VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Page 102 writing task.

In Britain, when someone gets old they often go to live in a home with other old people where there are nurses to look after them. Sometimes the government has to pay for this care. Who do you think should pay for this care, the government or the family?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

It is quite normally that old person in Britain often live in a nursing home with other old people where there are nurses to look after them and that is really safety when any emergency happens.
My grandpa is living in a nursing home now and our family & government pay for this care half and half. In my opinion that is reasonable because there are many reasons as below.
Firstly, when my grandpa worked at his young age, he paid many tax not only for the government’s old person care service but also for the city build of the government. So I think it is certainly that government should pay some part of the fee and it’s important to show the citizens how well do they threat their people that enhance the people’s love to their country as well.
Secondly, I can’t imagine how hard that my grandpa brought up 3 children and it’s necessary that our family should threat my grandpa very well in return. Old person moves in nursing home with other old people instead of lives without the family, we go there and see my grandpa each weekend that we want to let my grandpa know that we never forget him and always love him all the time. Is there any reason for the family should not pay this fee? Of course not.
Lastly, all of us will get old someday and we all want to being treat well after that not only by the government but also by our family that we both devoted ourselves before. So we pay the fee half and half is the best conclusion as the way I think.

In Britain, when someone gets old they often go to live in a home with other old people where there are nurses to look after them. Sometimes the government has to pay for this care. Who do you think should pay for this care, the government or the family?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

It is quite normal that old people in Britain often live in a nursing home with other old people where there are nurses to look after them and that is really safe when any emergency happens.
My grandpa is living in a nursing home now and our family & government pay for this care half and half. In my opinion that is reasonable because of the many reasons as below / because of the following reasons / because of the below reasons.
Firstly, when my grandpa worked at his young age, he paid a lot of tax not only for the government’s old person care service but also for the city infrastructure of the government. So I think it is certain that government should pay some part of the fee and it’s important to show the citizens how well they threat their people and enhance the people’s love of their country as well.
Secondly, I can’t imagine how hard it was for my grandpa to bring up 3 children and it’s necessary that our family should treat my grandpa very well in return. Old people move into nursing homes with other old people instead of living / to live without family. We go there and see my grandpa each weekend because we want to let my grandpa know that we will never forget him / he is always in our minds and we will always love him. Is there any reason for the family to not pay this fee / is there any reason that a family should not pay this fee? Of course not.
Lastly, all of us will get old someday and we all want to be treated well after that, not only by the government but also by our family, both of which we were devoted to before. So I feel that paying the fee half and half is the best conclusion.

Opinion
In my opinion …
It is my belief that …
There are many reasons why I hold the opinion of… with the strongest one being that….
I strongly feel that …
Although it is a commonly held belief that ….. I would like to argue that …
It is widely believed that….. and I basically agree / disagree

that
which = that
i’m happy that you are happy – don’t need it (after adjective)
I want to let him know that he is special – don’t need it (after verb)

I prefer to drink coffee instead of drinking tea

I work really hard every day = ren zhen / nu li
eg. she is a hard worker
Working every day is really hard = nan
eg. It is really hard to learn English

eg both: working hard is not hard 

much more advanced

side effects – fu zuo yong
eg. there aren’t many side effects