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cathyliu   
Feb 25, 2015
Grammar, Usage / 'the easily to be damaged nature of water resources' - asking for advice for one sentence. [13]

reply to Chen:

1. Pressure resistance means Resisitance to the pressure.

2. don't see which "the" you are talking about.

Origin: Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the vulnerability of water environment in humid regions of southern China , to provide theoretical support for the water environment management

My question: It is necessary to do sth. in ~~China,to ..., Here should i Omit the,
Here the,, I mean the punctuation symbol.
there are four kinds of expression, I do not know which is the best one.

A : Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the vulnerability of water environment in humid regions of southern China, to provide theoretical support for the water environment management in these regions.

B :Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the vulnerability of water environment in humid regions of southern China for theoretical support of water environment management in these regions.

C Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the vulnerability of water environment in humid regions of southern China provding theoretical support for water environment management in these regions.

I think you could see my disturb are mainly in three places,
one is the punctuation(now I think maybe it is better to add a punctuation in such long sentence);
another is : to provide /providing / for providing , (here I am not sure which is the best one. ) ;
third : in these regions (which I have acceptted your advice. )

sentence 3.

In order to avoid the influences of subjective factors to improve the objectivity of evaluation results, and to make the method to be operated easily, this paper attempts to introduce the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to assess the vulnerability of water environment.

Here, the first sentence is not fluent.
in order to avoid A , which leads to the results B. the first result would lead to the second,
how can I express it authentically?

Sentence 4:

Generally, the higher the pollution efficiency is, the easier to be damaged the water environment will be and the greater vulnerability it will be; on the contrary, the less efficiency it is, the smaller vulnerability it will be.

the higher the pollution efficiency is = the higher pollution efficiency it is?
the easier to be damaged the water environment will be
the greater vulnerability it will be;
the less efficiency it is, the smaller the vulnerability will be.= the smaller vulnerability it will be?

are the four sentence correct?
cathyliu   
Feb 24, 2015
Grammar, Usage / 'the easily to be damaged nature of water resources' - asking for advice for one sentence. [13]

sentence 3
Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the vulnerability of water environment in humid regions of southern China , to provide theoretical support for the water environment management

it is necessary to do sth. in ~~China, to ..., Here should i Omit the , ?

Is it better if i add '' in these regions" in the end of this sentence. ... to provide theoretical support for the water environment management in these regions. As the middle sentence 'in humid regions of southern China' make I feel it is not fluent. -_-

grea...t thanks.
cathyliu   
Feb 24, 2015
Grammar, Usage / 'the easily to be damaged nature of water resources' - asking for advice for one sentence. [13]

Another sentense:

This method, basing on the concept of water resource vulnerability, considersthe vulnerability of water resource as a function of sensitivity and pressure resistance under the influence of climate changes and human activities;

In this sentence, the subject is the method, so delete the middle sentence, basing ..., it becomes : the method considers the ... as ..
1) Is the structure of this sentence correct?

2) basing ? I am a little puzzled, could I use 'based' instead?

3) or better suggestion for the expression.

Thank you very much^^
cathyliu   
Feb 24, 2015
Grammar, Usage / 'the easily to be damaged nature of water resources' - asking for advice for one sentence. [13]

In order to avoid the influences of subjective factors to improve the objectivity of evaluation results, and to make the method to be operated easily, this paper attempts to introduce the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to assess the vulnerability of water environment.

Here, the first sentence is not fluent.
in order to avoid A , which leads to the results B. the first result would lead to the second,
how can I express it authentically?
cathyliu   
Feb 19, 2015
Grammar, Usage / 'the easily to be damaged nature of water resources' - asking for advice for one sentence. [13]

"its difficulties" - help me check this sentence

Based on above opinions, the vulnerability of water resources is defined as the vulnerable characteristics of water environment to damages from human activities and natural factors, as well as its difficulties to restore to its original state after being damaged.

