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The shortage of housing in big cities can cause severe consequences and only governmental actions can solve the problem. Do you agree or disagree?

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Because of more job opportunities and a more convenient lifestyle, more and more young
people
 desire to struggle for living in big
cities
.
On the other hand
, the senior
people
 believe big
cities
 can provide more advanced medical treatment, so they would leave the
countryside
 when the disease comes. To sum up, big
cities
 have to accept a high population at the time.
Therefore
, some
people
 insist that the shortage of housing in big
cities
 can cause severe consequences and only the government can release
this
 pressure. From my perspective, these
people
's opinions convinced me.
To begin
 with, it is an undebatable reality that almost everyone would like to live in big
cities
. There are many reasons.
For example
,
people
 can contact more resources and brands because there are more shipping malls in big
cities
 and
people
 can select whatever they want.
In addition
,
although
 big
cities
 may have traffic jams sometimes, they have subway stations, airports, and public traffic systems. You must admit that big
cities
 can provide more convenient traffic conditions. Of cause, as I told followed, big
cities
 own more companies and hospitals which can provide more occupations and treatment methods.
However
, the area of big
cities
 basically can't increase. In that case, population density would scare and the shortage of housing in big
cities
 gradually becomes an obvious and severe problem, and the situation will get worse.
However
, most citizens have no ability to change
this
 aspect. Only governments can work it out, sadly, some of them just increase the price of houses to let poor
people
 leave big
cities
. In my opinion,
this
 measure not only deepens the pressure of city life but
also
 makes the contradiction between the rich and the poor more severe. The primary cause of
people
's city desire is the unbalance of city and
countryside
 development. I think the government should pay more attention to inspiring the
countryside
 economy and put more efficient policies to encourage
people
 to go back to the
countryside
.
Submitted by Welkin on

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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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