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 between cities. Others believe that money should be spent on improving existing public transport. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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As technology develops, many argue that the government should invest
money
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in new high-speed
trains
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; whereas, others suggest spending
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money
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on improving already existing public
transportations
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. I take the
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view and believe that investing
money
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in the construction of new railways is more advantageous. Investment in newly invented
trains
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can save
time
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when travelling to other cities.
Time
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is an important matter
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with people’s hectic
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these days. While these
trains
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are well known for their 100-kilometres per hour speed nonstop, existing transportation tools only can transfer people
70-kilometres
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70 kilometres
an hour.
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why nowadays we see these railways connecting metropolises more and more. Another advantage of these
trains
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is their energy source. They work by electricity which is an environmentally friendly source of energy and can prevent
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air pollution. These
trains
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can transport hundreds of people at the same
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, and if people do not have
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alternative, they will use their own private cars, which use oil as fuel, leading to the emission of many polluting elements.
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, improving existing public transportations cost less and can save the
countries’
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money
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. More than millions of dollars
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needed for the infrastructure of these newly invented
trains
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, but only more than half of
this
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amount is needed for the other one. By investing
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on
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already
existed
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existing
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ones, the government can save
money
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for more important matters. The policy of Holland on improving existing bus lines and saving about one million dollars for
production
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the production
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of cars using solar energy is a good example. To sum up, investing
money
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in
construction
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the construction
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of new railways for high-speed
trains
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is highly advantageous for
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time saving
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and prevention of air pollution, but it should be bear
on
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mind that it can cost a lot. I believe that it is worth spending
money
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on them .
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • infrastructure
  • efficient
  • congestion
  • sustainable
  • environmentally friendly
  • connectivity
  • economic growth
  • public transportation
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