Here
" its difficulties "
I want to express that the difficulties characteristics of water environment to restore to its original state after being damaged.
cathyliu   
Apr 28, 2011
Writing Feedback / Ielts Essay: Attitude towards 21 century and the world [6]

There is a widespread held perception that we human beings will be better off in the 21st century...

Admittedly, people today are having much better lives in terms of their living standards, compared to the lives a century ago.

...living much better lives ...
comparing with (the living standards several centuries ago)

all these above mentioned points

all points mentioned above

Overall, a paper good at the arguments.
cathyliu   
Nov 21, 2010
Writing Feedback / IELTS:recycling is an essential measure to save the environment [3]

Is recycling an essential measure to save the environment?Nowadays,the officials are trying toprovide (raise)more awareness to the public about the importance of recycling to save our environment.

awareness can not be provided. but be raised or strengthened.
awareness of sth/ that
The increasing pollution to our environment has caused widespread concern in each country and people. /Nowadays, there is a widespread concern over the increasing environmental pollution on our earth. Governments from all the countries around the world have taken some actions to prevent the serious environmental pollution and to raise individuals' awareness of keeping our envioronment. Reycling is one of the most effective methods recommended by the United Nations and has been extensive accepted by most countries and people.

In the modern world most of the governments are struggling to dispose of the dumped products in the landfills.Because these waste materials produce toxic gases and causingcause communicable diseases in the on society.Moreover the non-degradable plastic materials and other chemical wastes spoil the fertility of the soil.Being aware aboutof the future environmental disaster,people should tend to encourage the recycling.For instance,recent innovation of recycled paper havehas helped to save millions of rain forest trees.

cathyliu   
Aug 10, 2010
Writing Feedback / It is impossible for a man to stay alone - groups are part of human's life [9]

1.

every areas have organizations and groups.

2.

as an example

3.

The main reason is (human being) individuals like to ...
..., which can we ^can say community? and follow some ...
..., some of them are mankind ? and some of them ...
Itswe need to form acommunity and establish some rules and regulations for every one.

There are some confusing places.
<TS. >
For example/instance, individuals usually enjoy staying with their families with whom they can share their happiness and sorrow no matter how large or small the size would be. Besides that, human are social animals. By establishing a community or society, people follow rules and regulations which bring others peace and wellbeing and constrain the bad manners or even crimes behaved by some individuals.
cathyliu   
Jul 31, 2010
Writing Feedback / why people attend college and universities [3]

Student want to attend colleges and universities to become experts in their own fields and that's the way they can find job easier.

Students who attend colleges or universities can become experts in some certain fields so that it will be much easier for them to find a job after they graduate.
cathyliu   
Jul 1, 2010
Undergraduate / Nursing School Admissions Essay: "to acquire skills" [6]

Ever since I started school (As long as I can remember?) , one of my mainone and only goals was has been to finish enrolled by a college.

The dream to study at a college(/Uni.) has been one of my precious dreams ever since I began to go to school.

...Philippines, a ^country belonging to the third world yet be embraced by western-culture, finishing college meants a better quality ^of life for me and my family, it also meant landing me a job. SeeSince/because education is highly-valued in the Philippines; it's like gold for us Filipinos.

...I deeply know that what a college diploma means in the Philipines; It means a decent job, a stable income and a high quality of life to both my family and myself, since education is high valued in this country, just like gold to Filipinos.

need to leave sorry , with see your paper later.
you need to pay attention to the tense.
cathyliu   
Jun 29, 2010
Writing Feedback / people visit museums when they travel to new places; 'curiosity about ancestors' [4]

Museum is ^a place where people can see history, culture and creativity. There are many reasons that people like to visit museums .

Museum is a good place where presents us the histroy, cultures and ...

The first reason is some people like to study history.

For people who enjoy learning and studying history, museum is abbsolutely a fantasic spot. Here, what you receive are not only literal narrations but also vivid pictures or true objects, thereby giving you much deeper visual stimulation so as to make you better to understand the history.

