma$e such bombs" and there is currentl!much debate about how to control the situation.

In conclusion" nuclear technolog! certainl! has positie uses" but is" nonetheless"dangerous. oweer" it would hae been better if it had neer been used to createnuclear weapons. If life on (arth is to continue.

//( FTelecommutin$F re*ers to wor#ers doin$ their 4obs *rom home *or part o* eachwee# and communicatin$ with their o**ice usin$ computer technolo$-(Telecommutin$ is $rowin$ in man- countries and is e0pected to be common *or

most o**ice wor#ers in the comin$ decades(=ow do -ou thin# societ- will be a**ected b- the $rowth o* telecommutin$?

The spread of telecommuting is sure to hae far-reaching effects on societ!. 6! itself"telecommuting refers to offiice wor$ers spending much of their time wor$ing from homeand using electronic technologies to communicate with their emplo!ers. The broaderimplications of telecommuting" howeer" ma! inole changes to corporate structure"wor$ers# lifest!les and een urban planning.

The most obious changes ma! be apparent in the Qnormal# offices of companies"

goernments and other organisations. If een half the wor$ing wee$ is spenttelecommuting from home" then we would initiall! epect man! empt! des$s in the offiice.As offices grow smaller" wor$ers coming in for the da! would be epected to share des$swith their absent colleagues. This" in turn" ma! affect the social atmosphere of anorganisation" howeer" as less social contact with one#s colleagues could harm moraleand lo!alt!.

or the indiidual office wor$er" telecommuting would mean spending more time at home.or a parent with !oung children" this ma! be a blessing. oreoer" man! telecommuterswould be able to wor$ the hours the! wished haing a nap in the afternrnoon" foreample" but wor$ing some hours in the eening. ne substantial benefit for all

telecommuting wor$ers is that there will be no need to trael to wor$" allowing more freetime.

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The structure of urban life is also li$el! to be affected b! telecommuting. +e would epectto see fewer cars on the road during pea$ hours and" eentuall!" a smaller concentrationof offiices in cities# central business districts. In short" people will hae less reason totrael to cit! centres from outl!ing areas. As more people wor$ and lie in the samelocation" shops and cultural eents will li$el! relocate themseles out of the cit! centre.

In sum" telecommuting will sere not onl! to change the wa! we wor$ but also the wa! welie.

/1( Telecommutin$, will it chan$e the world?

Telecommuting will hae ma,or effects in the worlds of wor$ and famil! life. oweer" itsbiggest effect will be in the area of indiidual freedom" responsibilit!" and timemanagement.

+or$ and wor$places will alter dramaticall!. ffices ma! become smaller" as fewer des$sare needed. There will be greater need for high-bandwidth connections to lin$ the officeand the home" and een homes to other homes" as other emplo!ees and superisors alsobegin wor$ing at home. ours spent commuting" traffic ,ams" and fights for par$ing shoulddiminish" as wor$ers ma$e fewer ,ourne!s or wor$ staggered hours.

amil! life will also change. +or$ers" both husbands and wies" can arrange their wor$around famil! commitments such as ta$ing children to school" coo$ing" leisure actiities"etc. oweer" households will also hae to set aside areas for wor$ - particularl! if bothspouses are telecommuting.

oweer" although the ideas of more time at home and less time traeling are attractie"there are some drawbac$s to telecommuting. 9eople ma! feel unable to escape theirwor$" and ma! een wor$ longer or more unsocial hours. The qualit! of wor$ ma! sufferbecause of the reduced face-to-face interaction with other emplo!ees. There ma! bedela!s if other wor$ers are not immediatel! aailable. Telecommuters ma! feel isolated orunmotiated" or insecure about decisions. A ma,or change will be in the wa! people thin$about wor$ as a place or an institution. Instead" the! will focus on the tas$ or product.+or$ers ma! feel less lo!al to a compan! and more inclined to change ,obs or wor$ part-time or on contract.

In conclusion" the effects are difficult to predict because the! depend on the etent towhich telecommuting becomes popular. oweer" telecommuting could be the start of ama,or societal shift" possibl! as big as the Industrial *eolution which created our presentideas of wor$.

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/2( ith the increasin$ popularit- o* computers and calculators) student literac- isdecreasin$ dramaticall-( hat are the positi.e and ne$ati.e e**ects the pro$ress o*science and technolo$- has brou$ht about?

