Bài mẫu Writing

The diagrams illustrate changes made to Toronto Go train station during and after its upgrade.

Overall, while the track level remains unchanged, the rest of the station has undergone extensive renovation with the addition of a new level to cater for commercial purposes. This has resulted in increased capacity.

Before the renovation commenced, the design of the station was fairly standard with two levels. On the ground was a transit concourse to facilitate passenger movement between parts of the station. Above this is the main track level where boarding and disembarkation occur on either side of the track. Positioned directly below the axis of the train track, support piles are planted deep underground to ensure structural integrity as well as weight-bearing capacity.  

During the construction, business on the platform remained as usual while construction activities were underway below, thus suspending the use of the lower ground level temporarily. The excavation of a new, underground level meant that the lower halves of the support columns were removed and replaced by a robust metal structure that held the upper halves. The end result is a new floor housing shops and other commercial areas, new columns and the transit floor restored to its previous design with a slight elevation.

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The bar chart shows the percentage of men and women enjoying a range of movie genres in 2000.

Overall, men preferred all genres of movie except for romantic one. The men and women surveyed were similar in their movie taste for action, comedy, and mystery.

Action movies were very popular among both groups, with the figure for females being slightly higher than that for males, at 17% and 14% respectively. As for comedy and mystery, their figures were much lower than action’s. The percentage of males loving both these genres were 1% higher than those for females, with figures ranging from 7% to 9%.

On the other hand, there was a big difference in preference for other types of movies. At 18%, romantic was women’s most favoured genre, while merely 1% of men preferred it, making it their least favourite. In contrast, there was 20% of men surveyed who loved war movies compared to only about 3% for women. This pattern can also be observed in sports films where the gender difference was a bit smaller, with 13% for males and only 1% for females.

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The bar chart shows how the job numbers in some areas of the tourism industry of a city in the UK differed during the period from 1989 to 2009.

Overall, it is noticeable that only food and beverage serving activities witnessed an increase in the number of jobs available whereas some fluctuations can be observed in other areas, namely accommodation, sport/entertainment, and tour providers. Restaurants and hotels generally recruited more people than other fields did.

In 1989, hotels were the biggest job provider with around 1,300 posts available, followed by restaurants, at just under 1,200 posts. Over the next two decades, the former went on to generate 200 more positions before its number fluctuated with a downward trend to the original figure. Meanwhile, the figure for food and beverage operations increased dramatically to reach a peak of around 1,700 in 1999 and then dipped to just under 1,600 jobs in 2009, making it the area with the greatest job-creating potential.

Sport/recreation and travel/tours, on the other hand, offered significantly lower numbers of positions. Their figures in 1989 were rather similar with more or less 900 posts. After that, they also followed the same slightly erratic pattern over the next 20 years, ending up with sports and entertainment facilities recruiting slight fewer posts than travel agencies and tour operators, with only 850 and 960 jobs available respectively. 

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The map shows how tourists can reach a mountain called Eron in a national park.

Overall, there are three starting points with several route options for both drivers and walkers. They allow visitors to admire the mountain from different angles although some require less walking than the others. 

To visit Mount Eron, travellers have to reach a climbing track at the bottom of the mountain, which is within walking distance to a first-aid station, toilets, and a parking space to the west. This footpath intersects with two circular tracks for walking and driving around the mountain, enabling access from many directions. 

The most direct route is to drive all the way from the sunset viewing area or the sunrise one to the parking site. Either way, visitors should head southwards and follow the driving tracks next to these areas until they meet with the circular driving one. From here, they can circle the mountain for a scenic view or go straight to the climbing track entry.

Another route option is to depart from the cultural centre situated in the southwest and follow a designated footpath towards an intersection with the one surrounding the mountain, in front of a second parking to the south of the mountain. Drivers from both viewing areas can leave their cars here and join the walkers in a northwestern direction towards the climbing track while enjoying the side view of Mount Eron on the way.

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The bar chart compares how girls and boys in New Zealand differed in terms of their sports participation in 2002.

In general, the percentage of boys taking up sports was higher than that of girls. Besides, there was a great discrepancy between the two groups in their preference for soccer, netball, cricket, and martial arts.

As for sports with greater participation from boys, soccer was their favourite with nearly 25% choosing it, while a significantly lower percentage of girls taking it up (5%). This gender gap can also be observed in cricket, martial arts, and other, unspecified, sports, with boys’ figures ranging from 9% to 17%. However, the difference was fairly narrow, at just 1%, when it comes to basketball and tennis, as figures ranged from 6% to 10%.

In contrast, with the highest participation level (26%), girls in this country preferred playing netball the most. Similarly, swimming was their second most favourite physical activity, at slightly over 20%, whereas just under 15% of boys participating in this. Both genders did not seem to enjoy athletics although a similar pattern can be seen here with girls’ figures (4%) being 1% higher than boys’ (3%).

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Dàn ý

Position: Advantages outweigh disadvantages

Body 1: disadvantages + weak

• ENVIRONMENT: Only locally produced food --> huge amount of food --> overgrazing + infertile land --> damaging effects / too much pressure on the local lands / farms / fields

• ECONOMY: not encouraging trade between provinces and countries --> in a globalized world that’s not good + some countries will have more products than needed --> need to export to earn foreign money to boost economy

Body 2: advantages + strong

• ENVIRONMENT: transporting food from other regions / countries = using air planes and trucks --> release huge amounts of CO2 and greenhouse gases = main culprit for greenhouse effects --> contribute to global warming --> (strong) affecting humans and nature alike

• ECONOMY: encourage ppl to consume local produce --> local products wouldn’t lose on their own market --> (STRONG) create jobs + benefit the well-being of the local people 

Bài viết

In this day and age, it is common for people to consume food that has been transported over a long distance. It is said that if people ate food produced in close proximity to where they live, the environment and the economy would benefit greatly. I believe that the benefits of this idea are much more significant than its drawbacks.

The consumption of locally produced food can have some negative effects. Firstly, farmers and food producers in a certain region will have to produce a huge amount of food in order to satisfy all the demand of people living there. This can lead to overcultivation and overgrazing of the local soils, which can in turn result in land degradation and infertility. For example, in countries with big population size like Vietnam, there is a great demand for food and if Vietnamese people only rely on the local supply of produce such as beef and vegetables, local farmers will need to raise more cows and cultivate more crops, which can degrade the soil and reduce its productivity. Secondly, eating only local produce will not encourage trade between countries. In the globalized world nowadays, many countries rely on international trade to increase their overall income and boost their economy. The consumption of local produce will not enable this trade to flourish. 

However, the aforementioned drawbacks can be greatly outweighed by the positive effects. Transporting food from other regions or countries requires the use of many airplanes and trucks which will release great amounts of CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gases, the main culprits for global warming which is currently having devastating effects, namely climate change, unstable temperatures and loss of habitats, on every single being on this Earth, including humans, animals, and plants. Therefore, a reduction in demand for food produced abroad can yield great environmental benefits in the longer term. As for the economy, the encouragement to eat locally produced food will boost the growth of the local farming industry. For example, increased demand for this type of food will create more jobs in food production and processing, which can reduce the currently high unemployment rates in many countries.

In conclusion, when considering a bigger context, it seems to me that the advantages of buying food that has been produced in one’s local area are greater than its disadvantages when it comes to protecting our environment and caring for the well-being of local inhabitants.

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