When we come to a new place,the local museum no doubt is the best choice for us to get a clue about its culture and history.
cathyliu   
Jun 27, 2010
Undergraduate / How and Why: understanding scientific findings [7]

I think your essay's beginning is excellent. By telling your dream of your childhood, readers could see how eager you are to learn this kind of knowledge and how enthusiastic you are to it ,as it has been being you dream since you are a child.

Would it be bad if I pose questions thats strikes me now?

According to my experiences, I think as long as you express your eagerness for this subject sincerely, the readers eventually will be touched by your words.
cathyliu   
Jun 25, 2010
Writing Feedback / Victims in five different age groups in Venezuela - Table chart [3]

2:16
The table illustrates amounts of victims in five different age groups assulted by five categories of offenses in Venezuela during 1999. The five age groups are 0 to 14, 15 to 24, 25 to 44, 45 to 64 and more than 65. It can be clearly seen that the robbery was the biggest numbers of crimes and mainly focused on the second and third age groups.

According to the table, murder and blackmail experiences the similar trend along with the increase of age. Murder increased from 0 offences in first age group to its peak (72) in the third group. After that, it kept decrase until 13 offences in the last age group; while the blackmail jump from 4 at under 14 age group to 89 and then dropped to 8 during the more than 65 years old persons.

As for nigligence and kidnapping, it can be clearly seen that both kept dropping in the first three age groups. Negligence dropped from 39 to 0 and kidnapping fell from 110 to 48 during this period. Whereas negligence had a few growth , to 2 and 9 respectively in the last two groups, when kiddnapping kept constantly falling to 3 during the last age group.

In terms of Robbery, it hit the peak at the second age group by 4558, and then kept dropping until 220 at the last age group.

Overall, the robbery occupied the most proportion of offences, and to all the offences, the highest frequences happened mainly at 15 to 24 and 25 to 44 age groups, excepting kidnapping mainly occured at the first age group.

2:40
revised part:

The highest number of victims belonged to robbery, more than 4500 victims happened during 15 to 24 age group. This number dropped by about 25% and 75% repectively in the following third and fourth age group, compared with the highest number of crimes.

Another noticeable feature is that ...
cathyliu   
Jun 24, 2010
Undergraduate / How and Why: understanding scientific findings [7]

How to ^can aeroplanes fly?

the speed of lights ^lightning,

Thats why,I would really like to be placed on enrolled in

That is why I am (extremely) eager to be enrolled in ...
cathyliu   
Jun 24, 2010
Writing Feedback / IELTS essay: Factors Contributing to Job Satisfaction [5]

5:38
Due to the success of Industrial Revolution, the mainstream of lifestyle of human being has experienced an unprecedented transformation. Most time of each day is spending in workplaces instead of at home or in farmland. Correspondingly, most time of our lives will connect with job together. For individuals, whether a job brings individual's satisfaction or not, plays an important effect on personally happiness and enjoyment.

When individuals choose a job, the factors they often consider consist of personal interest, income and the atmosphere of workplace. Which dominates among them depends on the specific situation. For instance, a wealthy employee tends to choose his/her career from personal interest, so that he/she can fulfil personal potential maximum. In contract, a person from an impoverished family more tends to choose career from the angle of total income. The more the income is the more possibility for him/her to engage in it. The team atmosphere and work environment also play some roles in the process of seeking a job, as there is plenty of evidence that a large number of people keep changing their jobs just because they are not satisfied with work environment or the cooperation atmosphere of work group.

Besides what mentioned above, there are still other influences such as the person diploma, distance between home and workplace, traffic condition, local climate also affecting personal choice. Take personal diploma as an example, high educated individuals have more job opportunities so that they even can change the place, like going abroad to seek a high salary job. On the other hand, it is also possible that there are some people who are not willing to leave their home and prefer to work locally.

To sum up, as different people have different limited factors as well as personal position, the influences of job satisfaction should not only be restricted in the factors mentioned above. But over all, I think personal education background, interests, as well as salary occupy a majority of percentage among the factors of job satisfaction.

