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范文集仅供参考范文集仅供参考 1 Dangerous sportsSome peoplebelieve that the governmentshould bandangerous sportingactivities whileothers thinkthat peoplehave thefreedom dowhatever sportsthey choose Discuss bothviews andgive yourown opinion We livein aworld wherehealth andsafety is an evergreater priority One of the signsof this is thedemand thatdangerous sportsshould bebanned While Iunderstand that argument my view is that within certainlimits people shouldretain thefreedom toparticipate inwhatever sportsthey choose The principalreason forobjecting toextreme sportsis ofcourse that they can be highlydangerous andsometimes life threatening More thanthat it is not justthe participantswho are at risk but spectatorstoo can be seriouslyinjured If for example a Formula1car crashes the drivermay notescape unharmedand there is also a chancethatabouncing tyreor debriswill flyinto thecrowd Given thislevel ofdanger it isunderstandable whypeople callfor the authorities totake action The counterargument is that peopleshould be allowed to assume whateverrisk theychoose So if someonewishes tofreefall froma planeat30 000feet then theyshould befree todo soand it should beaepted that it is not theplace of the governmentto dictatehow theylead theirlives A furtherpoint is that instatistical termsthere is a lowprobability ofinjury inmany so called dangeroussports andpeople areat greaterrisk carryingout everydayactivities such as crossingthe roador cookinga mealas bungeejumping My personalview is that whilethe governmentand otherauthorities doneed toregulate dangeroussports it would be preferablenot to ban thementirely I wouldsuggest thatsafeguards need to beestablished so that anyrisk isminimised What thesesafeguards arewill varyfrom sportto sport but safetyhas to be paramount especially whereminors areinvolved 302words 2 Consumers arefaced withincreasing numbers of advertisementsfrom petingpanies To whatextent doyou thinkare consumersinfluenced byadvertisements What measurescanbe taken toprotect them In today s materialworld we areinundated withvarious forms of advertising In myview this canbe dangerousas itencourages usto spendwithout thinkingand young people in particular need someprotection fromit The firstpoint to make is that advertisingdoes makeus spendmoney we do notneed to There are nowadays so many differentways paniespromote theirproducts andservices ranging fromtelevision mercialsto simpleflyers that we cannot escape it If for example you watcha footballmatch on television you willsee thelogos of the tournamentsponsors Likewise if youwatch thelatest blockbustermovie very probablyyou willsee aproduct placedin thefilm bysome advertisingagency The volume of this advertising meansthat we as consumers tend to be profoundlyinfluenced byit andbuy withoutthinking It isnot easy to decidehow toregulate advertising Clearly governments oughtto restrictadvertisements forharmful productssuch as alcohol and tobao They donot havethe power however to controlother forms of advertising This meanswe need to useour monsensewhen wego to the shops and askourselves whetherwe reallyneedtomake thatpurchase Parents should however ensure thatyoungpeople are protectedfrom too much exposureto advertising This canmean simplyexplaining that it isnot in fact necessaryto buythe newestXbox or simplyturning the television off My conclusion is thatwhile we cannotescapeadvertising orits effectsin themodern world children shouldbe encouragednot topay too much attentionto it 266words 3 Traffic problemIn citiesand townsall overthe worldthe highvolumeof traffic isa problem What arethe causesof thisand whatactions canbetakento solvethis problem It isundoubtedly thecase thaturban areasaround the world increasinglysuffer fromcongestion In thisessay I examihe reasons for thistrend andsuggest somepractical policiestheauthoritiescould implementto reducethe level of traffic in ourcities The firststep isto understandwhy traffichas increasedin townsand cities Broadly speaking there arethree mainreasonsforthis One is that carshave bee more affordablefor theaverage consumerand they areno longer aluxury item but somethingthat mostfamilies expectto own A secondreason is that public transport hasbee increasinglyunreliable inrecent years not leastbecause manybus andtrain serviceshave beenreduced becauseof thedifficulty infunding them The thirdreason is that societyhas ingeneral bee more mobileand thismeans more peopleareprepared tomute to work bycar thanthey werebefore There isalmost certainlyno onesolution to this problemgiven theplexity ofits causes However one optionhas to be to improve thereliability of publictransportto encouragepeople totake thebus thetrain ratherthan getin thecar It would also be possible todiscourage peoplefrom drivingtoworkby introducingspecial