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Hi! A little bit too long, but I need be shure that at the test I will have enough ideas. I will be very glad to read your suggestions. ****************************** #128: Some people say that physical exercise should be a required part of every school day. Other people believe that students should spend the whole school day on academic studies. Which opinion do you agree with? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer. Today we are live in a world when millions of people attend schools everyday. They plan to get knowledge required for their successful carrier. Some hold the opinion that schools should be concentrated on academic studies, while the others accent that physical exercise should be a required part of every school day. Personally, I agree with the last opinion and want to bring a list reasons why I think physical exercises should be organized on everyday basis. Sport is a very important part of our life. Exercises help us to relax and reduce amount of stress that is thrown down on us everyday. Not all the parents devote sport enough attention. Many of them prefer that their children study music and art then attend soccer of tennis classes. Besides, school day is very long and plenty of homework every day does not give children opportunity to do any exercises. One can tell that there are brakes between lessons, when children can run a little, but many students continue to sit and read books or play table games. They need to be organized to take part in sports. Therefore, school is the only place for many students where they can get any physical activities and they need to be organized if the form of lessons. Sport plays a main role in supporting human’s health. Luck of fresh air, when children sit in classes for hours and breath of millions of bacteria cannot give any good, but flu. It is a pity to observe how children, whose nature is to run and jump around, sit at their tables, bending their backs. Their internal organs stay in the irregular position for a long time what is cause bad work of digestive system and gastritis. The other possible outcome is scoliosis, what is stimulate back aches and of course, unpretty look. We should not forget that in our society appearance have a important role in success. It took from me a lot of special exercises during school years and yoga classes after that, to improve my back. Long academic studies harm children’s vision, have led to result that half of the students in my class were wearing glasses. I have my eyesight decreased from 100 to 90 percent to the seventh grade. Hopefully, it was improved after my graduation. We should not forget about obesity, which is become frequent today. Luck of physical exercises does not improve that problem, but make it worse. Person was used to not having enough exercises at the childhood, and growing older does not have habits for exercises, conducting the sitting manner of life, what lead to many deceases. No one can argue that good health support better study. Tired brain is unable to absorb more information. Each person need to change activity and it frequency depends of the age. Younger students required these changes more often. Our body have it’s own biorhythms. There are certain hours when brain does not work properly and intellectual activity decreased. It will be useless spending of time to study during these recessions. Besides, during certain days of the week tiredness accumulates and affects academic study not in a better way. Periods of intellectual recessions correspond with periods of physical raisings and represent a perfect time for exercises. Taking into account these periods will improve education process by mixing traditional classes with sport activities in the correct proportion and at the better time. On the other hand, sport is not the key objective of students. Their purpose is to get as much knowledge as possible and prepare for successful carrier. Too many physical activities can slow down speed of learning and provoke lag from other students. Sport activities cannot be easily combined with academic studies. Excitement after sport exercises can prevent students from switching to the subject of study. However, with the though-out schedule of classes followed body biorhythms, when exercises alternate with intellectual activity sport help education process and improve students’ health conditions and habits. In conclusion, sport is very important for every student. Considered amount of physical exercises as required part of a school day will improve health of nation and raise level of educated state.

Hi guys! I need your help. That was a hard one. When I thinking about something complex, I switch to my native language, what is lead to clamsy sentences. Today we all are observers of grandiose event – how modern technology is creating a single world culture. The most outstanding attainments on the way to the mega culture became computer and Internet. Computers and Internet today are the first-rate achievements of science and technology. It is hard to imagine how people would live without these essential tools. We can segregate our history for two epochs – before computer and Internet and after it. These inventions changed our idea about world by unifying separate countries into a common information community. Frontiers became transparent and iron curtain cannot lock up admission to impartial information anymore. Each person have a inalienable right to access global information expanse. One can choose a college for education regardless of their citizenship. Online classes are now available to almost everyone around the world. One can live on an island or another remote location and with a computer, Internet access and a desire to learn he can continue his education. Education armed with a new technology give its graduates thorough, advanced and multicultural knowledge. However, on the way to the global world there are a lot of obstacles. East and West culture have significant differences in their development. Hundreds of international conflicts tell us that there is a communication gap between cultures. It is hard to achieve integration among so different civilizations as West and Muslim, for example. International dialog is complicated from the distinction in global ideas. For example, the conception of justice significantly different in West culture and Chinese or Indian traditional society. Globalization promotes communication from the one side, but intensifies international tension from the other side. In conclusion, the process of creating a single world culture is accomplishable with difficulty, because contain contradictory forces. Cultural integration required common understanding among nations. I believe that the future generation will resolve all problems and will live in the world of single culture.

An Min, thank you for corrections. I see myself that I goofed with one verb and distort meaning: People work, because they need to express themselves, show their talents, help the others and simply because they like that way of living. And may be this change can clarify this sentence: For example, woman with an innate passion to enslave men can reach good results in her carrier as a top office executive.

