Advanced Writing with English in Use

Task 34

TheInternationalHealt h Councilis collecting inforrnation
about eating habitsaround the world.Theyinviteyou to
submit a repo rtofabout 250 word sto cover:

• the availabil ityand affordabilityof fres h vegetables,
  fruit,fishand meat inyourarea.


• thetypical dietof people in your areaand the factors
  (financial,seasonal, traditional,advertising, etc.)
  influencingthatdiet. If appropriate, this section should
  be subdivided to cover different social groupsw ithin
  your society.


• any observations you may have as to how people in
  your areacouldtake better advantageof the available
  resources to improve theirdiets.
  Writeyour report.

Task 35

TheBritish Centre is researching Englishlanguage

teaching in schools around the world. They already have

information supplied by the teachersand managementof

schools, but recognize that this informationis only half

the story.In order to obtain amore balanced picture of

the schools,theBritish Centreinvitesall advanced

studentsto writea 250-wordreporton their school.As

an incentive,the Cent re is offering study grants worth

£2,000 eachto the writers of the best thr eereports.

Your reportshouldcover all therelevantaspects ofyour

school/English Department,from classroomsand

facilitiesto teachers, management and methodolo gy.

You should also mention what youperceive to be the

strengths and weaknesses of your school.

Task 36
You workfor amultinational companywhoseheadoffice
is in an Engli sh-speaking count ry. Every yearin t hefirst
week in July an internationaltrainingweekis held in a
differentcountry from among the twelve coun t rieswhere
the companyoperates. A totalof 200 employees attend,
from all 12 countries. Activities include lectures,seminars
andworkshops,but recreation (includingnightlife,
swimming,sightseeing, eating out,etc .) is in fact t he
mostimportantaspect of the week, as selection to
attendthe week is seen as a reward forthe company's
outstandingemployees.

Nextyear the trainingweek is tobe heldin your country,
but it remains tobe decided in which city. Youare asked
top repare a report on possiblevenues. Write the report
(about 250 words) recommending two suitable locations
and showing theadvantagesand disadvantages of each.

Task 37

Writea magazine report of 250 wordsdescribinga major

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disaster, either natural (fire, flood, earthquake, volcanic

eruption),or man-made. You may write from experience

or use yourimagination, but the report is to be writtenas

aneye-witnessaccount.

Task 38

Youhavebeeninvited to wri tea 250-wo rdarticlefor an

international English-languagemagazinein your country.

The subject of t he article isTelevision inmycountry

today.The editorhas asked you to:

• give your articlean interestingtitle.


• briefly summarizethe1Vchannels available and the
  kind ofprogrammes they show.


• comment on the positiveandnegativeeffectsof 1V,
  w hether onsoc ietyor ont he individualor both.


• suggest ways in which1Vprogrammingcould be
  improved in the future.
  DONOT WRITE THEARTICLE.
  1 Writethree different firstparagraphs for the article,all
  of them good.Each firstparagraph should use a
  different kind of openingfrom the nine listed on page
  125.
  2 Writethree different titlesfor the article, to match the
  three openings. Thetit le,like the opening ,should do
  two things :indicatethe contentof thearticle,and
  make people want to readit.

Task 39

YourlocalEnglish- language magazine is runninga series

entitledFormativeyears,in which readers areinvited to

w riteabout someone who had an important influence (for

goodor bad)on the way they grew up. Write your article

(about250 words).

• Bewareof self-indulgence.Theread er ofthemagazinedoesn't
  knowyou, and prob ab lydoesn 't want to hear abo ut your
  teach er or yourfamilyunless you havesomethinginterestingto
  sayaboutthem.In particular,tryto start your article in a way
  thatwillmakethe reader want to read more.

Task 40

In Britain, there is some debateabout whether the

politicalsystem is agoodexampleofdemocracy. For

instance ,thereis a democraticbody('TheHouse of

Commons ') elected togovernthe country - but any

decisionsthat theCommonsmake mustbe approvedby

an unelectedbodyof aristocrats , bishopsand former

politicians('TheHouse of Lords ') and alsoby t he Queen.

Similarly,the elect oral system is sometimescriticised, as

is the reluctanceof thegovernmentto hold referendums.

As acontributionto this debate, a British newspaper has

invited you to submit,for its weekly supplement aimed at

17-1 8 year-olds,a 250-wordarticle in which you

describeyour own country'spoliticalsystemand

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