It has been widel! noted that" with the growing use of computers and calculators both inthe classroom and in the home" the leel of literac! and mathematical abilit! of students is

dropping. This raises serious doubts about the alue of the progress of science andtechnolog!. ere I will discuss the pros and cons of this question.

irst of all" adances in science and technolog! hae certainl! brought about man!benefits for man$ind. The! hae made our lies more comfortable and healthier. Inaddition" the! hae eased the burden of wor$ for most people and proided them withmore leisure opportunities" while at the same time increasing productiit! dramaticall!.

'eertheless" it cannot be denied that technolog! has some negatie side-effects. Asmentioned aboe" with computers which chec$ spelling" grammar and calculation forthem" students hae little incentie to learn how to do these things for themseles. Also"

the aailabilit! of T) programs and ideos encourages an unhealth!" sedentar! lifest!le.

Another aspect of this issue is that technolog! ma! be good or bad" depending on how weuse it. or instance" d!namite ma! be used to ma$e road construction easier" or it ma! beused to $ill people. Again" nuclear reactors can suppl! huge amounts of cheap electricit!"but if the! are carelessl! handled the! can cause deastating pollution.

+e can conclude that the progress of science and technolog! has both positie andnegatie effects. +hat we must do is to ma$e sure that the positie ones are encouragedand the negatie ones are eliminated as far as possible. Among other things" this meansthat students are warned not to let computers and calculators do all their wor$ for them.

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T=E ME%IA

/7( Compare the ad.anta$es and disad.anta$es o* three o* the *ollowin$ as media*or communicatin$ in*ormation( State which -ou consider to be the most e**ecti.e(

Comics ) boo#s ) radio ) tele.ision ) *ilm ) theatre

In our dail! life" we alwa!s communicate information through the media" such asteleision" radio" film" These media hae different adantages and disadantages for us.'ow" I am going to compare the adantages and disadantages of boo$s" teleision andfilm.

6oo$s bring us different $nowledge. It bases on what 6oo$ we read. A famous @hinesetraditional erse which described boo$s is a treasure. +e can find a golden house inthere. oreoer" when we want to read it" we can find it easil!" such as boo$store" librar!.

+e can also learn a lot of words from boo$s. And it can improe our reading and writings$ills.

oweer" boo$s alwa!s are not attractie for children or !oungster. It is because boo$sare quite boring. A lot of words and less pictures inside the boo$s" compare to teleision"teleision has pictures and sound" we don#t hae to read a lot of words in teleision. 6utsome artist in teleision programme or film" bring a bad image to us. Then some childrenor !oungers will imitate their behaiour. /ome film also bring a wrong message to us" oreample" the! are alwa!s smo$ing in films. It seems that smo$ing is good and smart. Itcaused man! !oungers imitate them smo$ing.

In conclusion" boo$ds" teleision and film hae man! adantages and disadantages. Icannot write all in here. And we hae choose the media carefull!.

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/8( %o -ou a$ree or disa$ree with the *ollowin$ statement?Tele.ision has destro-ed communication amon$ *riends and *amil-(Use speci*ic reasons and e0amples to support -our opinion(

The inention of teleision is undoubtedl! one of human$ind#s greatest inentions. It is awa! of communication among people of one countr! and different countries and nations.9eople watch T) to find out about the latest news" weather" sports" etc. It is a great wa!to learn new and etend one#s range of interests. /cientists sa! that children spend thesame amount of hours in front of T) as the! do in school. I thin$ that this can be saidabout man! grown people too. Also" teleision is a great means of eliminating stress andtension. ne can rela and leae one#s troubles behind l!ing on one#s faorite sofa andwatching a comed!. oweer" some people beliee that teleision has destro!edcommunication among friends and famil!.

9ersonall!" I do not agree with this statement. A couple centuries ago people spent theirtime gambling" reading" gossiping or pla!ing chess. I do not thin$ that teleision is a

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cause of destro!ed communication among famil! members and friends. irst of all" ifmembers of a famil! hae common interests and the! want to ma$e each other happ!the! will alwa!s find man! wa!s to spend their time together and be close. therwise" ifpeople aoid each other and the! do not hae an!thing to share with each other the! willfind teleision a great wa! to escape from this miserable eistence. I beliee that man!people chose famil! and their friends oer some soap operas or a moie.

/econd of all" I thin$ that teleision can be a great resource of sub,ects to discuss. an!people watch different educational programs to find out more about their enironment"nature" wild life animals" economic situations" etc. /o" when the! gather with their friendsthe! discuss important issues and arque with each other in loo$ing for the truth.

! husband and I often watch the news channel to $eep abreast of the latest news. Afterthat we alwa!s discuss some issues we concerned about. Also" we li$e to watch a T)show Bthe funniest animalsB. +e li$e this program because it ma$es us laugh. I can notimagine how these programs can preent our communication and be harmful to ourrelations.

