2 Online Class Notes (Ally)

April 8, 2023AllyAlex L

Homework

speaking/writing topics and opinion/language
1. education/school life
2. economy / work
3. social problems – birth rate, moving
4. internet/technology

(4) Young people who commit serious crimes, such as a robbery or a violent attack should be punished in the same way as adults. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Agree

R1: teenager has to be taught by consequences
Teenagers will not realize their mistakes if they are punished severely(even do worse when they grow up)
We should treat them just like adults

R2: but same time should depends on the age the are
Some teenagers are too young that don’t know the degrees to which things they should done
Something they just think it’s cool and do that
Society should take action to help teenager have education , and prevent them from taking dangerous and wrong actions

2 line-graph questions

(3) Some people believe that children can learn effectively by watching TV and they should be encouraged to watch TV at home and school. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

(agree)

R1: spend too much time on the tv is bad for health, especially in the process of growing up.
Reduce a lot of time on other habits(sports)
Maybe they cant chat with other kids in the real life(have no time to practice)

R2: many tv programs are beneficial for kids, kids can learn a lot from it
(foreigner language, cooking , drawing , travelling , chatting)
Kids can find their own hobbies and develop the interests
Can stimulate the passion of study)

(5)In the past people store knowledge in the books. Nowadays people store knowledge on the internet. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages

(The advantages outweigh the disadvantages)
R1: store knowledge on the internet is more easily and cheaper (many books are expensive)
People can surf the information quickly just by a phone or computer

R2: bookshelf needs a lot of space (not everyone’s house have the study)
The Internet only needs servers to store information

R3 :we can share the knowledge easily through the internet , which the book cant do

(6) In some countries around the world, men and women are having babies late in life. What are the reasons? Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

advantages outweigh the disadvantages
R1: people want have a higher career advancement
Students want have more time to study and get better degree
High tax and the pressure from the life
More and more people like single life
Want have more free time to do the things they really liked(travel cook exercise)
Have more choice in the life
High technology lets people have more way to have a baby(test-tube baby)

To society: cause aged tendency of population (spending more on the medical care)
Don’t have enough of the young people(cant help the economy)

But people will feel more happy (have choice to enjoy the life they choose)

To family: no kids to take care of the parents when they are old
but family members will feel happy(less argue)
Less pressure on the kids

(2) Some people think advertising may have positive economic effects. Others think it has negative social effects because individuals are not satisfied with what they are and what they have. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
R1: positive economic effects
Help the company improve product awareness
Increase the value of the product(cosmetics)
Encourage competition in the marketplace
Have more job opportunities

R2: from negative social effects
Causing people to be dissatisfied with what they have
The image advertised is too ideal
Some of the ads were misdirected

Vocabulary

strategy: 策略

Speaking exercise

Writing exercise

think about what hasn’t been said in the thesis/topic sentence – make sure the REAL opinion is in the first sentence
content/logic first – structure serves logic
long -long-short-long…. – think about the READER
elaborate – put yourself in the situation, not scholar
for examples, you can use a little tail
for – years/categories/after “increase” ? … of – amount… by- amount of inc/dec (decreased by 5%) … at – location/position
for task one – have? -> there be, use more passive voice
for other side argument – start 铺垫 in the beginning (some may say… popular opinion is that … admittedly, … it is undoubted that …)

(1) Some people think government should spend money on looking for life on other planets, while others believe it is a waste of money as there are many problems on the earth. Discuss both sides and give your opinions

(agree)
R1: there are countless possibilities in the universe and future(resource)
May be alien high technology can help human overcome the difficulties that people can’t do now
New finding resource in the universe may safe and clean (protect the earth and help humans)

R2: However, many oppose space exploration because they believe that we should spend our time and money on solving the problems on Earth.
(limit resource)
(huge pollution and population explosion)
-gov’t has already taken action – subsidy, unions, clubs, UN – no use
If one day human face the danger that cause the extinction , we need a new home and planet to live

(2) Many young people leave school with a negative attitude. What are the reasons ? How can we encourage young people to study?

R1:many students don’t like studying (boring or too difficult for them)
Too much stress in tests (tough competition between students) (many schools have daily test)
Too much work that causes inability to sleep early/causes students to not have enough rest.

R2:have conflict in the school (school bullying)
(parents’ scold at home)
(students don’t have friends at school and feel lonely)
Many problems together lead to the psychological problems.

R3: Things we should do: parents and teachers chat often with students
Teach but don’t only blame and scold even beat
Let students have more free time and do the things they liked

Conclusion: Students face lots of serious problems nowadays , including their troubles on studying , conflicts in the school and home life , which leads to psychological problems . There is no simple solution to these problems. Parents and teachers need to work tgt to communicate, educate, and help the students overcome these difficulties.

(3) Some people believe that children can learn effectively by watching TV and they should be encouraged to watch TV at home and school. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

(agree)

(4) In the past, the role of teacher was to provide information. Today, students have access to wide sources of information. There is, therefore, no role of teacher in modern education. Do you agree or disagree?