6:15
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I am interested in you topic , so write one myself. I have read yours, and there seems no grammer errors, but I personal think the sencond paragraph should be extended.
cathyliu   
Jun 24, 2010
Writing Feedback / Children spend too much time on computers; IELTS [7]

Thec Children could use it as a toy, listening ^to a song music and drawing pictures ^on it instead of on ^a piece ofpaper that it has increasingly changed ? for the last a decade.

Children use is as a tool of listening to music or drawing pictures, instead of listening to a radio or drawing on a piece of paper. So obvious has it changed our life especially during rencent decade that we cannot neglect its existence as well as the extensive influence it brings to us.
cathyliu   
Jun 23, 2010
Writing Feedback / Pie charts, comparing the sales of books [5]

The two pie charts compare the sales of books in the Famous Book Store during 2001 by book categories and by buyers belonging to different age groups and sex. It can be clearly seen that the parenting books was the most popular category during 2001; while interestingly, the biggest proportion of consumer group was men between 25 and 50 years old.

According to the first chart (left), the parenting books and cooking books, which occupied 25% and 22% of total sales respectively, were closely followed by psychology books which held 18% of total sales. Gardening books and Fantasy books with 13% and 11% of total sales, compared with, were about half of the sales of Parenting and cooking books separately. The least popular books were investing and technology books, with 7% and 4% of the total sales.

In terms of consumers, between the age group of 25 and 50, men with 28% of total sales and women with 23% of total sales dominated the consumer market. In terms of age group under 25 and over 50, women consumers occupied equal shares of 14%; correspondingly, the men of same age groups were 2% lower and 5% lower than women respectively/separately.

In conclusion, the parenting and cooking books were the most popular categories, and the age group of between 25 and 50 was the main buyers.

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cathyliu   
Jun 23, 2010
Writing Feedback / "Eyes On the Road" - Writing task for Emotional and physical journey [3]

be your own worststrictest critic and keep your eyes on the road.

I discovered that no matter whatwhich road you travel, at some point/sooner or later you will come across an intersection at whichwhere a choice must be made.

I discover that no matter which path you choose, you cannot avoid one intersection after another where a choice must be made.

your essay is excellent!
cathyliu   
Jun 20, 2010
Writing Feedback / Bar Graph description (coffee and meat consumed in selected countries) [2]

The bar graph compares the amount of coffee and meat consumed each year by Norway, France, Germany, USA, Russia, China and Japan. It can be clearly seen that USA has the highest consumption on meat (122 kg per person) while Norway has the maximum consumption on coffee. (9 kg per person), and the meat consumption of each country is far outweigh its coffee consumption.

According to the graph, next to USA, the countries that possess highest rates of meat consumption are Germany, France and Norway, consuming meat 87kg, 72kg and 60 kg per person each year respectively. In contrast, the three Asia countries have lower meat consumption rates, with China 47kg, Russia 45kg and Japan 42 Kg per person per year which almost equals to one third of the meat consumption rate of USA.

As for the consumption on coffee, except Norway, Germany, with 2 kg per person lower than that of Norway, is the largest consumption country. The France Russia and USA have similar consumption. Specifically, both France and Russia consume 5 kg per person on coffee, and USA is only one kg lower than them. In terms of Japan and China, the consumption of coffee is only 3kg and 2 kg per person each year separately.

In conclusion, the meat consumption in Asia countries such as China, Russia and Japan are far lower than that of Western Countries like USA, Germany, France and Norway. In terms of Coffee, it almost the same situation excepting the consumption of Russia is a little higher than that of USA and equals to the consumption of France.
cathyliu   
Jun 20, 2010
Writing Feedback / To what extent do you agree or disagree?---modern & traditional building [6]

Thank you Kevin, your encouragement always gives me enormous motivation.

accompanying with

should it be "---accompanying the population exploration" or "----accompanying with the population exploration"? or just "with the population exploration"?

