You need to write about two of the following topics. You will first need to make a draft for your writing. You need to email me your drafts and writing tasks as soon as you can. The first task should be emailed by Sunday night.
Here are some of the topics you can choose from:
• Public transport should be free. Do you agree or disagree?
• The Internet makes life easier. Do you agree or disagree?
• Junk food advertising should be banned. Do you agree or disagree?
• Alcohol should be banned on planes. Do you agree or disagree?
• School children should not wear uniforms. Do you agree or disagree?
• There should be security cameras at every street corner. Do you agree or disagree?
Here is a web site that can help you with your writing task.
http://www.writingfun.com/writingfun2010.html
Monday, 21 March 2011
Junk Food Ads
Nowadays, many people all over the world eat junk food. They believe that it tastes good and is easy and fast to get. They think that fast food is convenient because the cost is always cheap. In addition to that, young children get into the habit of eating junk food at a very young age.
I strongly believe that eating junk food can cause a lot of harm to the human body. Moreover, it can negatively affect the health of many people. We should ban junk food advertising because it is unhealthy. Junk food contains a lot of sugar, salt and fat. On one hand, they can cause obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. On the other hand, junk food is bad for health.
According to statistics from America, young children watch nearly 20,000 junk food advertisements a year. This is nearly one ad every five minutes. In addition to that, they spend about 25 hours a week watching TV. Young children ask their parents to buy them junk food meals because the ads target them. Governments should ban junk food advertising during the times when young children are watching TV. The government should also teach people about the benefits of eating healthy food.
On the other hand, some people believe that junk food is tasty, easy and cheap to buy because many people work long hours. In fact, I believe that those people are wrong because junk food causes many problems to people’s health. All it takes is a little planning to cook healthy food to keep your family healthy and save your money. People can also save a lot of money by buying ingredients and cooking at home.
All things considered, we should ban junk food advertisements because they make people unhealthy and we should encourage people to cook and eat healthy food and take more exercises.
I strongly believe that eating junk food can cause a lot of harm to the human body. Moreover, it can negatively affect the health of many people. We should ban junk food advertising because it is unhealthy. Junk food contains a lot of sugar, salt and fat. On one hand, they can cause obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. On the other hand, junk food is bad for health.
According to statistics from America, young children watch nearly 20,000 junk food advertisements a year. This is nearly one ad every five minutes. In addition to that, they spend about 25 hours a week watching TV. Young children ask their parents to buy them junk food meals because the ads target them. Governments should ban junk food advertising during the times when young children are watching TV. The government should also teach people about the benefits of eating healthy food.
On the other hand, some people believe that junk food is tasty, easy and cheap to buy because many people work long hours. In fact, I believe that those people are wrong because junk food causes many problems to people’s health. All it takes is a little planning to cook healthy food to keep your family healthy and save your money. People can also save a lot of money by buying ingredients and cooking at home.
All things considered, we should ban junk food advertisements because they make people unhealthy and we should encourage people to cook and eat healthy food and take more exercises.
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Writing About Junk Food
Dear evening class students,
You will be asked to write your opinion about junk food. Is it good or bad for health and what we can do about it.
There are many web sites to help you get your ideas organized. You can use Google to find out information on the internet.
Remember that there are certain things that I want you to use in your writing and I've told you about this in class.
If you still need help, please email me. You can practise writing different texts on junk food and email them to me to have a look at.
Remember that you will have to do the writing in class, so you need to get ready from now on. What you need to do is practise, practise and practise.
Here are some links that can help you:
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/junkfood.htm
http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/cfac/downloads/jnk_food_injnctn_win08.pdf
http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/junkfoods/junkfoods1.html
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/national/8819643/more-calls-for-ban-on-junk-food-ads/
And here is an article that claims that consuming junk food makes people less smart.
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/junk-food-reduces-iq-british-study-20110208-1alkt.html
You will be asked to write your opinion about junk food. Is it good or bad for health and what we can do about it.
There are many web sites to help you get your ideas organized. You can use Google to find out information on the internet.
Remember that there are certain things that I want you to use in your writing and I've told you about this in class.
If you still need help, please email me. You can practise writing different texts on junk food and email them to me to have a look at.
Remember that you will have to do the writing in class, so you need to get ready from now on. What you need to do is practise, practise and practise.
Here are some links that can help you:
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/junkfood.htm
http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/cfac/downloads/jnk_food_injnctn_win08.pdf
http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/junkfoods/junkfoods1.html
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/national/8819643/more-calls-for-ban-on-junk-food-ads/
And here is an article that claims that consuming junk food makes people less smart.
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/junk-food-reduces-iq-british-study-20110208-1alkt.html
Monday, 7 March 2011
It Was Wrong of America to Invade Iraq
In 2003, America invaded Iraq and destroyed most of its cities. They bombed many cities and took control of the country. Nearly one million Iraqis died during the invasion and two millions had to flee to other neighbouring countries. It affected the lives of millions of Iraqis too. It was wrong of America to invade Iraq and occupy the country.
First of all, there was not one solid reason for America to attack Iraq. In addition to that, the American president George Bush told many lies about the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and gave a bad picture about him to the world. He only went there to control the oil there.
Secondly, it was not true that Iraq had any atomic bombs or weapons of mass destruction. It was wrong of George Bush to tell the world that Iraq wanted to buy uranium from Africa to make nuclear weapons.
There were a lot of bad consequences of the American invasion of Iraq. For example, there are millions of people who starve in Iraq. After the invasion, neighbours turned against each other. People couldn’t live in peace any more. Most of the Iraqis nowadays live in horrible conditions and many of them can’t go back to their country.
Hundreds of Iraqi women work as prostitutes in neighbouring countries because they don’t have any other choice in life. The country had been under American sanctions for many years.