To summarize" I would li$e to add that if people want to communicate with each otherthe! will find a wa! to do it. therwise" if teleision were not eistent" people would findother escapes and reasons not to be with each other such as drugs" gambling" etc.

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/:( &ews editors decide what to broadcast on tele.ision and what to print innewspapers(

hat *actors do -ou thin# in*luence these decisions?%o we become used to bad news?ould it he better i* more $ood news was reported?

It has often been said that. Kood news is bad news. because it does not sell newspapers.A radio station that once decided to present onl! good news soon found that it had goneout of business for lac$ of listeners. 6ad news on the other hand is so common that inorder to cope with it" we often simpl! ignore it. +e hae become immune to bad news andthe newspapers and radio stations are aware of this.

+hile newspapers and T) stations ma! aim to report world eents accuratel!" be the!natural or human disasters" political eents or the horrors of war" it is also true that theirmain ob,ectie is to sell newspapers and attract listeners and iewers to their stations. orthis reason T) and radio stations attempt to reflect the flaour of their station b! proidingnews broadcasts tailor-made to suit their listeners. preferences. 9rogrammes specialisingin pop music or T) soap operas focus more on local news" home issues and up-to-datetraffic reports. The more serious stations and newspapers li$e to proide .so called.ob,ectie news reports with editorial comment aimed at anal!sing the situation.

If it is true" then" that newspapers and T) stations are tailoring their news to their readers.and iewers. requirements" how can the! possibl! be reporting real world eents in an

honest and ob,ectie light0 an! radio and T) stations do" in fact" report items of goodnews but the! no longer call this news. The! refer to these as human interest stories and

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pac$age them in programmes specialising" for instance" in consumer affairs or localissues. Kood news now comes to us in the form of documentaries the fight againstchildren.s cancer or AI?/" or the latest deelopments in the fight to sae the planet fromenironmental pollution.

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'ews editors decide what to broadcast on teleision and what to print in newspapers.There are two factors that influence their decisions. The first is the $ind of customers the!tend on. 6ecause each $ind of readers and watchers has its own features. or eample" if!our customers are almost teenagers" !ou hae to concentrate on something attractingthem such as stories" photographs about singer stars" film stars" funn! tales" and !oungfashion. It will be er! sill! if !ou tr! to proide teenagers with economic" politic news. nthe contrar!" besiness men and politicians ma! neer read news about Rames 6lunt orOeira Onightle!. Therefore" what influence news editors4 decisions the most is the taste of

their customers.

The second is the hot" the attraction of news. +ho will reads or watchs !our news if it wasone !ear" one month ago een last wee$0 The answer is nobod! absolutel!. In theenergetic and competitie world nowada!s" people alwa!s as$ for reall! new news. /othat to satisf! customers" there is a pressure on all editors to find continuall! what hasalread! happened not onl! !esterda! but een an hour ago. r else" the! will lose theircustomers. 'one of editors wants that bad future.

n teleision or in newspaper" we seem to become used to bad news. It is a little of

difficult for us to meet a piece of good news. +e can4t den! that bad things occur on theearth da! b! da!. oweer" news editors tr! to gain more and more customer" whichmeans more and more mone!" b! bad news. 6ecause bad news ma$es us curious. +ewant to $now wh! it is bad" what it is about" whether it influences us or not. As a result" wewill bu! newspapers or watch teleision to find out. And the happiest people are" ofcourse" news editors.

I thin$ it would be better if more good news was reported. 6ad news ma$es us worr! andsad. +hereas good news ma$es us happ!. ow much bad news is" there should be thesame amount of good news. /o" we can gie something bad a lot of thought while still be,o!ful with good news. An! inequalities between good news and bad news should beaoided. That is the best solution.

'ow" we can4t lie without news. Thereb!" the role of news editors is er! important. +eshould support them. And what the! hae to do is tr! their best to proide us useful news"both good and bad.

4ome o$ your sentences are too short ' they #ould look better /oined together.7verall, a very good essay ? to me it looks like +and candidate.

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/;( Man- people belie.e that tele.ision pro$rams are o* no .alue *or children( %o-ou a$ree? h- or wh- not?Pro.ide reasons and e0amples to support -our response(

Teleisual media has become a perasie force in the lies of families around the worldtoda!. 7et" a central question remains regarding whether watching teleision is harmful orbeneficial for children. An anal!sis of this question reeals that teleision programspresent three ma,or concerns in the case of children" including depictions of iolence" theuse of profane language" and the representation of poor moral role models.

