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Writing Samples
Band 4

Some people think that too much money has been spent looking after and repairing old buildings, so we should knock down old buildings and build modern ones instead. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#people #money #buildings #ones
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Nowadays society
begin
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 to think that
acient
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ancient
 buildings
cost
lot
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a lot
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 of funding in case just to repair
it
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them
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, come
with
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up with
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solution
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a solution
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 to demolish the old building, change it to
the
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a
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 modern
one
 or can be said as build
the
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a
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 new building.
However
, I tend to disagree with
this
 idea and will elaborate
the
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on the
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 explanation in
this
 essay. On the
one
 hand, ancient buildings save and have meaningful
story
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stories
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 behind
it
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them
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.
For instance
,
University
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the University
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 of
Oxford
 in
Oxford
, United Kingdom.
This
university
created
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 in 1096 and
evidence
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is evidence
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 of the first-early of teaching in
this
 world. The building itself is
very
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apply
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unique, typically Europe ancient
building
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European building
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 in the past. Till now, the building of
university
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the university
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 itself still
endure
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endured
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 because
the
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of the
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 collaboration of
university
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the university
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 and the government, the government even
gives
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gave
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 some funding voluntarily to support
building
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the building
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reparation
 of the number
one
world class
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world-class
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university
 in their country.
Furthermore
, they won't the historical
building
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buildings
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 that have
long
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a long
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 history to be broken or dirty.
On the other hand
, tough
reparation
 is expensive enough, building
the
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a
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 new building, or even
the
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a
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 modern building is more expensive. The architect from
University
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the University
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 of
Oxford
 ever been asked
the
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about the
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cost
for
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of
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reparation
, and he answered it is just about
hundred
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a hundred
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poundsterling
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pounds sterling
pound sterling
 per year, he
also
 added that it is cheaper than building new-modern typical building like
they
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the
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 new library in the west side of
Oxford
 with the price thousands
poundsterling
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pound sterling
, excluding the insurance and the
reparation
cost
. In conclusion, repairing the ancient building is so much better idea than
demolish
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demolishing
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 it and creating
the
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a
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 new
one
, because the
cost
 of
demolish
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demolishing
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 is
also
 high, including the risks.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Preservation
  • Restoration
  • Demolition
  • Architectural heritage
  • Cultural significance
  • Tourist attraction
  • Urban landscape
  • Sustainability
  • Conservation
  • Economic benefits
  • Historical landmarks
  • Urban renewal
  • Infrastructure
  • Maintenance costs
  • Modern amenities
  • Building regulations
  • Community identity
  • Heritage conservation
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