It's generally believed that some people are born with

certain talents, for instance for music and sport, and

others are not. However it's sometimes claimed that any
child can be taught to become good sports person or
musician. Discuss the two ideas giving your opinion.
It is clear that some people are born with certain abilities, but
research has shown that hard work and perseverance play an even
more important role.

In this modern society, people that have certain talents have become
more successful in life. Some people might argue that children can be
taught to become good sports people or musicians. This essay will
discuss both views on this matter.
To begin with, people who are born with talents, are extremely
intelligent and they can do what they want more easily than others.
Moreover, they can reach a higher level than another people. For
example, if the children have a painting talent, they can draw plenty of
pictures extremely well, although they do no training while most people
must practice for a long time.
In contrast, most people do not have talents, however, they can be taught
or trained to become competent. People who learn to paint while they
are a child, or study instruments when they are adults for a long time,
will be successful. For instance, if I learn the piano for long a time; 2 or
3 years, I can become a professional instrumentalist.
Taking everything into consideration, I strongly believe that people who
have the talents, but do not train or work hard, can be very successful.
On the other hand, if people do not have the talents, but they work hard
with significant practice, they will finally be a success at the same level
as people who are born with talents. It is important to remember that all
of these things depend on the individual's personality.

It is actually very common to hear people

saying that "this kid was born to do this". There
is much discussion as to whether people are
indeed born with talents or anyone can be
taught how to gain certain skills.
On the one hand, it is thought that each one of
us has a specific talent that was born with it.
Therefore, there are several children that are
definetely very good at music or sports even
from their young age even though they have not
be taught how to do this before. Moreover,
there are many children that have managed to
develop their skills on their own without any
help from experts. This is actually what
impresses people and yrge them to believe that
there are people that have been born with
specifis talents. However, that does not mean
that experts and teachers are not important, as
they play an essential role in order to identify
these talentes children and help them to
improve their skills.

On the other hand, several people argue that

everyone can become a good musician or
athlete, for example, provided that they are
taught by qualified teachers. What is needed is
to be really keen on learning and willing to try
hard in order to achieve your goal. There are
lots of examples of children that they didn't
seem to be able to ever be a musician, but after
a lot of practise and lessons, they finally
succeeded it. Everyone can become what he is
dreaming through the right and professional
training.
Taking all the above into consideration, I hold
the view that there are actually some children
that from the very young age seem to be very
talented in different skills, but without the
appropriate training from experts, noone can
improve their skills in order to reach to the
absolute perfect scale.

some people find commuting to and from the office

difficult .they say employers should allow their workers to
do certain office tasks from home .what are the
advantages and disadvantages of working from home

Topic: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of working

from home
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant
examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Working from home is becoming an increasingly common
career choice for a number of 21st-century employees. There a
both numerous benefits and downfalls that come with working
from home. In this essay, I will discuss both pros and cons of
working from home and try to draw several conclusions.
One of the greatest advantages of working from home is cost
and time saving when you do not have to commute to work. As
a matter of fact, terrible traffic jam and hours of waiting will be
not your concern if you chose to work from home.
Furthermore, you can save a great deal of money spending on
your cars or motorbikes. Secondly, working from home offers
flexibility in managing your own time. You can work whenever
and wherever you want in your house instead of sitting 8-hours
long in the office. Your time at work is also much more flexible
while it is not dependent on others schedule.
On the other hand, it requires a lot of self-discipline because
you can be very lose your contraction when working from
home. Without discipline, instead of working, you might end up
doing something else and find excuses for yourself why you did

not do this or that. Moreover, you will lose track of your time
and even be disobedient with your own plans and schedules.
Another major disadvantage of home-working is less
professional experience. A large majority of people working at
home do not really feel like they are professionals despite the
load of works or opportunities they are working on. In fact,
when youre at home, you feel at home, and hence you may be
less motivated to perform like when you do in an actual office
setting.
In conclusion, there are both pros and cons of this working
style. Despite that it helps to save cost and time and also
brings freedom to employees, others believe it causes
distractions and unprofessionalism at work. In my opinion, it is
better to keep work-life balance by separating personal life
from work.

