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Human activity has had a negative impact on plants and animals around the world. Some people think that this cannot be changed, while others believe actions can be taken to bring about a change. Discuss both sides of the argument and give your opinion.

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Nowadays human activity causes damage to our
nature
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. Growth of population, industrial development, manufacturing and other aspects affect our plants and animals around the world. The problem is complex and it's not easy to find a way how to compensate for
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 damage, but it doesn'
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 mean we shouldn'
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 search for a possible solution. The rapid expansion of factories, energy stations, and pollution of our air is a consequence of constantly growing human needs. Some countries have limited resources, and the environmental problem is significant,
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 other countries don'
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 care about a negative impact on our
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 because of economic situation or a huge amount of territories. Unfortunately, the overall interest in providing safety for our ecological situation is very low. That's why it's more likely that we will not see a rapid change in our environment. It's not true that people cannot make our environment better. There are many successful projects of reducing damage to our
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. One of them, electric cars, is sharply decreasing air pollution on whole continents.
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, Norway's government decided to remove all taxes and reduce income taxes for electric car owners. The consequence of
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 strategy caused the cleanest air in Europe and now more than 75% of cars don'
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 use gas. The other example is Sweden's garbage recycling factories, which caused a full overcome of all rubbish around the country. Summing up, it's extremely difficult to make a rapid change in our environment, but every project rather is big or small, can sharply improve our
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's safety.
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To get an excellent score in the IELTS Task 2 writing section, one of the easiest and most effective tips is structuring your writing in the most solid format. A great argument essay structure may be divided to four paragraphs, in which comprises of four sentences (excluding the conclusion paragraph, which comprises of three sentences).

For we to consider an essay structure a great one, it should be looking like this:

  • Paragraph 1 - Introduction
    • Sentence 1 - Background statement
    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
    • Sentence 4 - Outline sentence
  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion
    • Sentence 1 - Summary
    • Sentence 2 - Restatement of thesis
    • Sentence 3 - Prediction or recommendation

Our recommended essay structure above comprises of fifteen (15) sentences, which will make your essay approximately 250 to 275 words.

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