
Writing Task 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The charts below show what UK graduate and postgraduate students who did not go into full-time work did after leaving college in 2008.
| Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. |
The two bar charts given illustrate the four destinations, excluding full-time work, that the UK graduate and postgraduate students were engaged in after their graduations in 2008. Generally speaking, substantial differences could be noticed among the figures of these four categories.
In terms of the UK graduates, those who devoted themselves to the further study accounted for the dominant part, with 29665 in 2008, which constituted almost one third of the total. Meanwhile, the numbers of part-time work and unemployment, 17735 and 16235 respectively, were similar, whereas the least were those doing the voluntary work, with only 3500 in this year.
As for the number of postgraduate students, despite the fact that the data of further study was still the largest one, reaching 2725, the number of students obtaining the part-time occupations was only approximately 200 smaller than that of further study, namely, 2535 in 2008. Similarly, compared with those of UK graduates, the number of postgraduate students who were in the condition of unemployment and being volunteers were also the least (1625 and 345 respectively).
To summarise, the majority of the graduate students chose to continue their study, while dominant postgraduate students preferred part-time work as well as further study.
参考范文2:
The bar charts indicate what UK graduate and postgraduate students did apart from full-time job in 2008.
According to the first graph, most graduates decided to study continually, the amount of that represented 29665. Meanwhile, 17735 undergraduates chose to do part-time work, which is over five times as much as that of voluntary job. Surprisingly, the figure for graduate students who remained unemployed was relative high, more than half of that of further study.
The second graph shows the choices of postgraduate students when confronted with the same situation. Although the amount of postgraduate students is ten times less than that of undergraduates in total, the tendency seemed to be alike. The figure for further study ranked the first position, at 2725. However, the difference between the part-time work and the further study narrowed when compared with that happened on graduate students. The number of postgraduates doing voluntary work was the least, represented 345, among the four choices.
Overall, the postgraduate and graduate students seemed to have the similar trend on deciding what to do excluding full-time work after leaving college in 2008.
参考范文3:
The two charts show where students went after completing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees respectively.
From the first chart, we see that the number of graduate students who chose not to enter full- time work in 2008 was, in total, around 67, 000. Of those, the highest proportion chose to further their studies with a postgraduate program at 29, 665 students. Secondly, the number of students who went into a part- time job is close to the number of students who failed entirely to find one, at 17, 735 and 16, 235 respectively. Finally, 3, 500 students chose to enter voluntary work. The second chart shows the destination of postgraduate students. We can see that while the overall number of students is obviously lower, the proportion of students’ life choices is roughly similar. Hence, the majority of postgraduates went on to study more, with 2, 725 people choosing this option. There is a slight divergence with part- time work (2, 535) being higher than unemployment (1, 625) but the general trend remains. Finally, as with graduates, a small minority (345) chose to pursue voluntary work.
Writing Task 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
Countries are becoming more and more similar because people are able to buy the same products anywhere in the world.
| Do you think this is a positive or negative development? |
Write at least 250 words.
参考范文:
It is said that countries are becoming similar to each other because of the global spread of the same products, which are now available for purchase almost anywhere. I strongly believe that this modern development is largely detrimental to culture and traditions worldwide.
A country's history, language and ethos are all inextricably bound up in its manufactured artefacts. If the relentless advance of international brands into every corner of the world continues, these bland packages might one day completely oust the traditional objects of a nation, which would be a loss of richness and diversity in the world, as well as the sad disappearance of the manifestations of a place`s character. What would a Japanese tea ceremony be without its specially crafted teapot, or a Fijian kava ritual without its bowl made from a certain type of tree bark?
Let us not forget either that traditional products, whether these be medicines, cosmetics, toys, clothes, utensils or food, provide employment for local people. The spread of multinational products can often bring in its wake a loss of jobs. as people turn to buying the new brand, perhaps thinking it more glamorous than the one they are used to. This eventually puts old-school craftspeople out of work.
Finally, tourism numbers may also be affected, as travellers become disillusioned with finding every place just the same as the one they visited previously. To see the same products in shops the world over is boring, and does not impel visitors to open their wallets in the same way that trinkets or souvenirs unique to the particular area do.
Some may argue that all people are entitled to have access to the same products, but I say that local objects suit local conditions best, and that faceless uniformity worldwide is an unwelcome and dreary prospect.