This is one point I am still a little confusion. In my E-dictionary, there is an example as follows:
The Governor was accompanied to the palace by a militrary escort.
cathyliu   
Jun 16, 2010
Writing Feedback / TOEFL:I strongly agree that government should improve public transportation [3]

First of all, a perfect public transporttransportation system can help people to save many time, they do not waste time on waiting the red light or to find a parking lot.

save time or save much time.
First of all, a perfect public transport system help us save a large amount of time. Passengers do not need to spend time on waiting for the traffic light turning from green to red or finding a parking place for his vehicle.
cathyliu   
Jun 16, 2010
Writing Feedback / To what extent do you agree or disagree?---modern & traditional building [6]

I am sure the phrase "population explosion" is correct. But I am not sure the another one--- "house problem" or "habitat's problem", so I check up it on the internet. The correct expression, or I should say the common expression should be "housing problem".

The current population size living on earth is unprecedented.
or The current population size living on earth are much more than ever before.

Firstly, it is decided by the present social phenomenon. Nowadays, the population of the world has increased extreme rapidly.

Take ...for example, ==For example/For instance , so, I think all of them are feasible and viable.

But there is indeed a error happening.
Take china for example, which traditional buildings are usually one or two storeys/stories/floors, how can it accommodate the present 1.3 billion population by the past house structure which only need to provide accommodation for half of the current population?

I will go on check it tommorrow. Thank you. Walaa Ahmed
cathyliu   
Jun 15, 2010
Essays / Is anger ever beneficial? outline/essay [6]

Personally , I think moderate anger does good to our health.

As we are human full of feeling, it makes no sense to try to keep us calm for ever. As a matter of fact, anger ,which is a feeling expression just like happiness, is an effective approach to release our inner dissatisfaction. If reasonable anger can not be emitted in time, the serious consequence is far beyond our expectation. It is said that a certain percentage of people who fall mental illness are because of the pressed mood. ....

Besides that, the reflection of body when we get angry has some obvious features which I think are good to our health both mentally and physically. First of all, you are more concentration at that time. ....sencondly, comparing to the people who sit stably in front of TV, anger makes our body active,from head to toes, we even could say to some extent, anger stimulates our physical metabolism.

So , in my opinion, understanding our inner emotion such as happiness and anger, and futher master how to release them sensibly, is a compulsory course our contemporary people should take part in. Unfortunately, It seems there is lack of such an existence.

(Hope can help you)
cathyliu   
Jun 15, 2010
Writing Feedback / Positive and negative aspects of globalization - two-edged sword [3]

16:13
Even though globalization affects the world's economics in a very positive way, its negative side should not be forgotten. Discuss.

Globalization jus likes a two-edged sword, bringing us not only a series of enormous benefits, but also potential destruction in many fields. No one can deny the merits of it, but at the mean time, we must keep an eye on it to prevent its negative affects.

There are abundant facts to proof its strong points. Taking international trade as an example, on the one side, it provides the residents of both trade countries more chances to enjoy new products which they maybe never encounter if they do not travel in another country. Besides that, the processing progress of products also provides a large number of employments opportunities for the local inhabitants,which correspondingly promotes the standard of living of families or individuals. Furthermore, this is an effective approach to promote cultural communication among different countries.

Although there a wealth of benefits, we can not neglect the by-products it brings to us. The wide spread of many stuff such as violent movies and pornographies from developed countries has posed a serious threat to the import countries. At the same time, the developed countries' cultures are replacing the undeveloped countries' to some extent. More and more people, especially the youngsters, give up their local culture and turn their attention to the foreign ones.

In conclusion, due to the existence of both positive and negative aspects brought about by globalization, we should do our most to control its negatives while enjoy the welfare it brings us. Approaches such as more strict law system as well as propagandas among society should be taken immediately.

282words.
16:55
cathyliu   
Jun 15, 2010
Writing Feedback / The amount of money per week spend on fast foods in Britain - IELTS Task 1 essay [3]

Meanwhile, pizza was the least consumed among all which constituted components and was less that ?(than)100 gr in the mid period and the amount of consumption grew significantly between 1985 and 1990.

