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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 the money should be spent on improving existing public transport. Discuss both these vlews and give your own opinion.

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Citizens of some countries consider it should spend a large number of money on building
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railways
 between
cities
,
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other
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others
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 think the money should
spend
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 on improving the existing public transportation systems. Some may say the
high speed
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rail
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railway
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way
 is the most efficient
way
 to get to another city, some
says
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 it is too costly. To start with,
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the high
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high speed
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rail
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railway
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way
 is the best option for
traveling
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travelling
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 between
cities
in
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certain
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a certain
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distance
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. The older public transportation options like
bus
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 or
normal speed
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railways
 are relatively low
compare
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 to the high-speed
railways
, by the
high speed
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rail
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railway
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way
,
people
 can travel between
cities
 more efficiently.
Second,
with a new option for
people
 to travel around, fewer
people
 will choose to drive their own car for longer
distance
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distances
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,
this
 may help
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 the carbon dioxide that emits
to
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 the air
,
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 and eventually slows the speed of global warming.
However
, building
new
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railway
 for
high speed
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high-speed
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 trains is very costly
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 to improving existing public transportation options. The cost of building
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a high
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high speed
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high-speed
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railway
 may not
paid
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 off, so it may make government waste money on
this
 expensive project of building a
high speed
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high-speed
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railway
.
Moreover
, the
high speed
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railway
 may not
as
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convenience
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 as
people
 expected. In some
cities
, it is hard to find a perfect area to build a new train station, so the new
railway
 system will become
inconvenience
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.
To sum up
,
high speed
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railways
is
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 a faster
way
 to travel between
cities
, and it is good for
slow
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slowing
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 down the speed of global warming.
However
, it is very costly, and sometimes hard to find a suitable place to build a new train station for it. In my opinion, I think building a new
high speed
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railway
 system is a better option.
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