tariffsfor usingthe roads especially duringpeak periods A suessfulexample of this is the congestioncharge schemein Londonwhich hascertainly reducedthe leveloftrafficin inner city areas In conclusion there area variety of differentfactors thathave ledto risinglevels oftrafficinurban areas While itmay not bepossibleto finda pletesolution any actionshould probablyinvolve encouraginggreater useofpublictransport andmaking itmore expensivefor themotorist todrive inurban areas 301words 4 Many peoplewant theircountry to host aninternational sporting event Others believe that international sporting eventsbring moreproblems thanbenefits Discuss bothviews andstate your opinion There isfrequently greatpetition tohost internationalsporting events Not everyone however believes that the priceinvolved inhosting suchevents isworthwhile For me this isan understandablepoint ofview andperhaps notevery countryshould tryand stageinternationalsporting events The major argument againsthosting internationalsportingeventsis financial Typically it cancost severalmillion poundsto buildthe arenasand modernisethe infrastructuresothatit cancater for the athletesand thespectators This money it isargued would bebetter spenton welfareand educationprogrammes thatprovide directsupport for the population Indeed some governmentshave incurredso muchdebt throughhosting theOlympic Gamesthatthey have hadto reducespending on other socialprogrammes While there is somemerit in that argument hosting sportingevents doesalso bringsignificant benefits First amongthese isthe honourand prestigeit bringsto thehost countrybecause thatcountry willbe thecentre ofthe sportingworld forthe durationoftheevent For many people this is beyondany price More thanthat if theauthorities plancarefully they canuse theoasion ofthe sportingevent tohelp financepublic worksthat benefitthe wholepopulation in the longterm For example the villagefortheathletes canbe transformedinto publichousing and the variousstadia canbe used to builda sportinglegacy forfuture generations My ownview is thatit isanhonour fora countrytohosta majorsportingevent However if agovernment wishesto bidfor aninternational eventtobestaged inits country itshouldensure it has sufficientfunds tomaintain spendingonotherprojects 252words 5 We arebeing increasinglydependent onputer technology It isused inbusiness crime detectionand evento flyplanes What willit beused forin future Is thisdependence ontechnology agood thingor shouldwe besuspicious ofits benefits As wemove into the twenty first century it isclear tosee that we havebeemoreand moredependent on puters andinformation technology This technologynow reachesinto almostevery areaof our lives and it iseasytopredict that this phenomenonis onlygoing togrow My personalbelief isthatthispresents a variety ofdangers It ishighly likelythat in the futurethere willbe parativelyfew aspects of ourlives thatwill notbe influencedby putertechnology The probabilityisthatit willcontrol moreand moreforms ofmunication transforming fieldssuch aseducation andbusiness whenvideo conferencing platformsbeemorestable It mighteven affectromance withmorepeopleforming relationshipsonline While theremay bebenefits tothis technologicalrevolution there arealsoanumber ofpotential dangers Perhaps themost seriousof thesewouldbethat ifpeople relyonputerstoo muchfor munication they couldinfactbegin tomunicate lesswell For example if everymember ofa familyhad theirown puterscreen andsmart phone they mightspeak lessand lessoften toone anotherand simplylook ata screen This wouldbe seriousbecause ourability tomunicate isan essentialpart ofour humanity My conclusionisthatthe growthof putertechnology isinevitable but thatthis maynotbeentirely positive Just onearea in which it is possibleto foreseedangers ismunication and if we aregoing toensure thatputers donot beea negativeinfluence we needto thinkcarefully howwe usethem 273words 6 Advances inscience and technology have made greatchanges tolives ofordinary people but artistssuchasmusicians painters andwriters are still highlyvalued What canthe artstell us about lifethat science andtechnologycannot There isno doubtthatthequality ofourlivesinthe21st centuryhas beengreatly improvedby variousscientific andtechnological advances Despite this the artsand humanitiestoo stillhave muchto teachus aboutourselves andlife ingeneral One areain whichwe can learn fromthe artsisthatconcepts suchas beautymatter inand ofthemselves In the world ofscience andtechnology the onlytrue measure is whethersomething worksor not This isa limitedview oftheworldandthe arts differinthatthey offerus analternative andmore spiritualoutlook For example if welisten toMozart wecanlearn about harmonyand joythrough themedium ofmusic orif evenwe readan authorlike PGWodehouse welearnabout the valueof humour