Teleision programs that portra! iolence are a paramount concern for parentsnowada!s. *ecent research has shown that children ma! commit acts of iolencebecause the! wish to emulate the behaior that the! see on teleision. This is especiall!true when iolent acts are committed b! well-$nown action Cheroes.D In addition" teleision

programs show cartoon figures" as well as actors" committing iolent acts. Esing comicsituations to depict iolent themes causes further problems with the wa! in which !oungpeople iew iolence.

Teleision programs that contain profane or disrespectful language also worr! parentswith !oung children. 6ecause censorship laws hae relaed oer the past few decades" ithas become er! common for teleision programs of each and eer! $ind to showcharacters epressing impolite" rude" and insulting utterances to one another. 6earingresemblance to the case of portra!als of iolence" children unfortunatel! often tr! toimitate these actions the! watch on their teleision screens.

inall!" some parents are upset about the moral behaior depicted on teleision. As the!struggle to teach their children moral and ethical alues" parents might despair about thelac$ of morals and ethics represented in some of the so-called role models on teleision.or instance" certain characters not onl! hae no remorse for their immoral actions" butalso frequentl! go unpunished b! larger societ!.

6ecause of these factors" man! parents beliee that teleision programs send their !ouththe wrong $inds of messages. The emulation of this poor behaior b! their children issomething the! wish to aoid at all costs" and the! hae accordingl! decided to banteleision in their households for these reasons.

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programs then influence people" particularl! !oung people" in the countries where the!are shown.

Also" because teleision networ$s need to attract large audiences to secure their financialsurial" the! must produce programs which are interesting to a broad range of people. InAustralia this range is er! broad because we are a multicultural societ! and people of all

ages li$e to watch teleision. To interest all these different people" most teleisionprograms are short in length" full of action and ecitement" do not require muchintelligence or $nowledge to understand" and follow uniersal themes common to allcultures" such as loe and crime. Teleision programs which concentrate on or deelopthemes pertinent to one particular culture are not so successful because the! interest asmaller audience.

'eertheless we much ac$nowledge that teleision does hae some positie effects onthe cultures within a societ! as well. 9eople who do not lie within their own culture can"in a limited wa!" access it through the multicultural station on the teleision. or eample"Aboriginal children who hae grown up in white families" or migrants and international

students liing in Australia" can watch programs from their own culture on the teleision.

In conclusion" I hold the iew that teleision promotes and strengthens those cultures thatare wealth! and influential while it wea$ens the cultures that are alread! in a wea$enedposition.

1'( The mass media) includin$ tele.ision) radio and newspapers) ha.e $reatin*luence in shapin$ peopleFs ideas( To what e0tent do -ou a$ree or disa$ree withthis statement?

The mass media hae a powerful influence in shaping our lies. +e hae come to dependon them for information and entertainment" and in doing so we let them affect importantaspects of our lies.

The undeniable usefulness of the media in almost instantl! proiding information abouteents around the world is largel! ta$en for granted. 6ut in our dependence on the mediawe hae allowed them to mould our notions and opinions of eents" places and people.Though few of us probabl! thin$ about it" our conceptions of" sa!" our elected officialsspring from teleision images and newspaper stories. ost of us will neer meet primeministers or presidents" but an!one who is regularl! eposed to the media will hae anopinion of them. +hen it is time to cast our ote" we will ma$e our decision based on how

the media portra! the candidates. +e are similarl! swa!ed b! coerage of wars. Themedia" representing the alues of their owners" societies and goernments" tend to reportwars with a bias which is the #good# side and which the #bad# is determined for us b!reporters" editors and commentators" and sure enough the public begins to form opinionsthat reflect the coerage the! see" hear and read in the ma,or media.

The media are also influential in the wa! the! facilitate the spread of culture and lifest!le.The so-called #global !outh culture#" in which one finds !oung people around the worlddispla!ing a common interest in music" clothing st!les and films" is an eample of themedia#s enormous swa! in this regard. A popular figure such as ichael Rac$son wouldneer be so well $nown were it not for the media#s etensie reach into eer! societ! on

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Thus I would argue that the mass media#s influence is certainl! great. Indeed" withtechnological adancements such as the Internet bringing een more forms of electronicmedia to our homes and wor$places" it is li$el! the media#s influence will grow eenstronger.