In contrast, those who earn low wage tend to spend over 15 pence per week foron fish and chips followed by hamburger and pizza

By the way , where do your topic come from? I am also preparing for IELTS, maybe I can find the graphs in my materials.
cathyliu   
Jun 15, 2010
Writing Feedback / To what extent do you agree or disagree?---modern & traditional building [6]

Modern buildings are appearing in large numbers, and some people believe that we should build our buildings in traditional styles. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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In present society, one of the most significant problems accompanying with the population exploration is house problem, so more and more sky-scrapers instead of traditional buildings are built. As far as this phenomenon is concerned, some people think that we should construct much more buildings in traditional styles.

Admittedly, there are some reasons for those people who stand for constructing building in traditional way. First of all, the traditional buildings may possess more aesthetic values and historical meanings. Compared with the modern ones, the traditional buildings contain paintings or characters relating to the past certain age or dynasties; which endow more value to the buildings. Secondly, the traditional buildings often provide more spaces to house owners or renters; thereby making the living condition much easier and more comfortable.

However, I do not think we should build our building mainly in traditional way. Firstly, it is decided by the present social phenomenon that the number of population living in the planet nowadays has never appeared even before. Correspondingly, we have to build most our living houses in a way that never come before. Besides that, constructing our building in a modern way is also an integral part of sustaining ecosystem. Try to imagine that if we all build our house in traditional way, take china for example, which traditional buildings are usually one or two layers, how can it accommodate the present 1.3 billion population?

In conclusion, I think that we could build a few numbers of buildings in traditional style which in order to hand down the traditional culture. But based on the social condition, most of our buildings should still construct in modern way.

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cathyliu   
Jun 1, 2010
Graduate / Personal Statement for Physician Assistant (what motivates me) [6]

It will be an honor for me

If I waswere asked the question what profession would I choose if I had the ability to be anythinganybody, /or (if I had the ability to do anything) , my answer would be a physician.

here "were" is more formal than "was". like: If I were you, ...

but also because it provides the opportunity for an individual to serve and care for humanity. other people.
humanity : people of the world ; you can not take care of the all people in the world.

I could receive my Bachelors degree and further my education to becomingbe a physician.

This career will provide me with knowledge about medicine, and I willhave some functionsmaster skills operated by a physician.

It will be an honor for me to

It will be my honour to ...
cathyliu   
May 27, 2010
Writing Feedback / Income gap is necessary to sustain a society to run dynamically; sports professionals earn big money [4]

Successful sports professionals can earn a great deal more money than people in other important professions. Some people think this is fully justified while others think it is unfair.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

In present ages, the phenomenon of enormous income gaps among all walks such as performers and scientists, athletes and educators has triggered plenty of unsatisfactory. Among them, the sports field because of its obvious higher income than other careers has become the focus of discussion. Some people think it is totally unfair for them to receive such a high salary while others think it is rather justified. I think both of the two aspects have their reasons for their opinion. While as far as I am concerned, I tend to stand for the latter attitude, namely, I personally consider it is a normal phenomenon for the sports professionals to earn much more money than others.

There should be some reasons for the people who disapprove of the generalization of huge income gap. First of all, it will lead to the obvious distance of standard of living. For the high income individuals, they would lead a high standard of living while the lower ones would apparently live a simple life, which is not the goal of our society. Furthermore, the inequality of incomes would influence directly the next generation, which is absolutely unfair for the generation of lower incomes individuals.

While as for the people who approve of the production of income gap, they may think of that it is an effective way to stimulate people to pursue their ideal careers. If they are eager to gain a high salary, then they need to devote themselves into it. Without this kind of stimulation, it is hard to say that there still would be so many people try their best everyday. Besides that, in terms of fairness, the high salary is a rewarding to those individuals such as sport champions who sweat every day.

In terms of my opinion, I think the income gap is necessary to sustain a society to run dynamically. But of course, aiming to its drawback, the government should take a series of steps to reduce the negative affects such as educational unfairness. By this way, we can promote the competition of current society and promise the normal development of next generation.