These essentialaspectsof life areabsent fromthe clinicalworld ofscience andtechnology The otherway in which artistscan teachusaboutmore aboutlife isthat enjoyingart encouragesthe habitof self reflection If youwalk intoan artgallery attend aconcert oreven juststay into reada book you willalmost certainlybegin tothink aboutyour innervalues For me thisisa invaluablelesson in life asifwe begin toreflect aboutourselves webeginnot justto beemore human but alsoconsider thelives ofothers too So whilescienceandtechnology mayhavemadeour physicallives morefortable inthe21st century It remainstrue thattheartsand humanitiesarestillabsolutely necessaryfor ordinarypeople asthey promotea morespiritual andreflective viewof lifethat isessential toour humanity 290words 7 Television has had asignificant influenceon theculture of many societies To whatextent wouldyou saythat television has positivelyor negativelyaffected thecultural developmentof yoursociety It isunarguable that television hashad aconsiderable impactand changedtheworldinwhichwe live However there isdebate whetherthat changehas beenforthebetter orthe worse when weconsider cultural development While there are certainlystrong feelingson bothsides ofthe argumentin westernEurope my ownviewisthat television hashada largely positive influenceon oursociety There are however several reasonswhy it canbeargued thattelevisionhasa negativeeffect oncultural development Perhaps theprinciple argumentisthelowbrow natureofmanyprogrammes particularly sitsand soapoperas People whowatch theseprogrammes donot learnanything they aresimply entertained The othermajor argumentisthatbecause peoplewatch somuch television they nolonger takepart inmore traditionalforms ofcultural entertainment An examplehereis how traditionaldancing andmusic isbeing muchless popularbecause peopleare stayingat hometo watch thetelevision On theother hand there areavarietyof waysinwhichculturaldevelopmenthas beenassisted bytelevision Here themajorargumentisthattelevisionhasallowed thewhole ofsociety aessto culturalentertainment For example inthenieenth centuryonly asmall proportionof peoplecould goto theballet orthe theatre However it isnow possiblefor everyoo enjoythese on television A secondpositive effectisthatontelevisionwecanlearn moreabout othercultures andsocieties becausethere aresomanyinteresting documentariesabout othercountries My personalconclusionisthattelevisionisalargelypositiveinfluen ce However it isimportant thatwedonot watchit toomuch andthatwewatch theright sortof programme If wewatchthewrong sortof programmeand watchtoomuchtelevision we maybee couchpotatoes 309words 8 In thepast lectureswere thetraditional method of teachinglarge numbersof students Nowadays newtechnology isincreasingly beingusedtoteach students What arethe advantagesand disadvantagesofthis new approach As wemove intothe twenty first century technology isaffecting manydifferent areasoflifeand education isnoexception Indeed in someinstitutions traditionalformsofeducation havebeen revolutionisedby newtechnology tothe extentthatthe lecture isnolongerthe mainmethodofdelivery While there areavarietyofbenefits tothis newapproach therearealso significantdrawbacks Perhaps thegreatest bonusoftheintroduction oftechnology isthe flexibilityit offers This isevident intwo differentways Firstly itisnow nolonger essentialfor studentstobepresent inthelecturetheatre for their courses This meansthat part time coursesfor adultswho arein employmentand distancelearning coursesfor peoplein othercountries arenow muchmore practical Another areaof flexibilityis ofcourse thatthe lecturerand tutorare ableto useMoodles interactive whiteboardsand othertools todeliver theircourses ina morestimulating way to largenumbersofstudents Not everything however about theintroduction ofthisnewtechnology intoeducation ispositive One majorproblem isthat notall studentsare fortablewith usingtechnology even ifthey arepart ofthe digitalnative generation This isa seriousissue asthey maysuffer fromtheir lack of technological skills Another relatedissue isthat education isahuman activityanditworks bestwith asmuch humaninteraction aspossible Impersonal technologycannot replacethe humancontact foundin traditionalface to face tutorialsand seminars As wehave seen therearemajor benefitstotheintroduction oftechnology intoeducation not leastbecause itenables modernformsofeducation suchas distancelearning courses This isbalanced however by thefact thatitcanbe tooimpersonal forsome anddisadvantages othersfortheirlackoftechnologicalskills 304words 9 Recent researchshows thatthe consumptionof junk food isa majorfactor inpoor dietand thisis detrimentalto health Some peoplebelievethatbetter health educationisthe answertothisproblem butothers disagree What isyouropinion A seriousconcern nowadaysishowour eating h