Topicvocabulary:medicalexperts,shops, unhealthy,fattyfoods,chips,cooked,
take-awayfood,chocolate,sweetandsalty,exercise,walk,television,computers,
videogames, unhealthy pastime,junkfood,activegames,sport,fastfood outlets
Sentencetypes:Awiderangeofcomplexstructuresandsentencesisused.
Length: 286 words
Sample 32
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthis
task.
Writeaboutthefollowingtopic:
Nowadaysweareproducingmoreandmorerubbish.
Whydo youthinkthisishappening? Whatcangovernmentsdotohelpreduce
theamountofrubbishproduced?
Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourown
knowledgeorexperience.
Writeatleast 250 words.
modelanswer:
Ithinkitistruethatinalmostevery
countrytodayeach householdandfamily producesalargeamountofwasteeveryweek.
Mostofthisrubbishcomesfromthe packagingfromthethingswebuy,suchas
processedfood.Butevenifwebuyfreshfoodwithoutpackaging,westillproduce
rubbishfromtheplasticbagsusedeverywheretocarryshopping home.
Thereasonwhywehavesomuch packagingisthatweconsumesomuchmoreona
daily basisthanfamiliesdidinthepast.Convenienceisalso veryimportantinmodern
life,sowebuy packaging orcannedfoodthatcan betransportedfromlong distances
andstored untillweneedit,firstinthesupermarket,andthenathome.
However,Ithinktheamountofwaste produceisalsoaresultofourtendencyto use
something onceandthrowitaway.We
forgetthateventhecheapestplasticbag hasused up valuableresourcesandenergyto
produce.Wealsoforgetthatitisasourceofpollutionand difficultto dispose of.
Ithink,therefore,thatgovernmentsneedtoraisethisawarenessinthegeneral public.
Childrencan beeducatedaboutenvironmentalissuesatschool,butadults needto
takeaction.Governmentscanencouragesuchaction by puttingtaxeson packaging,
suchasplasticbags, by providingrecyclingservicesand bything householdsand
shopsthatdo notattempttorecycletheirwaste.