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cathyliu   
May 17, 2010
Writing Feedback / Control over happiness - 'people gain happiness differently' (SAT) [5]

Both external environment and internal environment motive motivate people to seek happiness.Through literature, one can see how this statement proves to be true.

(1)If you use "both" at the beginning of the sentence, then the subject should be composed of two units. So we can use either external and internal environments or external environment and internal environment.

(2) In regard to the verb, the word "motive" is apparent a noun, the verb of which should be "motivate". Besides "motive", it also has another noun form , namely , motivation.

When he became a gentleman,however, he led a squander life and was shocked to hear that Estella is already married.

He was shocked by the news that Estella had got married when he became a gentleman living an extravagant life eventually.

There are two points in your sentence needing to be pointed out.
(1) tense conflict. ... to hear that ...
(2) squander V. which means spending extravagantly, here I substitute "extravagant" for it.

PS. All mentioned above is only my personal opinion. Welcome to discuss and criticise.
cathyliu   
Apr 28, 2010
Writing Feedback / Media indeed poses an enormous influence on our opinions as well as attitudes [2]

Whoever controls the media also controls opinions and attitudes of the people and there is little can be done to rectify this.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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The media nowadays plays an important role in politics field. As it is so convenient and rapid to transmit information, some people think that the people who control the media are actually mastering the thought of individuals and there are little can be done to eliminate this control. Personally, I tender to agree the opinion that media affects and even to a certain extent controls people's attitudes to some affairs or objects. However, I do not consider that they can control people's opinions and there is nothing could be done to reduce its influence.

It is true that media could affect our daily life seriously. From the purchasing of daily necessity to the international news reports, we can get rid of the influence of media. In fact, we have to admit that with the help of media, such as the advertisement of new commodities, we are living a better life than ever before. Normally, we can choose the desired goods under the guide of media. As for the news report is concerned, now matter which channels we try to use to acquire the news, it seems that it is doomed the media would transfer the news in a position which is beneficial to the group who control it.

Then, is there nothing we can do to rectify these influence? I do not think so. On the contrary, in my opinions, there are at least two main approaches could help individuals to utilize the media much better. First, we should further improve the related law system which could control the ordinary commercial reports so as to avoid fraud affairs. Secondly, in terms of the political reports, we should encourage as more news institutes which are supported by different political groups to be established as possible; by this way, we can hear different voices so that we can compare and make much wiser judgment.

In conclusion, media indeed poses an enormous influence on our opinions as well as attitudes; however, there still are a large number of measures to be done to reduce these affects,such as improving law system and establishing more media institutes which represents different groups.

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cathyliu   
Apr 21, 2010
Writing Feedback / [IELTS-TASK1] Progress Diagram of Seawater Desalination [6]

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The chart illustrates the process of seawater desalination, which are coped with by total four steps to make seawater safer for humans to drink.

It can be clearly seen that the seawater is first taken into the pre-treatment filter container through a pipe where the filter backwash is returned to the sea by another pipe; next, the left water is forced to through membrance at high pressure, where the water molecules pass to the next step while the left concentrated seawater which contains the salt and inpurities is returned to the sea once again; the third step is the post-treatment, which tranfers the water into the container where are filled with lime, chlorine and fluoride. Afterwards, the water is stored into the storage where it is prepared for integrating into the water supply system for human consumption.

Over all, there are total four steps which could be divided into three main processing procedures and one storage procedure from seawater to freshwater by the seawater desalination equipment.

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Ps: Here I am just trying to write an essay under your provided topic, It is not intended to revise yours as your essay has been rather perfect. Besides, about the word 'intake', I check it on the dictionary, it seems it is a noun. (please check once again)

(Welcome any criticism)
cathyliu   
Apr 20, 2010
Writing Feedback / The role of technology in our lives today: have we become too dependent [8]

Starting with the simple example of food storage. Today the shelf life of the food products is increased with help of modern technology and even preparation time of food is reduced with the help of new machines and equipment. Thus ,making the consumer to have an ease at its consumption and also in saving a lot of productive time. Ultimately, making the person dependent on it for his own benefits. This is unlike to the times of traditional cooking where people had to spare time and even do physical labor compared to the modern technically advanced time of today.