Schools should concentrate more on teaching academic

subjects because they are of greater benefit for children in
the future. Less importance should be given to nonacademic subjects such as sports and music.
Do you agree or disagree ?
For long time , Schools main focus have always been more academic in
nature for the greater benefit of children future and have given less
importance to co-curricular activities like sports and music. In my
opinion this should continue as such for coming generation as well
because of many valid reasons, although there are some implications.
First of all, children are sent to school so that they can find good jobs
and settle in life without much struggle. This can happen only when

schools teach them subjects like science, maths, economics and

commerce.
Secondly, the world is ever changing because of technological
advances and focus on academic subjects make it easier for children to
keep themselves abreast of those innovations and advances. For
example, subjects like computer science prepares the student to face
the modern world of technology.
thirdly, the children can always acquire skills in music or particular
sports of their interest by taking extra classes or training outside of the
school on their own, unlike academic subjects where you acquire those
skills and formal certification only in schools, so it's only fair that
schools train the students for what it's built for in the first place.
However, not all students may be good in academics and may not help
them to secure their future as professionals. Also, the children may not
get dejected or discouraged, if they find out that they are good in some
sports or music and even serve as a seed for them to reflect or
channelize this towards academic areas. So it becomes important for
schools to identify these and concentrate more on non-academic
subjects as well.
Nevertheless, for the greater benefit of majority of the children it's
always better for schools to put more focus on academic subjects to
secure their future, although some children specialty may not be
academics.

In modern society, whether children should learn the

subjects that have less link with further career is an
issue that arouses controversy. Several individuals
assert that schools should only teach children the

subjects which will benefit them in the future

.Personally, Children should learn some so-called
unimportant subjects such as music and sport as well.
It is generally accepted today that music and sports
play an essential part in individuals daily life so as to
the children. When it comes to the advantages of these
kinds of courses, three points should be mentioned. At
the beginning, sports help a child to maintain an active
life style and a healthy body in the future. Meanwhile,
according to scientists, listening to music or playing
instruments can develops a higher level of thinking skill
which contributes to childrens capacities of problem
solving and evaluation. More importantly, all these
activities can give the children more opportunities to
socialize and build a long-lasting friendship. In other
words, children learn how to communicate and
cooperate with others which will also be beneficial to
their career in the future.

However, I admit that learning music and sports may

occupy the spare time of the teenagers. As students
have to finish doing all the homework, some even have
to attend after-school classes, they have less time to
relax themselves. Learning other instruments or sports
means more tasks and burdens for them. If the
students can not balance these works well, they may
fail to catch up with others in knowledge learning and
the school courses.
In conclusion, personally I think children should learn
some courses like music and sports. However, the
governments should set rules to restrict the learning
tasks and to guarantee the rest time for the children.
some people think that having children watch television
program is good for their mental development whereas
others believe that this is not true. what is your opinion ?
TV provides no educational benefits for a child under age 2.
Worse, it steals time for activities that actually develop her
brain, like interacting with other people and playing. A child
learns a lot more efficiently from real interaction - with people
and things, rather than things she sees on a video screen.

 TV viewing takes away the time that your child needs to

develop important skills like language, creativity, motor, and
social skills. These skills are developed in the kids first two
years (a critical time for brain development) through play,
exploration, and conversation. Your kids language skills, for
example, do not improve by passively listening to the TV. It is
developed by interacting with people, when talking and
listening is used in the context of real life.
TV viewing numbs your kid's mind as it prevents your child
from exercising initiative, being intellectually challenged,
thinking analytically, and using his imagination.
TV viewing takes away time from reading and improving
reading skills through practice (Comstock, 1991). Kids
watching cartoons and entertainment television during preschool years have poorer pre-reading skills at age 5 (Macbeth,
1996). Also, kids who watch entertainment TV are also less
likely to read books and other print media (Wright & Huston,
1995).
According to Speech and language expert Dr. Sally Ward, 20
years of research show that kids who are bombarded by
background TV noise in their homes have trouble paying
attention to voices when there is also background noise.
Kids who watch a lot of TV have trouble paying attention to
teachers because they are accustomed to the fast-paced visual
stimulation on TV. Kids who watch TV more than they talk to