Now, the sanctions are not there any more but living conditions are still horrible. I strongly believe that it is not safe for many Iraqis to walk in the streets or travel to another city. Everyone is scared because they don’t know what will happen.
In conclusion, it was wrong of America to invade Iraq in 2003. The country is not safe any more and people there suffer a lot.
First of all, there was not one solid reason for America to attack Iraq. In addition to that, the American president George Bush told many lies about the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and gave a bad picture about him to the world. He only went there to control the oil there.
Secondly, it was not true that Iraq had any atomic bombs or weapons of mass destruction. It was wrong of George Bush to tell the world that Iraq wanted to buy uranium from Africa to make nuclear weapons.
There were a lot of bad consequences of the American invasion of Iraq. For example, there are millions of people who starve in Iraq. After the invasion, neighbours turned against each other. People couldn’t live in peace any more. Most of the Iraqis nowadays live in horrible conditions and many of them can’t go back to their country.
Hundreds of Iraqi women work as prostitutes in neighbouring countries because they don’t have any other choice in life. The country had been under American sanctions for many years.
Now, the sanctions are not there any more but living conditions are still horrible. I strongly believe that it is not safe for many Iraqis to walk in the streets or travel to another city. Everyone is scared because they don’t know what will happen.
In conclusion, it was wrong of America to invade Iraq in 2003. The country is not safe any more and people there suffer a lot.
How to Make Our Cities More Beautiful
Here is a text written by my student Abraham Mach from the evening class about how to make our cities more beautiful. Here is what he has written.
More cars, air pollution and litter are among the biggest issues in our cities that we are facing nowadays. What can we do to make our cities very attractive to the residents and tourists?
First of all, it will be good idea if the government encourages people to drive their cars on week days only. On weekends the government should increase public transport especially so people can travel easily. There will be fewer cars on the roads and fewer traffic jams.
Secondly, there are some steps that need to be taken by the government to solve the problem of the air pollution. All the factories should be removed away from our city to reduce the smell of petrol and reduce air pollution in our cities. No resident should dwell around factories. In this way, the air will not be so polluted. Our cities will be attractive to residents and more tourists will consider coming here.
Finally, we need to commit ourselves to making our city cleaner and healthier places to live. Local councils should put more litter bins in the streets. If anyone is caught dropping rubbish or spiting on the ground, there will be a hifty penalty and he or she will have to pay the whole amount of money within five working days. This will stop people from dropping rubbish and spitting in the streets.
We have many ways to make our cities better places to dwell. Some of the above mentioned would definitely result in the better conditions for everyone.
More cars, air pollution and litter are among the biggest issues in our cities that we are facing nowadays. What can we do to make our cities very attractive to the residents and tourists?
First of all, it will be good idea if the government encourages people to drive their cars on week days only. On weekends the government should increase public transport especially so people can travel easily. There will be fewer cars on the roads and fewer traffic jams.
Secondly, there are some steps that need to be taken by the government to solve the problem of the air pollution. All the factories should be removed away from our city to reduce the smell of petrol and reduce air pollution in our cities. No resident should dwell around factories. In this way, the air will not be so polluted. Our cities will be attractive to residents and more tourists will consider coming here.
Finally, we need to commit ourselves to making our city cleaner and healthier places to live. Local councils should put more litter bins in the streets. If anyone is caught dropping rubbish or spiting on the ground, there will be a hifty penalty and he or she will have to pay the whole amount of money within five working days. This will stop people from dropping rubbish and spitting in the streets.
We have many ways to make our cities better places to dwell. Some of the above mentioned would definitely result in the better conditions for everyone.
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
What the Government Should Do
These are some of the ideas that my students wrote as part of their English learning about what the government in Australia should do to make people live more comfortably.
In fact the Australian tax rate is very high compared with other countries like Korea, China, Malaysia and the USA. So the government should reduce the tax rate especially for the low-income citizens.
House prices are sky rocketing nowadays and people can’t afford to buy them any more. The fact is the government must contorl house prices.
There are many people who wait for a long time before they see a doctor. In additon to that, there are not enough doctors or nurses. The government should train more health professionals and build more hospitals to work on making the waiting lists shorter.
There are many people who don’t have jobs in Australia. Moreover, it is even harder for others to keep their jobs. The government should create more job opportunities for everyone.
There are a lot of social problems like alcohol, gambling and drugs in Australia. The government should increase taxes on alcohol. It should arrest all drug dealers.
In fact the Australian tax rate is very high compared with other countries like Korea, China, Malaysia and the USA. So the government should reduce the tax rate especially for the low-income citizens.
House prices are sky rocketing nowadays and people can’t afford to buy them any more. The fact is the government must contorl house prices.
There are many people who wait for a long time before they see a doctor. In additon to that, there are not enough doctors or nurses. The government should train more health professionals and build more hospitals to work on making the waiting lists shorter.
There are many people who don’t have jobs in Australia. Moreover, it is even harder for others to keep their jobs. The government should create more job opportunities for everyone.
There are a lot of social problems like alcohol, gambling and drugs in Australia. The government should increase taxes on alcohol. It should arrest all drug dealers.
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
My Tuesday Class Only
Write a text about yourself. Include in the text your name, education in your country, what you want to do in Australia after finishing your English class or any information that can help us help you at AMES. This was a request by one of the counsellors. Counsellors are here to help you plan your course and your future while you study at AMES. They will open your eyes to many things you can do while and after you study English.
You can send your text via email to me as soon as you can. The more information you give us, the more we can help you. Don't be shy about your English. The aim of your text is to find out as much information about you as we can. If you have any questions, please email me.
You can send your text via email to me as soon as you can. The more information you give us, the more we can help you. Don't be shy about your English. The aim of your text is to find out as much information about you as we can. If you have any questions, please email me.
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