Writing task 2

Writing task 2
1. The recent popularity of online shopping will result in the end of traditional shops. To what extent do you agree or disagree.
In recent years, online shopping is becoming more and more popular around the world because of its opportunities. Although some people believe that they could be a cause of local shops disappearing, I completely disagree with this idea thanks to 3 main reasons.
One of them is that in traditional shops people can check out the features of products which they want, especially clothes and foods. This means that customers can easily try on the clothes and define which clothes fit them. If customers encounter problems with size or design, they can return and choose another one. As well as this, buying foods personally is more significant, now that people can touch, taste products and buy them immediately.
Apart from this, shopping is the best tool which unites people. When people visit shops with their friends and parents, they spend their time together, because it allows them to share their ideas and set up good relationships, while many parents are preoccupied with working full-time jobs. As a consequence, this process also helps them know more about each other, such as their interests or tastes and it also gives them happiness.
Finally, despite the popularity of online shopping, the traditional way requires less time than shopping online. For example, some people live in the countryside or rural areas and it takes them many days to make an order or to receive the goods. Therefore, they do not often use these online shopping apps. Moreover, when people get some illnesses, there is no time to wait to buy medicines from online shops.
In conclusion, conventional shopping will not fall out of favor because of online shops' recent popularity for three exact causes: the examination of products individually, gathering people and spending time.

2. The best way to learn about a foreign culture is to watch movies.

Do you agree or disagree?
In recent years, watching international films is becoming more and more popular around the world because people not only watch them for entertainment, but they also do it for getting more information about different cultures. While it is the best way to study them, I think that there is another important way.
A film is often used as an educational tool for learning about different cultures by the majority of people. One of the reasons is saving valuable time as well as money. People can find almost any film which includes what foreign people eat, to put on, and behaviour at a click of a button. As well as this, by viewing these movies on the internet people will be able to know overseas cultures and they don't have to pay for it. Apart from this, watching materials are desirable because of how interesting and convenient they are. This means that the viewers can easily comprehend and remember the overseas cultures because movies shape cultural attitudes and customs, as audiences adopt the attitudes and styles of the characters they watch on screen and they can also look up necessary information any time on the internet by using their device such as a phone or tablet.
In my opinion, however, there are two beneficial ways to be aware of overseas cultures. The obvious one is travelling which has not fallen out of favor for many years. When people are constantly exposed to bright screens of their phones, computers or tablets, this can lead to the deterioration of vision, eyestrain and sometimes headache. Moreover, travelling allows us to interact with local people and know what they really like and dislike. But if people do not want to visit different nations, they can also use VR, including many opportunities. For instance, this device transport anyone to anywhere at the blink of an eye and people visit the abandoned remnants which cannot do it in the reality. As a consequence, people learn more about other cultures rather than only watching movies.
In conclusion, despite the comfort of watching movies are important, I believe that it is not the best way while travelling and state-of-the-art device provide more amenities to learn different cultures.
3. Many people feel that urban environments are more unhealthy than they have ever been. What do you think are the main causes of this problem? What measures can be effective in tackling this problem?
In recent years, it is common to migrate in urban cities but these are much less healthy for their inhabitants compared to the past. The main reason behind this are pollutions like air, noise as well as stress, however, the situation can be improved through making urban areas greener and adopting effective transport system.
There are several reasons why nowadays urban environments are not healthy to live. One of them is that increasing vehicles in these areas cause air, noise pollution. As a consequence, people, who move to these areas thanks to higher education facilities and greater work opportunities, face health conditions. Furthermore, residents of cities are likely to suffer from stress at work, which increase their risk of developing psychiatric conditions such as anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder. These kind of mental disorders contribute to mental and physical abuse of children by their parents which ends distressingly common with negative repercussions for children's physical and psychological well-being.
On the other hand, steps can be taken to address the issue. One successful way to do so is making urban areas greener. Providing that gardens with a few trees, shrubs and seats and green roofs were constructed in the city center, it would lead to both cleaner air and reduced stress. As well as this, living with green areas' greatest attribute, tough, may be aesthetic: they are living pieces of art and visiting these places includes a health benefit. The government should also play its part in overcoming this problem by having transport system. For example, when park-and-ride transport system is adopted, it declines the volume of vehicles in cities, in which motorists park their private cars at the edge of a town and take a public transportation from there to the town center. Such a measure will also enhance the quality of city life without noise pollution.
In conclusion, although the problem is a serious one, it can be tackled once the measures suggested are taken such as employing new transport system and creating green areas in urban cities.
4. People nowadays tend to have children at older age. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages.
In recent years, people who live in the development countries prefer to have babies at older age. While it has some drawbacks, they are outweighed by the benefits.
There are several drawbacks to having children at older age. One of them is that females who are old can suffer from health conditions during the pregnancy period, now that these women may lose their energy and strength, they are likely to face huge issues to give a birth. Moreover, the age difference is also negative side of having a baby at older age like parents at older ages may not play with their children since they have no time because of their work while their children want to play someone.
However, the upsides of having children at older age is more significant. The main benefit is of securing a stable life. Generally, parents, who have a child at older age, may not encounter any kind of financial problems like accommodation and they comprehend their own responsibilities better than young parents. Along with this, they are good advisers who can motivate their children in difficult situations, as well as this, they help them create bright future, choose best job and deal with some issues.
In conclusion, although having a child at older age has some negatives such as health problems and age difference, they are not significant as the positives, which include balanced lifestyle and chance to own good motivator for their children.
5. Some people today prefer to get advice for medical problems and do not want to visit a doctor. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
In recent years, it is not common for people to go to the doctor in order to recover while they have an opportunity to solve their health problems by another way. While this has some benefits, they are outweighed by the drawback.
There are several advantages to getting some advice for medical problems. One of them is that it is related to their financial issues. Because getting information from other sources like online medical articles or sites are free while others need payments for doctor’s diagnoses and recommendations. Apart from this, illnesses can be healed without going to the hospitals. For example, people, who want to dispose of cough, headache and others, can use beneficial and conventional treatment methods or obey some advices on interview of physicians. Both of them are not only cost-effective but also they are not time-consuming.
On the other hand, the downsides of getting advices from other sources are more significant. The main drawback is selecting harmful medicines. Generally, doctors are more specialized to treat patients based on their symptoms and they recommend drugs according to the same. Providing that they get their own medicine, it will influence on their health system, now that people do not be aware of the tablets, injections and oinments which are suitablefor their disease. Along with this, there are a lot of diseases which require some surgical operations and they are not healthy issues which are done withoutvisiting doctor.
In conclusion, although getting advice for medical conditions from online advisers or traditional methods has some positives such as saving time and money, they are not essential as the negatives, which include putting forward right medical prescription and operating process in hospitals.