(Disagree)
R1:some information on the internet are not accurate or even wrong
Teacher is the most reliable during study
Too many information on the internet , they are messy

R2: asking teacher for the help is also a studying process
Study is not only know the knowledge but find the way on how to study and study well – more important than the class material
The internet can’t have the emotions like the teachers

(5)In the past people store knowledge in the books. Nowadays people store knowledge on the internet. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages

R2: bookshelf needs a lot of space (not everyone’s house have the study)
The Internet only needs serves to store information

R3 :we can share the knowledge easily through the internet , which the book cant do

(6) In some countries around the world, men and women are having babies late in life. What are the reasons? Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

Having babies and starting families is a complex issue for all young couples. As society develops and more options are provided, young couples today have more considerations when deciding when to have a baby. Based on these reasons/after analyzing these reasons, I find that the advantages of…. outweighs its disadvantages.

To society: cause aged tendency of population (spending more on the medical care)
Don’t have enough of the young people(cant help the economy)

But people will feel more happy (have choice to enjoy the life they choose)

To family: no kids to take care of the parents when they are old
but family members will feel happy(less argue)
Less pressure on the kids

– the graph shows/illustrates/describes
– from the graph, we can learn the …

We can learn the quantities of goods transported in the UK between 1974 and 2002 by four different modes of transports through the graph.

Through these four lines graphs, we can learn that the goods transported by the water and rail in UK in 1974 both start at about 40 million tonnes. After eight years , the goods transported by the water has a slight rise of about 58 million of tonnes. And it remained relatively steady until/to 1998 , and finally increased about 62 million of tonnes in 2002. However , the quantities of goods transported by rail is maintaining a downward trend. The trend continued, and finally changed when the goods transported by rail rised to about 41 millions tonnes in … . However, the amount of goods transported by water is always more than that transported by rail.

The goods transported by road has a similar trend to the goods transported by pipeline , but those transported by road is far more than those by pipeline , which started at about 70 million of tonnes in 1974. And it kept staying far ahead from 1974 to 2002, And had a leap of about 98 million of tones in 2002.

All in all , we can know that the technology are highly development in recent 28 years , all the transported ways had the upward trend,

(1)In the past, people lived in the same place for their whole life. However, it is common that people, now, change their living place several times during their life. What are the reasons and is it a positive or negative development?
（positive）
R1：people want a high-paying job
The pressure from life and job is great nowadays(economy)
Some jobs cause the life style is so quick people cant endure anymore

R2 : People want expand their social circle(meet new people in new place)
People want better education

For society
Positive ways
The flow of talented people makes the economy grow
Different cultures together make beautiful world

R2: from negative social effects
Causing people to be dissatisfied with what they have
The image advertised is too ideal
Some of the ads were misdirected

(3)Children finds it is difficult to concentrate on or pay attention to school. What are the reason? How can we solve this problem?
R1:many students don’t like study (boring nor too difficult for them)
Too many works that cause the students cant have a good rest at night.(or games and activities)

R2:some ill(hyperactivity)
Some trouble in real life(family conflict)

Solution: more doctor and family members’ cares
More control on phones or computers
Make students’ body stay health(do more exercise)
And have enough time on study

(4) Young people who commit serious crimes, such as a robbery or a violent attack should be punished in the same way as adults. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Agree

R1: teenager has to be taught by consequences
Teenagers will not realize their mistakes if they are punished severely(even do worse when they grow up)
We should treat them just like adults

The river I want to talk about is Thames in London. the first time I saw it is on the internet. In 2018, I go to London in summer vacation. I was attracted by this beautiful river and I see people row both on it and … it runs through the whole city. People can live on the high level apt and see it with very beautiful views. I really don’t know the changes in different seasons.. Maybe it will be more beautiful in the winter time, when there might be ice and snow on it. I hope one day I can

Writing exercise

This chart shows/illustrates the number of marriages and divorces rates in the USA between 1970 and 2000, and the marital status of adult Americans in two of the years.
From the first chart, we can learn that the number of marriages in the USA has a general downward trend in 30 years. It dropped from 2.5 millions in 1970 and 1980 to about 2.2 millions in 1990, then finally dropping to a new low of 2 millions in 2000. And the number of marriages is always more than the number of divorces. The number of divorces are almost the same/very similar in 1970,1990, and 2000 – amounting to about 1 million in these years. The height/peak of divorces was in 1980, at about 1.4 million.
From the second chart, we can see that in 1970, married people had the largest proportion which was 70%/the largest proportion was married people, which was about 70%. and the divorced group had the the smallest percentage for only 5 percentage of adults, The percentage of adults of who was never married and widowed has the similar trend around 10%.And after 30 years, in 2000, the number of married couples were decreased to 60% , but it still was the largest population, and the people who are widowed also decreased and became the smallest proportion. Besides. the percentage of people who were never married and the percentage of those divorced also increased to about 20% and 10%.
All in all . after the year 1980, both the number of marriages and divorces had a downward trend , while/whereas the number of the never married people and divorced people had a slight upward trend

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