Sample 66
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthistask.
Whenpeoplemoveto anothercountry,someofthemdecidetofollowthe
customsofthenewcountry.
Othersprefertokeeptheirowncustoms.Comparethesetwochoices.Whichone
do youprefer?Supportyour answerwithspecificdetails.
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.
Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourown
knowledgeorexperience.
modelanswer:
Peoplemaychooseto keeptheiroldtraditionsfromtheirnativecountry ortoaccept
newones.Keepingtheoldcustomswillhelp oneto overcometheculturalshockandthe
changeoftheenvironment.Fromtheotherside,acceptingthenewtraditionswillhelp
onetoadaptandmake newfriendswithresidents.Inthisessay Iwillgivedifferent
reasonswhy people decidetofollowthecustomsofthenewcountry orto keeptheirown
customs.
Ifoneisfromthecountrywithstrongand oldtraditions,Ithinkitwillberather difficultfor
himtoadapttothenewcustomsandmoreovertorejecthisown.Thatiswhysome
peoplefromthesamecountrytrytolivetogetherandtocreatetheirowncommunity
wheretheoldtraditionsarekept.Theycan notbreakthecustomsthatwerecreated by
their
ancestors.Forexample,somenationsarerestrictedincertain kindsoffood bytheir
traditions.So,they do notgototherestaurantsunlesstheirtraditionalfoodisserved
there.Somenationsaccordingtotheircustomshavetowearcertaintypesofcloth
becausetheirreligiontellsthemto
doso.
Fromtheotherside,ifoneisfromthecountrywithtraditionssimilarto onesofthenew
countryitwillbeeasyforhimtoadoptandtofollowthecustomsofthenew place.He
willnotfeelmuch difference.Probably,themostdifficultpartofhisrelocationwillbeto
accustomtothenewclimate.
Ithinkthatpeopleofthenewcountryarefriendlierwhentheyseethatforeigner
followstheircustoms.Ibeliefthat
traditionsofeverycountry deserverespect,especially,when onelivesthere.
Insummary,Ithinkthateverycountry hasitsown beautyandifonewantstofind out
moreaboutithewillloveit.
( 313 words)
Sample 67