You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic. Some people believe that one of the best ways to solve environmental problem is to increase the cost of fuel for cars and other vehicles. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

Currently, it is common to watch or read the
reports
of
crimes
and a variety of violent news in
media
like television or newspapers.
Although
it is claimed that
this
type of information can have disadvantageous consequences, it is agreed that the
reports
should be censored and filtered out similar information. It can be proved by analyzing the
reports
’ influence on the innocent and
officers
.
To begin
with, more innocent people can protect themselves against potential
crimes
after being alarmed by the
reports
. To be exact, compared to the few who are likely to commit
crimes
, the majority of the
media
’s viewers are kind people. Without being alarmed by violent
reports
, they probably fail to recognize potential danger in advance when someone wants to hurt them.
Therefore
,
this
sort of report shouldn’t be restricted to protect the innocent.
Second
, more
officers
can build a sense of crime after viewing various kinds of
crimes
in the
media
. Specifically speaking, the types of
crimes
are usually varied, causing
officers
to have trouble working against all the types. If the
crimes
can be widespread by
media
,
officers
will update their anti-crime experience from not only their
first
-hand work but
also
crimes
worthy of attention in some other areas, which is absolutely helpful to anti-crime works. As a consequence,
this
sort of report shouldn’t be cut to promote anti-crime works. To conclude, reporting
crimes
leads
Change the verb form
lead
show examples
to more innocent people being protected and the benefit to anti-crime works of
officers
.
Therefore
,
this
kind of information shouldn’t be restricted from being shown in the
media
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • environmental problem
  • increase the cost of fuel
  • cars and other vehicles
  • solve
  • to what extent do you agree or disagree
  • reasons for your answer
  • relevant examples
  • knowledge or experience
  • usage
  • alternative modes of transport
  • reduce
  • air pollution
  • carbon emissions
  • fund
  • development
  • renewable energy sources
  • disproportionately
  • low-income individuals
  • governments
  • implement
  • measures
  • mitigate
  • impact
  • vulnerable populations
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