To solve the growing problem of traffic and pollution in cities, governments should heavily tax private car ownership and use the revenue to make public transportation free. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
The table below shows the minimum number of public holidays that companies are required to give their full-time workers in six countries in 2016. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The high levels of air pollution in many cities pose a threat to public health. What measures can be taken to improve air quality and reduce the health risks associated with air pollution?
The charts below show the percentage of people using public transport and that of people using private cars in five Australian cities between 2000 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Nowadays governments in many countries spend a lot of money on works of art such as paintings to be displayed in public places. Is this a positive or negative development?
Many cannot speak or present well in public. Some people think that it is important to speak well in public, so the training should be from school. Do you agree or disagree?
Public libraries should provide books and not waste their limited resources on expensive high-tech media such as software, videos or DVDs. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
In a number of countries, some people think it is necessary to spend large sums of money on constructing new railway lines for very fast trains betwee cities Others believe the money should be spent on improving existing pub transport. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
In some countries, people are no longer allowed to smoke in many public places and office buildings. Do you think this is a good rule or a bad rule? Use specific reasons and details to support your position.
you would like to invite a friend from abroad to a public event in your country. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter,
invite him to the event
explain why you think he would like this event
tell h other activities you can do
In many countries goverments are investing in new technology to deal with the public. Why is this happening? Do you think this is an appropriate use of government money?
Some people believe that the government should be responsible for public health, while others think that individuals should be responsible for their own health. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Some experts in road safety say that all cyclists should pass a test before riding a bicycle on the public road. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
THE GOVERNMENT SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON ARTS SUCH AS PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES ON PUBLIC AREA,IS A WASTE OF MONEY.THE GOVERNMENT MUST INVEST THIS MONEY ON PUBLIC SERVICES INSTEAD? TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU AGREE?
The best way for governments to solve the problem of traffic congestion is providing free public transport in 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
TOPIC: In many countries, smoking is now illegal in public places. Many people believe that such a ban is justified. Do you agree or disagree?
The plan below show a public park when first opened in 1920 and the same park today. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Taxes are imposed on private cars by government to solve the traffic problem and also to improve public transport. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages.
When new towns are planned, it is important to build more public parks or sports facilities than shopping centers. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
The Syrian civil war began in 2011 under the influence of the Arab Spring when the people of Syria started asking for reforms
Syrian government repressed peaceful demonstrations by force and through killing innocents. That is when the armed opposition formed in Syria and Bashar Al Assad started defending his authority with all his might.
Syrian people proved Al Assad has no real authority in Syria. It makes him looking help from Russia, Iran and Hezbollah. Syrian people was started. Russia and Iran use weapon against Syrian people. Syrian people started seeking refugees and help from other neighboring countries.
War almost always creates public disaster. Everywhere where war happens, civilization at risk. There are many people in conflict areas who need protection. They are innocent people who actually dream about a worth and safe world.
Countries who focus their attention on ending war must put in extra effort to realize their mission. UN Representatives from various countries often propose peace missions as a solution. Through these representatives, countries can vocalize their opinions through communities like the UN where they are gather and discuss world peacekeeping.
Ironically, not all countries feel the same. In this case, several of them do not seem to support world peace. They are focused on their own political ideals. Therefore destruction and problematic scenarios continue.
When talking about Syrian refugees there are always countries that are for and against their better interests. Countries like the US and organizations like the EU fully support ending the suffering in Syria. Other countries like Russia seem to not support the rebels or the end of their suffering, rather, they support the Syrian government. That is why there is not yet a consensus.
Two draft texts — one from France and Spain, and the other from the Russian Federation — address the conflict in Syria. They failed to be adopted by the Security Council due to a heated debate on the content. Meanwhile, urgent calls for humanitarian intervention for the besieged city of Aleppo continue to be made.
The French and Spanish text that would have had the Council demand an immediate halt to all aerial bombardments and military flights over the city of Aleppo received 11 affirmative votes, two abstentions (Angola and China), and two negative votes (Russian Federation and Venezuela).