their family have a difficult time adjusting from being visual

learners to aural learners (learning by listening). They also
have shorter attention spans.
School kids who watch too much TV also tend to work less on
their homework. When doing homework with TV on the
background, kids tend to retain less skill and information.
When they lose sleep because of TV, they become less alert
during the day, and this results in poor school performance.
A long-term study conducted by the Millennium Cohort Study
and published in 2013 found that children who watched more
than 3 hours of television, videos, or DVDs a day had a higher
chance of conduct problems, emotional symptoms and
relationship problems by age 7 than children who did not.
Notably, they did not find the same problem with children who
played video games for the same amount of time.
TV exposes your kid to negative influences, and promotes
negative behavior. TV shows and commercials usually show
violence, alcohol, drug use and sex in a positive light. The
mind of your kid is like clay. It forms early impressions on what
it sees, and these early impressions determine how he sees the
world and affect his grown-up behavior. For instance, twenty
years of research has shown that children who are more
exposed to media violence behave more aggressively as kids
and when they are older. They are taught by TV that violence

is the way to resolve conflict as when a TV hero beats up a

bad guy to subdue him.
Kids who watch too much TV are usually overweight, according
to the American Medical Association. Kids often snack on junk
food while watching TV. They are also influenced by
commercials to consume unhealthy food.

Also, they are not

running, jumping, or doing activities that burn calories and

increase metabolism.

Obese kids, unless they change their

habits, tend to be obese when they become adults. A recent

study confirms this finding, suggesting that even just an hour
of TV is associated with childhood obesity.
Researchers from the University of Sydney report a link
between total screen time and retinal artery width in children.
Kids with lots of screen time were found to have narrow artery
in their eyes, which may indicate heart risk.
A 2014 study published in the International Journal of
Cardiology suggests that children aged 2 to 10 who watch TV
for more than two hours a day is 30% more likely to be at risk
for blood pressure compared to those who spend less time in
front of TV. Lack of physical activity increased the risk even
more - by 50%. The lead researcher Dr Augusto Cesar de
Moraes, from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, warned that
the condition can cause cardiovascular problems later in life.
The findings are consistent with an earlier 2009 study.

 TV watching also affects a childs health and athletic ability.

The more television a child watches, even in the first years of
life, the more likely he is to be obese and less muscularly fit,
according to a study by the University of Montreal. Even
though your kid does not aspire to be a football star, his
athletic abilities are important not only for physical health, but
predicting how physically active he will be as an adult.
Every hourly increase in daily television watching from two and
a half years old is also associated with bullying by classmates,
and physical prowess at kindergarten, said Professor Linda
Pagani of the University of Montreal and the CHU SainteJustine children's hospital.
Some experts, however, believe that TV is not all that bad. They
qualify though that viewing TV can be good if it is done in
moderation, and if the program being watched is selected:
Some TV shows can educate, inform and inspire. It can be
more effective than books or audiotapes in teaching your kid
about processes like how a plant grows or how to bake a cake.
Studies show that kids who watch educational and non-violent
childrens shows do better on reading and math tests than
those who do not watch these programs.
Kids who watch informative and educational shows as
preschoolers tend to watch more informative and educational
shows when they get older. They use TV effectively as a

complement to school learning. On the other hand, kids who

watch more entertainment program watch fewer informative
programs as they get older (Macbeth, 1996).
Preschoolers who viewed educational programs tend to have
higher grades, are less aggressive and value their studies more
when they reach high school, according to a long-term study
(Anderson, et. al, 2001).
Finally, scientists from the University of Siena found that
children experience a soothing, painkilling effect by watching
cartoons. So perhaps, a little entertainment TV can be a
source of relief to kids who are stressed or are in pain.
For more on how to make TV a more helpful rather than a harmful t

