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Band 4

Car ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that many cities in the world are now one big traffic jam. What measures can governments take to discourage people from using their cars?

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Nowadays, through the
last
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 three decades, the percentage of
human
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humans
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whose
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who
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 have cars
was
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has
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rose
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 sharply in many places around the world. So, in
this
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 essay, we will discuss the
cause
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 of increasing car ownership and what
government
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the government
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 will
make
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do
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for reducing
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to reduce
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traffic
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the traffic
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 problem.
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 with, there are several reasons why
person
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people
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 like to own cars. The fee class help us to move between places in
short
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a short
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time
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.
However
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, means of transportation affect
environment
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the environment
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 and
cause
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 a lot of problems and
damages
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damage
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، especially
affect
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affecting
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 the climate.
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, the smoke that comes out from those machines
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cause
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 global warming, which
is
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this
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apply
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cause
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causes
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 many problems in our
life
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lives
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 and our fresh air.
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, when all
human
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humans
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 use
vechical
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vehicle
, they will
be
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apply
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spend more
time
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in
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on
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 the way because of the traffic and
huge
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a huge
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 number of cars on the way. So,
this
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 will
be make
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make
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 them lose their
time
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.  On
other
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the other
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 hand, the government should create laws and rules system to solve those problems.
Firstly
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, the country
build
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another ways
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another way
other ways
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for
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of
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 moving.
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, build the train stations to make people move quickly and
saving
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time
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.
Secondly
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,
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the person
a person
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person
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people
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 who
had
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have
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 authority,
they
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apply
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must
be
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plan
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a plan
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 to fix the roads and add
an extra ways
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extra ways
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 to
reducing
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reduce
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 traffic. In conclusion,
while
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 there are arguments
in
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for
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 having many machines that can
be harm
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harm
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 our
healthy
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 and climate, I firmly believe that
government
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the government
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 plan and create solutions to deal with these cases to avoid serious
problem
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problems
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 in future.

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coherence cohesion
Work on improving your grammatical accuracy and sentence structure to make your ideas clearer.
task achievement
Provide more specific examples to strengthen your arguments, especially when suggesting solutions.
coherence cohesion
Ensure that each paragraph contains a clear and focused idea, with logical progression between them.
introduction conclusion present
The essay includes both an introduction and a conclusion, offering a complete response to the prompt.
task achievement
Addresses the topic by discussing causes and suggesting governmental measures.
task achievement
Attempts to address environmental implications of increased car ownership.

Your opinion

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