Academic writing: Task 2

Topic: Upbringing

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

Children who are brought up in families that do not have large amounts of

money are better prepared to deal with the problems of adult life than children

brought up by wealthy parents.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Write at least 250 words.

I do agree to the statement that ?children brought up in poor families are better prepared to deal with the problems of adult life than children brought up by wealthy parents?.

Children of poor parents are prematurely exposed to the problems of adult life eg. Learning to survive on a low family income and sacrificing luxuries for essential items. These children begin to see the ?realities? of life in their home or social environment. Their parents? own struggles serve as an example to them.

These children are taught necessary skills for survival as an adult from a very early age. Many children eg work in the weekends or holidays to either collect some pocket money or even contribute to their families? income. A good example is that many children who accompany their parents to sell produce at the market. They are working a direct contribution to their families in terms of labor or income.

Children of poor families also are highly motivated. They tend to ?set high goals to improve their economic and social situation. A relevant example would be Mr. Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft Corporation) He had an impoverished background but he used his talents and motivation to set up the world?s largest computer organization.

However, there are some problems that children from poor backgrounds do encounter. Many of these children who are “robbed” of their childhood eg whle working may feel cheated. They often turn to crime. This however, is a small group.

In summing up, children with impoverished backgrounds are able to deal with problems of adult life because of early exposure, family role models and shear motivation.

Examiner comments (bandscore 8)

The topic is very well addressed and the position is clear throughout. Main ideas are presented and well supported, apart from some over-generalisation in the penultimate paragraph. The rubric is copied in the opening paragraph, but when this is deducted from the overall word count, the response is not underlength. The ideas and information are very well organized and paragraphing is used appropriately throughout. The answer can be read with ease due to the sophisticated handling of cohesive devices—only the lack of an appropriate introduction and the minor error in the second use of ?eg? mars this aspect of response. The writer uses a wide and very natural range of vocabulary with full flexibility. There are many examples of appropriate modification, collocation and precise vocabulary choice. Syntax is equally varied and sophisticated. There are only occasional errors in an otherwise very accurate answer.

Overall this performance is a good example of Band 8.

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Chorleywood is a village near London whose population has increased steadily since the middle of the nineteenth century. The map below shows the development of the village.

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the development of the village.

该地图显示的是英国Chorleywood村从1868年至19xx年总计126年里的发展与变化。

The map shows the changes and development of Chorleywood village in Great Britain over a period of 126 years from 1868 to 1994.

从年代的变迁来看，从1868－1883的15年里，Chorleywood仅仅是一个很小的村庄，西面有一条主路。1883－19xx年，村庄的规模向南扩大了近三倍，而且在19xx年有了一条铁路线东西横穿新区，有了Chorleywood火车站。1922－19xx年，村庄从东、西两面又扩大了一倍多。1970－19xx年间，村庄加速向东面扩展，形成了以建于19xx年的南北方向的机动车公路为中轴、以差不多平行的东西向主路和铁路为切分线的五大区域，规模比原来又扩大了一倍多，Chorleywood公园和高尔夫球场将新区与老区分隔开来。

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Chronologically, during the first 15 years from 1868 to 1883, Chorleywood was merely a very small village with one main road to its west. From 1883 to 1922, we see that the village expanded to south, almost tripled the original scale. Besides, a railway line was built across the new area from west to east and there emerged the Chorleywood Station. During 1922-1970, Chorleywood extended both eastward and westward and almost doubled the previous size. Then during 1970-1994, the village accelerated its pace of development eastward and three new areas took shape with a north-south motorway built in 1970 as the axis, with the almost paralleled east-west main road and railway as two dividing lines, cutting this new area into five parts. This new expansion was almost twice the scale of the old village. The Chorleywood Park and a golf course separated the old and new area.

由此，我们看到了这个小村庄100多年里的快速发展史。

Thus, we see the fast expansion history of this small village across a span of over 100 years.

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