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   Many young people today know more about international pop or movie stars than about famous people in the history of their own country.
   

Why is this? What can be done to increase young people’s interst in famous people in the history of their country?
In recent years, famous people from foreign countries draw people’s attention owerhelminly rather than their countries’s history and well-known people from the past. The main reasons behind this are the lack of awareness and young people priorities but the situation can be improved through better teaching methods and creating historical movies about ancestors.
There are several reasons why young people are not aware of their ancestors. One of them is that they do not want to study history at school, now that the lessons are boring thanks to a conventional way of teaching the subject. In other words, studying history about great ancestors often involves reading huge textbooks with few or no pictures and people find it both tedious and owerhelming. Apart from this, the outbreak of the entertainment on the internet is the root of this issue. For example, youngsters easily get information about internationalstars and their entertaing videos, songs through social-networking sites such as You Tube, Tik tok and Instagram. As a consequence, usually other more exciting posts are prioritized over reading about prominent people in the past.
On the other hand, steps can be taken to address the problem. One effective way to do so is applying new teaching techniques. Providing that teachers should design attractive lessons with presentations, plays and excursions, this would definitely tend people to read more about their great ancestors. The government should also play its part in increasing people’s interest in being informed about their ancestors, since when the government encourage movie makers and idols to assemble historical contiributions of ancestors into the film, it may impact on youngster’s mind.
In conclusion, although the problem is a serious one, it can be tackled once the measures suggested are taken such as employing new approaches to educating and making historical videos about great people in the past.

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