Some parents believe that watching television is bad for their children.
So, they try to restrict their children from watching TV. However, other
parents think that there is nothing bad in watching TV. Personally, I think
that watching TV brings children only benefits unless they spend in front
of TV set less then a couple of hours daily. For the following reasons,
which I will mention bellow, I believe that television plays an essential
role in child's development.
First of all, television helps a child to extent his or her range of interests.
Children can find out many new things and make many exiting
discoveries for themselves. In addition to these practical benefits
television improves children's vocabulary, their memory and gives them
the opportunity to gain more knowledge. I think it is very essential for a
child. Of cause, someone can say that there are plenty of different
resources of information such as books and teachers. But, I think, in our
modern world children must learn faster and use all contemporary

technology in order to succeed. Secondly, watching cognitive programs

helps children to learn more about wild life, our environment and about
the importance of preserving our forest and wild animals that live there.
Scientists say that a child should not watch TV more then 40 minutes
successively. For example, my mother always made us have a break
after watching TV more then half an hour and let our eyes rest for
several minutes before turning on the TV again. I think it is the best
solution.
To sum up, I believe that television gives children and all people the
opportunity to learn what can not be learn from books. Television and
movies in particular allow people to feel the reality and see what they will
most likely not be able to see in their lives. Personally, when I was a
child I liked to watch cognitive programs about wild animals.
Unfortunately, my family had only one TV, but these programs were the
only ones we all wanted to watch. So, we gathered in our living room
and watched them in complete silence and I always remember those
moments with a smile on my face.

Health services are the basic necessity for a

person. Private companies have made the
health services quite costly for ordinary
individuals. Do the advantages of private health
care outweigh its disadvantages?
The development of society and technology not only has improved the
general living standard but alsoenhanced the individuals' awareness o
f health service.For the past few decades,while privatecompanies hav
e made the health service quite costly for ordinary individuals.This phe

nomenon hastriggered a heated debate about whether the private heal

th care is beneficial or damaging.
It is undeniable that private health care has its inevitable drawbacks.T
he hospitals will come into beingprofit-oriented institutions as soon as t
he health care turn into private.Because the retained profits wouldredu
ce substantially in case the hospitals lose the subsidies from goverme
nt due to the high cost of themaintenance of madical devices. Another
view should be put forward that some private health carecentres are n
ot qualified to practice the medical service.Goverment's supervision ov
er private hospitalssometimes are not adequate.This factor might caus
e a severe consequence that one's health is not betaken care of but b
e injured.No one,I am sure,would like to see this happen to the familie
s,especiallythe elders.
However,reaching the above mentioned conclusions does not mean th
e same as that we could turn ablind eye to the benefits of private healt
h care.A good private health centre might give patients morepersonal t
reatment and service,which could save plenty of time for waiting in qu
eues.This might be theproblems that public health centres could not er
adicate in a temporary time due to the vast majority ofpeople who ben
efit from health care.
In conclusion,despite some benefits of private health care,public ones
are still irreplaceable in terms ofits intrinsic value.There are high hopes
that government could work out some feasible approaches,suchas layi
ng down some laws and regulations,accelerating the subsidy,to improv
e the efficiency of publichealth care system.

