academicsubjectswouldincludesports,cooking,woodworkandmetalwork.Ibelieve
thisisthebestform ofeducation.Ayoung personshouldlearnthingsotherthan
academicsubjects.Sportisparticularlyimportant.Young people havetolearntolove
sportsothattheycan befitand healthylaterinlife.Ifnotwewillberaisingan obese
and unfit generation.
Itotally understandthepointofviewthateducationissoimportantthatstudentsmust
bepushedashardaspossibleto
achievetheirbest.Itsoundsagoodideato onlyexposethestudentstoacademic
subjectsasthentheycanspendalloftheirschoolhoursonstudyingareasthatwill
gettheminto universityand goodjobslaterinlife.Ijustfeelamoreroundededucation
would produceabetterindividual.Wemustremembertoothatalotofpeople,maybe
evenmostpeople,aren‛tacademicallymindedandwould benefitmorefromamore
vocationally basededucation.Forcingacademicstudies ontothemwouldleadtofailure
andthestudentleavingschooltooearly.
ThereforeIagreethatalthoughawhollyacademiccurriculumwouldsuitand benefit
someyoung people,Ibelievethatformoststudentsnon-academicsubjectsare
importantinclusionsstillintoday‛ssyllabuses.
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Sample 110
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthistask.
Children'slivesthesedaysarequitedifferentfromourgeneration's.
Describewhatarethebiggestchangesin youngergenerationandexplainsome
factorsofthisphenomenon.
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.
modelanswer:
Overthepastfewdecades,theworld hassignificantlychanged.Nowadays,many have
beguntowonderwhatthereasons behind[=for]thesechangesare.Twomajorfactors
contributingtothis phenomenonareadvancesinmediaandchangefamily dynamics
[=organization].First,advancesinmedia,suchastheInternetandTV, havemeantthat
childrenspendalargeportion oftheirleisuretime
infrontofascreen.Consequently,theyare notgetting properamountsofexercise,
whichresultsinanincreaseinthenumber ofchildrenwhoareoverweightand obese.In
addition,fastfoodrestaurantshave becomeincreasingly popular,which hasalso
contributedtochildren'shealth problems
Moreover,anotherleadingforceofthistrendischangesinthefamily unit.
Comparedwithahalfcenturyago, nuclearfamilieshavebecomewaymorecommonin
modernsociety.Peopletendto haveonly onechild,which hascaused personality
disorderssuchasdepression,loneliness,andselfishness.Thisismainly because
parentswith onechild havetendencyto putalltheirfocusandmoneyintotheironlyson