TASK 1

Task 1: The graph shows the number of people taking part in 4 kinds of sports in a
particular region between 1985 and 2005.

The graph illustrates how many people in one region joined in four different types of
sports namely: basketball, tennis ,badminton and rugby from 1985 to 2005.
There was an upward trend in the number of people taking part in tennis while the
opposite was true for rugby .Also, the figures for people participating in basketball
and badminton remained unchanged during the period.
In 1985, there were nearly 240 people taking part in rugby and it became the most
popular sport at that time, in comparison with only around 50 people and 80 people
for respectively badminton and basketball. Meanwhile, the figures for citizens joining
tennis was 150 at the same time. Over the next 10 years, the number of people
taking part in basketball and badminton witnessed a slight increase of roughly 10 and
5. By contrast, A significant decrease of around 40 was seen in the number of people
joining in rugby. Besides, starting at 150 people in 1985 , tennis participation
increased considerably to 200 people in 1995.
In 1995, participation in rugby and tennis was the same with 200 people. From the
year 1995 onwards, it is clear that the number of people participating in tennis
surpassed that of rugby joiner and became the most common sport in one region
until 2005. To be specific, the figures for tennis participants rose to approximately
220 in the final year, while a drastic decrease of 150 was seen in the number of
people joining rugby and it was lowest by the end of the period. Also, there was
stability in the figures for basketball and badminton during the period.

Task 1: The graph below shows the number of overseas visitors who came to the UK for
different purposes between 1989 and 2009.

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The graph illustrates how many international travelers came to England because of three
main reasons namely: holiday, business and visit to friends or relatives from 1989 to 2009.
There were upward trends in the number of people who came to the UK for holiday,
business and visit to friends or relatives during the period. It is clear that more and more
tourists were coming to the UK for any given reasons above. Besides, the figures for
overseas visitors coming to the UK for holiday was always highest and became the most
common from 1989 to 2009.
In 1989, the number of people coming to the UK for traveling was around 6.5 millions ,
compared with just nearly 3.6 millions travelers who went to England for visiting to
friends or relatives . Also, the figures for overseas travelers going to the UK for business
was roughly 5.3 millions at that time. In 1993, the number of people coming to the UK for
business hit the lowest point of 4 million . Over the next ten years from 1989 to 1999,
there were upward trends in the number of overseas visitors going to England for all given
purposes. To be specific, there was a significant increase of 1 million in the number of
people going to the UK for visiting to friends or relatives .Besides, the number of
international travelers who came to the UK for holiday rose considerably and reached a
peak of approximately 9.5 million people in 1999. From the year 1999 onwards, the
figures for people coming to England for holiday fluctuated around 2 million. Meanwhile,
a slight increase of around five hundreds was seen in the number of overseas visitors
coming to England for business between 1999 to 2009. Also, the years from 1999 to 2009
witnessed a remarkable growth of roughly 1 million in the number of people going to the
UK for visiting to friends or relatives but still was least popular among given purposes.

WRITING TASK 2(CAUSES & EFFECTS)

TOPIC: The percentage of overweight children in western society has increased by almost
20% in the last ten years. Discuss the causes and effects of this disturbing trend.
Exercise 1: List out some causes of why there are more and more overweight children
_nutritional imbalance, eat too much fat foods such as : snack or fried foods

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__due to bad living habits such as: laziness to exercise, sitting or lying down too long.

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Exercise 2: List out some effects of why there are more and more overweight children
______difficult to take part in some physical activities

______diseases like heart-related diseases, blood pressure disease, etc

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Exercise 3: Write an essay about 250 - 350 words for the topic above

Nowadays, the number of obese children is growing up day by day. Especially in Western
society , in the past decade, there has been an increase in the number of overweight children
by almost 20%. This phenomenon can be attributed to a number of reasons and there are
some negative effects on this.

There are some main reasons associated with this phenomenon. The first reason is children
eat too many fatty foods such as : snack, fried foods. This is mainly due to children being too
lazy to cook food at home and often buy fast food on the way to school which leads them to
be obese and it can cause many problems in their life. For example, an overweight child may
find it difficult to take part in some physical activities like football. As a result, this can
weaken their body and make it difficult to move.

The other reason for the problem is that children have bad life habits such as: they are lazy to
do exercise or sitting and lying too long. This could be explained by the fact that they are not
mature enough to think about what is good for their health and what is bad. Furthermore, the
problem is also from the ignorance of their parents. Parents nowadays do not have enough
time to take care of their offspring due to their busy schedule, do not teach them about the
importance of exercise and also do not show them that sitting and lying down too long can
become an obese child and cause many diseases like heart-related diseases, blood pressure
disease,etc. As a result, overweight children are more likely to die.

On top of that the reason for this problem is also from social psychology. This is because the
risk of obesity in children increases when children are constantly under pressure, stress and
psychological trauma. For example, children born into families where parents often quarrel or
create pressure on them to study will be psychologically damaged, angry. Therefore, children
tend to eat more, especially sweets, to reduce pressure. This leads to children quickly
becoming overweight and obese.

In conclusion, obesity in children can cause many problems in their life, because of some
reasons such as eating fat foods, being too lazy to do exercise or sitting or lying too long and
suffering from social psychology. Besides, there are various negative effects on the serious
issue, and unless the government and parents do not take a step forward in this issue, obese
children will suffer until death.

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