Tourism has negative effect on certain destinations

and many people believe that particular tourists are
to be blame for that. Discuss the specific negative
effects that were identified as ones with impact on
tourist places. What are the solutions to this
situation?
Tourism can bring many economic and social benefits, particularly
in rural areas and developing countries, but mass tourism is also
associated with negative effects. Tourism can only be sustainable
if it is carefully managed so that potential negative effects on the
host community and the environment are not permitted to
outweigh the financial benefits.
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Economic Effects -- Positive

Tourism creates jobs, both through direct employment within the
tourism industry and indirectly in sectors such as retail and
transportation. When these people spend their wages on goods

and services, it leads to what is known as the "multiplier effect,"

creating more jobs. The tourism industry also provides
opportunities for small-scale business enterprises, which is
especially important in rural communities, and generates extra tax
revenues, such as airport and hotel taxes, which can be used for
schools, housing and hospitals.

Economic Effects -- Negative

Successful tourism relies on establishing a basic infrastructure,
such as roads, visitor centers and hotels. The cost of this usually
falls on the government, so it has to come out of tax revenues.
Jobs created by tourism are often seasonal and poorly paid, yet
tourism can push up local property prices and the cost of goods
and services. Money generated by tourism does not always
benefit the local community, as some of it leaks out to huge
international companies, such as hotel chains. Destinations
dependent on tourism can be adversely affected by events such
as terrorism, natural disasters and economic recession.

Social Effects -- Positive

The improvements to infrastructure and new leisure amenities
that result from tourism also benefit the local community. Tourism
encourages the preservation of traditional customs, handicrafts
and festivals that might otherwise have been allowed to wane,
and it creates civic pride. Interchanges between hosts and guests

create a better cultural understanding and can also help raise

global awareness of issues such as poverty and human rights
abuses.

Social Effects -- Negative

Visitor behavior can have a detrimental effect on the quality of life
of the host community. For example, crowding and congestion,
drugs and alcohol problems, prostitution and increased crime
levels can occur. Tourism can even infringe on human rights, with
locals being displaced from their land to make way for new hotels
or barred from beaches. Interaction with tourists can also lead to
an erosion of traditional cultures and values.

Environmental Effects -- Positive

Tourism -- particularly nature and ecotourism -- helps promote
conservation of wildlife and natural resources such as rain forests,
as these are now regarded as tourism assets. It also helps
generate funding for maintaining animal preserves and marine
parks through entrance charges and guide fees. By creating
alternative sources of employment, tourism reduces problems
such as over-fishing and deforestation in developing nations.

Environmental Effects -- Negative

Tourism poses a threat to a region's natural and cultural
resources, such as water supply, beaches, coral reefs and
heritage sites, through overuse. It also causes increased pollution
through traffic emissions, littering, increased sewage production
and noise.
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When holiday season is coming, the growth of tourists will expand the
number. In the same time, some destinations of tourism also peak in
numbers, so indigenous inhabitants have to get ready to serve for
supplying their demand for tourism needs; accommodation, place, and
food. What is more, government will increase the income from the
numbers of visitors. However, I think people have to realize that there
are some impacts from the number of tourism for a country.
Tourists believe that a wonderful view of a country can turn their life
into a relaxing time to recover stressful. The cultural diversity, which
derives from tribal or ethnic are the tourism destinations that possible
to improve more income of a country. With the growing of tourists, the
government also has a chance to raise the financial sources of a
country, and to build public and health facilities; hospitals, roads and
highways. Based on this example, I think that government should take
much attention about its nature.
However, in reality, tourism contribute one of the huge nature
problems of a country. It is because visitors who came from cities
consider that they do not have to improve the surrounding. The main
reason is because the tourist destinations are poor of policies, and
there is no rule and official penalty for the infraction to obey, so some

tourists tend to ignore the matter of environment impacts. For

example, tourists in the beach who littered rubbish unable to get any
sanctions, but they are free to go anywhere else.
In conclusion, the increasing of tourists, tourists seem as an impact of
the nature problems, but tourists expand as an income in the same
occasion. I think to decrease the impacts; every tourist should be given
some introductions before entering a country by the government. With
giving the introduction of a country to every visitor, it means tourism
regards to obey the countrys rules and the penalties, so tourists tend
more aware during travelling in every destination. I believe with this
way, the purpose of clean nature obtains convenience.