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Reading 7: A long and healthy life?

 Source: https://www.ngllife.com/long-and-healthy-life-0 (the original article has the audio for those who want to practice listening) A long and healthy life? How long will a baby born today live? 100 years? 120 years? Scientists are studying genes that could mean long life for us all. There are already many, many people who have passed the landmark age of 100. In fact, there are now so many healthy, elderly people that there’s a new term for them: the wellderly. These are people over the age of 80 who have no diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease or diabetes and have never taken medicines for these conditions. There have been many scientific studies of communities where a healthy old age is typical. These include places like Calabria in southern Italy and the island of Okinawa in Japan. The small village of Molochio in Calabria has about 2,000 inhabitants. And of these, there are at least eight centenarians. When researchers ask people like this the secret of t...

Writing 4: Causes and solutions to environmental problems

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  Topic: Causes and solutions to environmental problems  Environment destruction is among the alarming issues annoying not only wildlife but also mankind. This essay will discuss the roots of the issue and recommend some measures to tackle this hard nut.  To embark upon, there are a plethora of contributors that culminate in environmental degradation. First, the escalating population has led to a sharp contrast in rising demands for accommodations and decreasing numbers of wild animals losing natural habitats. As a matter of fact, the surge in the need for housing has tempted proprietors to deforestation, and transfer the farming areas to dwelling ones. Consequently, not only do wild species lose natural habitats but also the diversity of flora and fauna is decreased. Second, expanding industrialization, which is constructing, manufacturing, and fuel extraction, in particular, is to blame for polluting the environment. Another cause of pollution is transportation....

Writing 3: School in the future should be run by robots or teachers?

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Topic: Some people say that schools in the future will be run by robots and teachers will not be necessary while others say that human teachers are irreplaceable.  Discuss and give your own view. Technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in the world today. With the growth of artificial intelligence and the plethora of resources available via apps and websites, teachers are no longer considered the experts. However, many are of the view that human teachers still play an indispensable role in education. This essay will discuss both views In the first place, having robots teach instead of teachers will not only allow society to use more people for some other works that only humans can do but also provide more accurate and up-to-date education to the students. As a matter of fact, a robot is undeniably a storage of information gathered all around the world from the past up to the current time. Thus, when students have any questions, the robotic teacher would be able to reply or ...

Vocabulary: Why Do Americans Vote on a Tuesday?

Source: https://people.howstuffworks.com/election-day-tuesday--holiday-weekend-voting.htm   Why Do Americans Vote on a Tuesday? In 2016, the United States   ranked 26th   in the world in voter participation, with  only  56 percent of eligible voters casting ballots in the 2016 presidential election.  That's better than the 2012 election's participation rate of 53.6 percent but  embarrassingly low participation compared to Sweden's 87 percent participation  rate, and barely above the voting rate in former Soviet republics such as Slovenia,  which don't have a centuries-old tradition of democracy. Even though 2020 is shaping up to be a year of higher-than-normal voter turnout in the U.S.,  experts are predicting about 65 percent  turnout, certainly nothing like 80 percent. So what's up with that?  What motivates people to either vote or abstain from doing so ?  Some simply don't like the candidates running in a g...

Writing 2: Reasons for students dropping out of college

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Topic : Going to college is a dream for many people. Some do the work, graduate, and find good jobs. Other students, however, never finish their studies. Write an essay about what causes students to drop out of college .    In the current age of knowledge-based economy, it is irrefutable that a university degree would enhance opportunities to obtain a well-paid job, and a secure future. However, besides those who realize their dreams at university, some have to leave the college with a permanently incomplete ambition. Personally, I believe that college dropouts stem from two major reasons.  In the first place, students may quit university due to the incapability of meeting the financial demands. It should be noted that the expenditure on higher education is usually very high since students have to pay for every subject that they are learning. Moreover, this comes as a real difficulty for those who study far from home as expenses for housing and commuting also need to be c...

Reading 6: In the future, genetic engineering ....

Reading task:    In the future, genetic engineering will allow us to create the perfect human. It will be hard to get used to. Parents will order a baby who 'will grow up to become his new job because he is not quite prepared a genius or  to have  a Miss World appearance .  Also, genetic engineering will allow us to mix plants and animals. As computers have advanced, they have helped us remember, calculate, organize, and clarify. So it will become easier to deal with things, and much quicker. At a point in a future time, some may claim that computers become about as smart as Newton or Einstein. More advanced computers will be able to be creative, respond to feelings in a feeling way, develop intuition, recognize patterns, and suggest innovative alternatives. There is a hope if we choose to take action. We can select Internet information wisely, choose healthy computer games, limit our exposure to television commercials, and select television programs carefully. ...

Writing 1: The mass media, including TV, radio and newspapers, have great influence in shaping people ideas. To what extend do you agree or disagree?

  Topic: The mass media, including TV, radio and newspapers, have great influence in shaping people ideas. To what extend do you agree or disagree? (You should write at least 250 words).                                                            It is obvious that the mass media has become an indispensable part in modern life. There is an opinion that perspective is highly influenced by the information people receive through communication channels like TV, radio and newspapers. From my point of view, I firmly believe that mass media is a powerful tool in forming human’s track of thinking. On the one hand, such mass media as newspapers or radio usually provide viewers and audiences with informatio...