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A%@EDTISEME&T A&% CUSTOMED

1+( Ad.ertisin$ is all around us) it is an una.oidable part o* e.er-one?s li*e( Somepeople sa- that ad.ertisin$ is a positi.e part o* our li.es while others sa- it isne$ati.e( %iscuss both .iews and $i.e -our own opinion( 9i.e reasons *or -ouranswer and include an- rele.ant e0amples *rom -our own #nowled$e ore0perience( You should write at least +2< words(

an! people wonder about adertisement. /ome people thin$ that it has negatie impactin our life. oweer" others said it has been pla!ing as positie effect in this world. This isnot an eas! essa! to be answered" but I will loo$ at this issue.

+h! adertisement has been pla!ing a negatie effect in our life 0 f @ourse for seeralreasons firstl!" it motiates the ps!chological point in eer! bod! especiall! women. The!will run to bu! this adertised product especiall! if it4s from cosmetic roof" ,ust to show

their beaut! to men" which will leads to more offender and raped cases. /econdl!" !oucan sit comfortabl! with !our famil! and suddenl! the telephone is ringing" nothingimportant" rather than one of the companies tr! to conince !ou to bu! one of theirproducts. It is a real intrusie eample of adertisement. Mastl!" sometimes !ou do nothae the financial abilit! to bu! something" but with these new methods of adertisement"!ou will run to bu! it" which will affect !our budget.

n the other hand" there are some good things. /uch as" it compares the prices of themost of companies which benefit the consumer. 6eside" it reall! opens our ision to seemore products which we do not $nowit unless T) and *adio show these things. Inaddition to" it cut down our dail! routine to see new faces and $now more language with

dail! update for their method of adertisement.

In conclusion" as we can see there are man! aspects to this essa!. I feel that there is nobenefit at all from adertisement" it pla!s on minds of people bu! more thing that the! donot need it at all.

1/( hen people need to complain about a product or poor ser.ice) some pre*er tocomplain in writin$ and others pre*er to complain in person(hich wa- do -ou pre*er?Use speci*ic reasons and e0amples to support -our answer(

It is rather difficult for me to answer the question how I prefer to complain in writing or inperson because sometimes I ,ust do not hae a choice. or eample" if I order a productusing the Internet from another state or een countr!" I will more li$el! hae theopportunit! to spea$ to a representatie of a compan! in person. /o" in some cases Ichoose to spea$ in person and in others I prefer to complain in writing. oweer" I belieethat eer! option has its adantages.

rom the one side" complaining in writing brings man! benefits. irst of all" one does not

hae to spend his precious time driing" waiting for his turn and tal$ing with arepresentatie. e can ,ust send mail or e-mail and get all eplanation he needs. /econd

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of all" I thin$ it is the best wa! to aoid an unpleasant conersation. 9ersonall!" I do notli$e to complain about an!thing especiall!" in person. inall!" sometimes it is impossible tohae a face-to-face conersation because a compan! which proided a poor product orserice is too far awa!.

rom the other side" complaining in person has some benefits too. irst" this t!pe of

complaining proides an immediate feedbac$. /o" if I hae some complains aboutcompan!#s products I will receie all information and eplanation right awa!. oweer"sending a compan! a letter and getting a feedbac$ can ta$e more then a month. /econd"face-to-face conersation is often more effectie. 9eople tal$ to each other" see eachother facial gestures and bod! moements" which can tell a lot about a person. In additionto these practical benefits" in the case if one can not receie creditable eplanation fromone representatie he alwa!s can require to tal$ to another person. or instance" m!husband recentl! had some etra withdraws from his account b! his ban$ and he was notaware of it. /o" he went to the ban$ and eplained to the ban$#s representatie thesituation and the! together found the solution and that mone! was gien bac$ to m!husband#s account. I thin$" in this case face-to-face conersation is the best

wa! to complain and get feedbac$ fast.

In conclusion" I thin$ that if I hae to complain about a product or poor serice I will do it inperson. oweer" if face-to-face conersation is impossible I thin$ I hae nothing left butto send a letter or write an e-mail there.

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11( %o -ou a$ree or disa$ree with the *ollowin$ statement?

Ad.ertisin$ can tell -ou a lot about a countr-(Use speci*ic reasons and e0amples to support -our answer(

(er! countr! has its own culture and traditions. There is no doubt that an adertisingcampaign conducted in *ussia will not hae the same affect here in the Enited /tates. Metus ta$e for eample adertisement of food and restaurants.

A huge amount of fast food stands suggest their serices for brea$fast" lunch" dinner andsupper here in ouston. The competition is er! strong. (er! wee$ !ou get in !our mail-bo an enelope with different t!pes of discounts in echange for isiting them or ordering

pizza. +atching T) !ou are also from time to time inited to isit a restaurant in order totaste some delicious food. It is not because

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