A company has announced that it wishes to build a large factory near your community.Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this new influence on your community.Do you support or oppose the factory? Explain your position.

If a company expressed willingness to build a new huge
factory
not so far from where I live
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I would most probably not approve that idea.In my opinion, despite having significant benefits
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,
factories shouldn’t be located near places where are lots of inhabitants and we
also
must consider the fact that they harm the environment
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Establishment of a new
factory
means that there will be a great number of vacancies. Nowadays, it is especially hard to find a job so it could be a great chance for my fellow citizens who are currently unemployed. As I have heard,
factory
workers get quite high salaries and
this
suggests that
quality
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the quality
of life in my community would rise.
Also
, if the
factory
could meet the expectations of the company, it would attract more and more kind investments.
For instance
, my native town is surrounded with enormous forests and there are valuable trees like walnut tree and oak which can be used to make high quality furniture. If the
factory
was specialized in making furniture and the workers were skilled carpenters from local areas
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I am sure it would be a success. There would be a great number of orders and many businessmen would want to invest in it.In the end the launcher of the
factory
would have earned
thousands if
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thousands, if
not millions of dollars, the rate of the unemployment would have significantly dropped in the local area, the
factory
would become popular and attract lots of investors. Like any other work
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building and running a
factory
is not only about
advantages
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the advantages
.It can result in
unfavorable
not encouraging or approving or pleasing
unfavourable
conditions and cause harm.
First
of all, owing to the forests surrounding my town, the air is absolutely clean there.But that
factory
would not only waste the growing stock, but
also pollute
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also pollutes
the
air which
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air, which
consequently
would influence on people’s health.Searching for valuable trees they would
also
damage the others.
Furthermore
, the volume of the forests isn’t unlimited, so they would have to bring wood from other places which might
be not profitable
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not be profitable
.
Finally
, the
factory
would have to stop working, leaving the environment destroyed and the workers unemployed. Before building a
factory
not only advantages should be considered. It can
also
have
harmful influence
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a harmful influence
on the environment
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people’s health and the damage it causes might be irreparable.From my aspect, the mentioned disadvantages outweigh the advantages, so I would not support the idea of establishing a
factory
near my community.
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Answer the 'Advantages and Disadvantages' topic

IELTS advantages and disadvantages questions normally give you a statement and ask you to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of that statement.

Answer structure for the type of essay

  • Introduction
  • Body paragraph 1 – advantages
  • Body paragraph 2 – disadvantages
  • Conclusion

Examples to start your body paragraph:

  • The main advantage is...
  • The disadvantage of this...
  • The main benefit...
  • Despite these advantages...
  • One possible drawback...

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • economic growth
  • infrastructure development
  • local businesses
  • unemployment rates
  • pollution
  • residents' health
  • noise and traffic congestion
  • social tensions
  • community dynamics
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