The Russian Federation’s text, by which the Council would have urged an immediate cessation of hostilities, particularly in Aleppo, received a vote of 4 in favour (China, Egypt, Russian Federation, Venezuela) to 9 against (France, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States), with 2 abstentions (Angola and Uruguay).
The Statement
JEAN-MARC AYRAULT, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, supports the end of the conflict in Syria. He spoke in front of representatives from all over the world about Aleppo. What happened in Aleppo could be a horrendous repetition of what had happened in Guernica, Sarajevo and Grozny.
ROMÁN OYARZUN MARCHESI (Spain) stated that the ongoing conflict could be still ahead. He demanded for international organizations to not close their eyes to the situation. If the conflict could be ended, 1000 towns could be saved and a humanitarian catastrophe could be stopped. He talked about the intolerable actions of the Syrian Government who removed medical assistance to these areas. France and Spain have done everything they can to make the 15 nation council come to a consensus.
The Russians continue to veto this proposal.
VITALY I. CHURKIN (Russian Federation) the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Security Council President for October, spoke for his nation, stating that the backstory to the draft resolution was well known. He argued that after destroying Libya, the troika of permanent Western members of the Security Council had turned its eyes on Syria. Furthermore, the French delegation had not put forward a single constructive initiative. In its current proposed draft, the concept of a ban on all military flights had not been fleshed out.
Denying Syrian Refugee
Various countries deny Syrian refugees come to their country to get asylum. US have denied application from 7 % Syrian refugees regarding to their migration. I think this case is unique. syrian refugees must apply application forms to be selected later by US administration. There will be failed application and accepted application. US faced dilemma whether they accepted or not.Syrian refugee often associated with a “terrorist country”. Various country must be thinking twice to accept thousand people who comes from Syria. It is caused by previous terror in Paris, officers find Syrian passport who belong to one of terrorists.
The best way to reduce traffic congestion is to provide a free public transport service. To what extent do you agree or disagree?. Give your opinion and examples from your own experience.
There have been some problems with the public transport you use to commute daily.
Write a letter to the manager of the public transport company.
In your letter:
describe the problems
explain how these problems are affecting you and others
suggest what could be done about it
You do NOT need to write any addresses.
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear Sir or Madam,
Some people think the best way to solve the traffic congestions in cities is to provide free public transports for 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
The diagram below shows the floor plan of a public library 20 years ago nad how it looks like now. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisions where relevant.
Some people think that media like newspaper should stop publishing the information about the people's private life , Others think that control to stop such publication should be put in place. Discuss both views and state you opinion.
“In some countries the government promotes public transport as the primary means of transportation, and discourages private vehicle ownership. Do you think advantages of this policy outweigh the disadvantages?”
Some people think it is more important to spend public money on roads and motorways than on public transport systems such as railways and trams. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Argument : Some people think that public health is a responsibility of the government , while others believe that individuals should be responsible for their own health . Discuss both these views and give your own opinion .
The given bar chart presents how many million people used various types of public transport in Milan from 2010 to 2014.
Some people say that the best way to improve public health is by increasing the number of sport facilities. Others, however, say that this would have little effect on public health and that other measures are required. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant example from your own knowledge or experience.
There have been some problems with public transport in your area recently. Write a letter to the manager of the transport company. In your letter
-describe the problems
-explain how these problems are affecting the public
-suggest some changes that could be made.
Some pp believe that public buildings should be moved out ò the city to promote citizen's well being and better economic growing, while some argue that the planning will cause more harm than good. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Your friend has had his/her first book published a few days ago. He/she has recently sent you a copy of that book.
Write a letter to this friend. In your letter,
congratulate him/her for having his/her first book published
thank your friend for sending you a copy of the book
say what do you think about the book
Some people think that government should spend money on providing faster transport, while others consider that there are other priorities for public transport (example- cost, environment). Discuss both the views and give you opinion?
