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Write a summary of the short story The Old Man at the Bridge.

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An old
man
 sits alongside a bridge, exhausted and covered in dust. Many people are hurrying to cross the bridge with their families and belongings, but he is too tired to proceed. They are villagers who are fleeing from the fighting in the Spanish Civil War. The
narrator
 spots the old
man
 as he crosses the bridge to see if the enemy
are
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 advancing behind them. When the
narrator
 returns, most of the other evacuees are gone but the old
man
 is still sitting on the ground. The
narrator
 engages with him, trying to rouse him to keep moving toward safety. The old
man
 says that he came from the town of San Carlos, where he was taking care of animals. The
narrator
 wonders why the old
man
 is telling him
this
 until the
man
 explains that he didn’t want to desert his creatures, so he was the
last
 person to leave his village. He worries about the goats, pigeons, and
cat
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 that he has left behind to die. Meanwhile, the
narrator
 worries about the advancing forces who will surely try to kill them both. When the
narrator
 urges the old
man
 to try to walk until he can catch a truck that could carry him away, the old
man
 can only fall back down, repeating, “I was taking care of animals.” The
narrator
 concludes that he cannot help the old
man
, and presumably leaves him to die there.
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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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