You have 20 minutes to plan and write your response. Your response will be evaluated on the quality of your writing and how well you present the points in the lecture and their relationship to the reading passage.
The reading passage opts for a mandatory policy to offer employees the option of working a four-day workweek for 80 percent of their normal pay and has illustrated some of its benefits. The lecturer on the other hand is doubtful of what the passage presents....
Write a book summary of Animal Farm and describe the important events
The book I read is Animal Farm by George Orwell. George Orwell was a huge fan of socialism. As one of the socialist countries, the Soviet communist regime became dictatorial and corrupt, he wrote this as a satire on the Russian Revolution. This is the purpose according to the author. After reading the whole book, I felt that the purpose of this book is to show how socialism corrupts and its process....
You have 20 minutes to plan, write, and revise your response to a reading passage and a lecture on the same topic. First, read the passage and take notes. Then, listen to the lecture and take notes. Finally, write your response to the writing question. Typically, a good response will require that you write 150-225 words.
The reading and the lecture describe several characteristics of the Emperor penguins. Nevertheless, they have different viewpoints over the same subject, and I will explain them in the subsequent paragraphs.First, the passage stands that these animals are abundant in the world and monogamous, thus, they only have one partner for life. However, the lecturer explains that new evidence showed that penguins are only loyal when they are able to find their mate. In fact, if they cannot locate them, it is probable they will find another couple. For instance, the lecturer explains that the study elucidated that only 15 percent of penguins tend to be as loyal as the reading estimates....
living in the city or countryside. which do you prefer
This is a controversial topic, because both of them have advantages and disadvantages, thus it is difficult to provide proper judgement at the first glance. To begin with the positive aspects, numerous employment opportunities that cities offer shall be mentioned. Many people claim that cities offer a lot of opportunities for personal development and carrier growth. In addition, in most of the countries universities are also concentrated in larger cities. Moreover, there are more activities offered in cities whether that’s different entertaining facilities, sport centers or simply shopping mall. But the first thing that comes to my mind about cities, is traffic jams, busy streets and a lot of city noise accompanied with increased air pollution. As for the countryside, it offers quite, calm, peaceful atmosphere with fresh air and natural products, however, there are less job opportunities or career advancement possibilities. However, in my opinion, nowadays those boundaries are also being destroyed by technological advancements and remote job opportunities....
More and more people mainly get their news on social media. In your opinion, what could explain such a phenomenon?
The article introduces the topic of corn-based ethanol. More specifically, the writer discusses the advantages of switching from fossil fuels to this alternative energy source. The lecturer in the listening passage disagrees. He believes that the benefits the author mentions are misleading and attacks each of the claims made in the reading....
Some people believe that children’s leisure activities must be educational, otherwise they are a complete waste of time. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your experience.
To derive a double benefit from anything is considered a bonus, and this is especially the case when discussing leisure activities for children. The idea to fuse both education and entertainment into one activity is a goal of many educators; some would even believe that failure to do this makes the activity pointless. Drawing from examples in Sweden and reviewing games, such as Pokemon, I firmly believe that all activities should have an educational value....
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should be given a modest weekly allowance for doing household chores. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
It has always been hard to succeed in parenting. Parents should raise both independent and conscious children . One of the good ways to teach children to be thoughtful about finances is giving them weekly pocket allowance for home chores. I think this approach is necessary in parenting....
What are the advantages and disadvantages of owning a car. give the example to support your opinion
The lecture and reading are about altruism, which is a opposite term of selfishness of an animal or/and human. The author of the passage raises mainly three points to explain altruism. However, the lecturer challenges the author. While the author argues that many animals and humans show altruistic behavior in expense of little reward, the author disputes the claims mentioned in the article....
Should wood companies in the USA obtain certifications that meet high ecological
standards or not?
Obtaining and manufacturing eco-friendly products has become highly important in the 21st century. This resulted in a need to obtain an international certification for wood manufacturing and production companies, to prove the authenticity and how eco-friendly their product is. Many companies gained this certificate to market their product as eco-friendly. However, there was a debate that arose in the United States analyzing whether this certification would prove beneficial or not. According to the passage, it says that Americans may not even pay attention to these products marketed as eco-friendly and have little to no trust in them. This view is contradicted by a lecturer, according to him, the citizens of the United States have a lot of trust in independent certification agencies, making this certification provided by them slightly useful while also pulling the attention of the Americans towards these products. Furthermore, in the reading there exists certain remarks made dealing with an increase in the price of the wood product due to the charges required to attain these certifications. To this,the lecturer said that the American populous would choose a better-certified product assuming the increase was a mere 5%. The last point of the reading states how American companies sell most of their products in the country and not in foreign nations, this statement was quickly matched by the lecturer stating that if the American wood companies do not get in sync with the development happening in the industry and market daily, foreign companies might see this as an advantage and take over the American market selling their eco-friendly, certified products....
name a good leader in the world, and give details and reasons for your choice.
An army of sheep lead by a lion defeats and army of lions lead by a sheep. A leader is the one who leads, as the appellation suggests, and others follow, so the leader can let the group fall down the valley or help and lead them to ascend to the crest....