There is a variety of examples to testify/certify this viewpoint that individuals are increasingly dependent on high-techonlogy. Take the food for example, the processing time and the shelf life are shortenedand and lengthened tremendously/immensely with the help of modern technolgy such as advanced production equipments as well as more effective preservation methods; undoubtedly, the obvious merits of modern technology would absolutely lead to the extinction of traditional production way. As a result, People will reckon on the technology more seriously to preserve food in the future.

Ps: Here I use one sentence structure like : A and B are C and D; which C are used to decribe A while D are used to decribe B. As I read it before from some articles, I am not sure whether it is correct here, so, discuss.
cathyliu   
Apr 19, 2010
Writing Feedback / The role of technology in our lives today: have we become too dependent [8]

[quote=singingbird]We are living in a society which is so called "technologically civilized" society.It is not an exaggereted statement nowadays that we all live on the basis of technology as what have surrounded us in rencent decades are a veriety of convenient living devices such as micro wave, washing machine,air conditioner, refrigerator which all are the products of high technology. So to a certain extent, we can safely draw the conclusion that we are more dependent

on technology than any time ever before.

Personally, I do not think we are depending on high technology in essence. So, I would change the last sentence above into the following one:

So does utilizing more modernized apparatuses mean we are more dependent on them? In other words, the more advanced the sci-technology develops the more we depends on high-technology? Personally, I do not think so; on the contary, I believe people living in the contemporary era are more independent than any time ever before.

(will continue later)
cathyliu   
Apr 13, 2010
Writing Feedback / View and your opinion on traditional culture protect/destroy by tourists [4]

Thanks Azeri for your sincere suggestion.
Thank Kevin for your suggestion and encouragement. It is your encouragement that gives me a lot of couragement to go forward on the road of studying english. I am extremely frustrate recently, as I find both my oral and writing are far away to be satisfied.

But anyhow, I will go on, with all of your help and encouragement.
cathyliu   
Apr 6, 2010
Writing Feedback / View and your opinion on traditional culture protect/destroy by tourists [4]

Some people think that traditional culture can be destroyed by using it as money-making attractions to tourists. However, others believe that it is the only way to save traditions. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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As the development of tourism, more and more traditional culture districts are open to tourists, which has triggered a hot debate Some people think that the traditional culture is destroyed while other claim that the traditional culture could be protected by using it as money making attractions. Personally, I believe moderate opening of traditional culture sites to tourists is an effective way to protect the local culture.

Admittedly, taking the traditional culture sites as money-earning machine would absolutely destroy the traditional culture to some extent. It is obvious that the vicious cycle would happen without reasonable management and controlment along with the arrival of increasing tourists, not only the environment of traditional culture districts would be destroyed, but also dissatisfactions and conflicts would be produced. There are not a few of such cases from the current reports or news.

However, we can not deny the functions and effects of opening them to the public. Most important of all is that it is the most effective to protect the culture itself, only when the culture is known and spread by the common people, will it have a long life span. Besides that, another effect that can be ignored is the economic income; the traditional culture building could be renovated and protected better by using them.

Personally, I think it is wise to more effective way to allow the tradition culture to be open to the public, but what I think is the most important is that the aim of opening it to the public should be spread and protect culture while not to earn money.

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Ps: It has been a long time for me to write an essay since the last one. So I feel a little shame and this one is not very good, welcome criticism.
cathyliu   
Mar 26, 2010
Undergraduate / Match with my educational goals (Seattle University) [4]

To be frank, the content is not be expressed fully. You can extend it base on your present article.

The first sentence could be extended in the following way:
Seattle University is a famous and respected university. Every year, it cultivates millions of thousands of students for the society. Not only input the students knowlege, but also encourage their creativities via its special education way. The students graduating from it could fulfil their potentials and receive approval from the society.

I want to be a knowledgeable and respected...(about yourself)

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