Often former government regulators are offered jobs by the industries that they had previously been overseeing. Critics say that this is a conflict of interest, while others say it’s not justifiable to restrict individuals’ actions once they’ve left public service. What do you think? Give reasons and examples to support your opinion.
Some people say that the best way to improve public health is by increasing the number of sports facilities. Others,however , say that this would have little effect on pyblic health and that other measures are required. Discuss both views and give your opinionTopics
You've chosen to apply for the English teacher position posted in the March issue of the publication Teaching Masters. Mr William, the director of the English programme at The Language Institute of New York, USA, put this ad, you write a letter to Mr William.
In your letter:
⚫ Why are you writing this?
Describe your background and experience. Tell them how to get in touch with you.
Government involvement in the arts, such as music and theatre is a waste of money. Government must invest this money in public services instead. Do you agree or disagree?
Public health systems should provide better services for those who willing to pay more money ? To what extand do you agree or disagree.
A friend from another country is moving to your city for work. He/she has asked you for advice about living in your city.
Write a letter to your fried, in your letter:
suggest an intersting part of the city to live in
describle the public transport in your city
say how your friend can meet your new people there
in many countries, goverment are interesting in new technology to deal with the public. Why is this happening? do you think this is an approriate use of goverment money?
Some people claim that public museum and art galleries will be no longer necessary because people can see historical objects and works of art by using a computer. Do you agree or disagree?
A new shopping center is going to open in your town. at present, nobody knows what kind of shops or facilities are going to be provided for customers. what shops and facilities would you like to see made available to the shopping public? give reasons for your answer and make useful suggestions for the shopping center’s management.
Q.Government investment in the arts, such as music and theatre, is a waste of money. Governments must invest this money in public services instead. To what extent do you agree with this statement?
Some people think that governments should provide more money on faster means of public transport, while others think that they should pay attention to more important priorities such as spending money and the environment. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Some people argue that arts, such as painting and music, are a waste of money and the government should spend this money on other public services. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
In a number of countries, some people think it is necessary to spend large sums of money on constructing new railwaw lines for very fast trains between cities. Others believe the money should be spent on improving existing public transport. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
A large company in your area has decided to spend a certain amount of money, either to sponser a local children's sports team for two years, or to pay for two open-air concerts IT has asked for feedback from the general public.
Write a letter to the company In your letter
●describe the benefits of sponsoring the sports team
●summarise the benefits of paying for the concerts
●say how you think the company should spend the money
Today, in this competitive world when many new ideas are evolving every day. It is essential for everybody to be competent with communication as well as presentation skill. I agree that our current generation lacks these skills and to ensure that our future generation is strong with these must skills, we should start giving training from the school itself. This essay will assert few points justifying why speaking and presenting are very important skills for anybody to grow professionally.
The profession could be any like a manager in IT company or product company, politician, scientist at NASA, or a individual contributor in any project, in every day of professional life, you have to prepare a presentation and speak to your manager or supervisor to elaborate your ideas. If you lack in any of these skills, you will face problem in convincing people to follow your thoughts. It is very hard to become representative of company or a town or a country without having good communication skill.
Even, these skills are so important that almost all employers conduct group discussions before hiring a candidate.
Then, the important question is how to become expert with these skills? We learn many of our behaviours or skills either from parents or training institute. Without any doubt, parents are the initial teacher for any kids. Kids learn talking and good behaviors from parents. Once they are grown up and start going to school, responsibility partially shifts from parents to school as kids mingle with many other students in school and participate in many activities like speech competition, annual functions, exhibitions etc. So, the school should add special scheduled training to let students learn and practice presentation and speaking skills in public.
To conclude, speaking and presenting in public are essential skills for all to progress in professional life and school should give special attention to make their students far away from stage fear or presenting in public.
the diagram below show the floor plan of a public library 20 years ago and how it looks now.