Writing Feedback / IELTS 2: Constructing a rapid railway system or improving the existing mass transportation? [3]

NEW RAILWAY LINES OR IMPROVING EXISTING PUBLIC TRANSPORT

In a number of countries, some people think it is necessary to to spend large sums of money on constructing railway lines for very fast trains between cities. Others believe the money should be spent on improving existing public transport.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

People have different views toward whether to construct a rapid railway system or to improve existing mass transportation. While both of views seem beneficial to the public, I tend to argue that intercity railway system is the better choice.

The option to improve the local transportantion have several positive effects. It is more affordable to our government. The improvement of regional bus or metroway network costs much less than the construction of national railway system. It helps saving the budget of our government. Moreover, the improvement of local transportation can help reducing the use of private vehicles. Because of the increase of accessibility to every corner of the city, people will instead choose the public transport to avoid traffic jams or accidents. Take Taipei city as example, the number of car per household is much less than any other city due to the contribution of MRT network.

However, I believe an intercity railway system benefits more. It will boost the economy of the country because of shorten the traveling time between the city. For tourists, they can travel to more places in the same period of time, which increases the revenue of local people. For corporations, negotiation with other firms in different area is easier when the convenience of faster train make interactions with each other easier. Most of the developed countries have already had these kinds of fast railway system, such as Taiwan, Japan and China, etc. The impact of the high speed railway is far more profound toward the whole nation.

For the reasons mentioned above, the construction of intercity rapid train is worth investing that it will bring benefits to national economy and to the majority of people in the country .

Writing Feedback / IELTS Task2: Recycling of waste materials [3]

In some countries, there is not enough recycling of waste materials (e.g. paper, glass, and cans).

What are the reasons and solutions?

In some nations, people do not recycle their waste materials as much as they could. There are several reasons why people do not recycle and some approaches should be taken to change such a scenario.

One of the reasons is that people are ignorant about the importance of recycling. They don't know about the process of recycling or the close relation between recycling and environment protection. Furthermore, people are too busy on their own lives to pay enough attention to it. They are used to dispose the rubbish directly for time saving or for convenience. In these situation, government plays an important role to take actions for fear of more harmful behaviors to our environment. Without doing so, it is difficult for people to aware the importance of recycling.

To deal with above problems, several steps can be taken. Government can plan for some advertising campaigns on TV or Internet to teach some tips about recycling. These promotion will catch the public's attention and change their behavior gradually. Otherwise, the education about recycling must be carried out in the school, which can build children's sense of responsibility to protect our environment at their early age. With these efforts, government can not only raise more concern about recycling among people, but also boost the recycling industry because of the potential profits.

In conclusion, the environmental issues are more and more importance. Government around the globe must implement some related policy in order to raise the awareness among people.

Writing Feedback / A rising trend nowadays that urban residents live in small families instead of large families [3]

IELTS Task2 - Small Family Unit

In many countries today, people in cities either live alone or in small family units, rather than in large, extended family groups. Is this a positive or negative trend?

Nowadays, it is a rising trend in many nations that urban residents live in small families instead of large families. In my point of view, this is a negative trend.

In small family units, the benefit of large family network will disappear, which will have a negative impact on children care. When parents are busy for work, there are no relatives or grandparents to take care of children. Therefore, more and more people decide to hire a nanny, which might lead to some problems in society. One is that if parents hire an unqualified babysitter, children will be in a potential danger of child abuse, which is more often to be broadcast on news programs. The other one is that the relationship between parents and children will weaken due to the lack of time they spend together. Parents may not be able to notice the difficulties their kids' have met and gives assistance in time.

The trend for one-person household might even lead to people's mental illness because of the lack of interpersonal interaction. Without friends or other family member living together, when a person meets problems, there is no one there to ask for help. Most of the time the only way they deal with boredness and anxiety might be turning to the internet or social media, which will gradually make people lose their ability to associate with others in the reality.

In conclusion, I argue that there are more benefits for people to live in a large family so that it will be worrying if more people choose to live alone or in small family units.

Writing Feedback / Best way to resolve the problems of big traffic and pollution by introducing higher price of petrol [2]

Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?
What other measure do you think might be effective?

Some people agree that it is the best way to resolve the problems of increasing traffic and pollution by introducing higher price of petrol; however, I tend to hold that there must be a better way to deal with these situations.

Before the new policy shows its effect, the implement of it will possibly bring complaints from the public because petrol is the necessity in people's lives. Besides, it is also important to control the range of price adjustment for fear of affecting people's living quality. Therefore, the effect of price increasing policy might be limited without any supplementary policy offering people other alternatives to change their habits. Raising the price of petrol blindly is very likely to lead to dissatisfaction amid people.

Before the adjustment of petrol price, I believe that government should start planning the construction of mass transportation system or providing subsidy for those who buy eco-friendly vehicles such as electronic scooters or cars. Take Taipei city for example, the number of car per household is less than one, which mostly contributes to the convenience of the public transportation. When people develop their habits to take mass transportation, it will decrease the demand of car and then the petrol. On the other hand, providing subsidy for electronic vehicles is not only encouragement for consumers but also incentives for business to put more efforts on the R&D and marketing of these products. The industry will gradually change and follow the supplementary policy.

Instead of the enforcement of increasing price of petrol, I argue that the offering of alternatives to people is far more effective and bring satisfaction among the society. Furthermore, the whole industry will make progress with the change of policy.

Writing Feedback / Technology Brings Changes toward People's Interaction [4]

technology and its effects on relationships

Original question:
Nowadays the way many people interact with each other has changed because of technology.
In what ways has technology affected the types of relationships people make?
Has this become a positive or negative development?

In modern society, technology brings changes toward people's interaction.

It is common that everyone is equipped with a high-tech device, which makes the contact with friends or relatives more convenient and efficient. For instance, people tend to send text messages or make a phone call on apps via mobile phone rather than writing email or even physical letter. Besides, technology makes it easier to find new friends online. Couple of dating apps can be found on apps store such as Pairs or Goodnight in Taiwan for people to find their partners. People do not have to worry about how to create an opportunity to meet the opposite gender. All the information is collected online whenever and wherever they need.

Despite of the benefits of technology, I still tend to hold negative perspective toward this development. On one hand, people will lose the social skills due to lack of interaction in reality. Some people who are active on social media turn out to be shy and uneasy when associating with others in their real life. Technology makes people put to much time on virtual interaction online and ignore the importance to interact with people in reality. On the other hand, fraud is easier to be attained because of information asymmetry online. Lots of cases about online scams are broadcasted frequently on news programs. Especially for teenagers who cannot differentiate between right and wrong, it is dangerous for them to be exposed too much on those apps.

To sum up, technology indeed brings efficiency and convenience to our life. However, without the carefulness, it might also be harmful to us.