Hi everyone! It looks that each essay take more and more time. That one 1.5 hour! I know that sometimes my language does not sound as English, so comments are very welcome. #51 Some people believe that success in life comes from taking risks or chances. Others believe that success results from careful planning. In your opinion, what does success come from? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Nowadays, some may hold the opinion that success in life comes from taking risks. But others believe that success results from careful planning. It is hard to choose which side to take in this discussion. I think that success lie in the power of both factors. I agree that in order to succeed one should be carefully prepared by wise planning, but in many respects it depends from chance to appear in the proper time on the proper place. My arguments for this point as applied to the financial success, which is very important and usually accompanied any kind of success, are listed as follows. I agree with the statement that those who does not take risk, does not drink champagne. This catch-words implies that only sportsmanlike person can achieve outstanding results and celebrate his success by opening or smashing to smithereens a bottle of champagne. One can wait better life forever, vegetating in the interminable job and die in the poor. The other one quit his comfortable, but having no prospects job and open his own prosperous business. Refusing of risk taking can carry one off from the way of success. Because fortune very capricious and may not give you a second chance it is smart to try one’s luck at the very other moment. However, among disadvantages of this method I need to count possible loss of everything and incurred debts. Engaging in risk can be a cause of morbidity and premature death. From the other hand, the word “risk” has another meaning – probability of success. Wise person plans his activities carefully and inspect outcome thoroughly. He does not want surprises in the form of losses that can be prevented. He never deals hasty, but explores and gather information, which enables him to synthesize, gain competencies, make decisions, set goals and take action. However, simple recipe of success does not exist. I like story about one multimillionaire, who explain how he achieve his current status. He started from buying a box of cookies and sold them separately. Then he bought two boxes and sold all cookies again. After couple of iterations he received inheritance and become multimillionaire. It sounds pessimistically, but very realistic. In real life success is a matter of both factors. One can plans his business very carefully, but loses everything from extraordinary events. Thousands of small businesses disappeared every year because they were unlucky and they have been beaten in a competitive activity. I believe that with a wise planning and well organizing one can achieve very enviable results. At the same time, every success follows after series of risky and genius decisions. Thanks! Elena.

Hi An Min! Thanks for suggestions. Check the topic #48. I would write 1 sentence this way : Some people prefer to travel with a companion, because it will be more interesting. However, others have a negative attitude, and they find traveling alone is more attractive. Thank you, Elena.

Hi everyone! This is my second essay for today. I am exhausted! I am wondering is anyone tried to give that test to the native speakers? I think they will be surprized. #48 People work because they need money to live. What are some other reasons that people work? Discuss one or more of these reasons. Use specific examples and details to support your answer. No one can argue that the main reason why people work is because they need money to live. They need a comfortable place to live and good nutritious food to support their health. But it is not true for everyone and for all the time. There are many other reasons why people work. One of the reasons people work is self-expression. A job is a perfect place to show the whole world your own best qualities. There are groups of gifted people who work to express themselves on paper, canvas or screen. A lot of successful executers got their high positions from the desire to proof own smartness, to show everyone that they are best of all. In many cases physical deficiencies or even imaginary problems prompt person to spend their entire life for demonstration his superiority. Some people are born with a desire to manage other people. For example, woman with an innate need to enslave men can reach good results in her carrier as a top office executive. Obviously, money is not a driving force in that case, but ability to dominate. The reasons why people work are not always so negative. Sometimes people work because they simply cannot stop working. There is a special name for them - workaholics. They like to be busy all the day. Their job represents their life priority. Workaholics are very deeply anxious about company’s success. They always come at work first in the morning and stay there till night. One my friend sometimes sleep at work, because he has stay too long and it is not reasonable to driving home for two or three hours. Without their job they feel emptiness. It is not necessary that workaholics are lonely people and jobs substitute relationships with other people. Most of them have families. But their job is more valuable for them. Among the reasons to work it is due to mention the desire to help other people. We know many examples of unselfish work when one helps sick and disabled people. Volunteers in a libraries, at schools execute very important social mission. They help government to educate the rising generation. Taking into account of all these facts, we may reach the conclusion that people work for many reasons and money is only one of them. People work, because they need to express themselves, show their talents, help the others and simply because they like that way of leaving. Thanks for reading, do not hesitate to point on my mistakes, Elena.

Hi guys! This is my first essay. I am thinking about passing TOEFL in fall. It took 45 minutes to complite because I am slowthinker and slow tiper. I hate writhing more then tea with milk and my gramma is owfull. So, if anyone find intresting to correct me - I would be appreciate for it. ******************************************* Some people prefer to travel with a companion, others find traveling alone more attractive. Some may hold the opinion that traveling with a companion more interesting and joyful ,but others have a negative attitude. For the most part one’s choice depends very heavily of the kind of person he is. Gregarious people cannot imagine to travel alone, when individualist prefer not to travel at all than to be stack at the companion. As far as I am concerned, I agree that traveling with a companion is more reasonable. People by their nature are very social. It is innate in humans to keep together doing different kinds of activities, and traveling is one of them. Vocation is twice a fun if you can spend it with friend. Together you can explore all new places, have fun at the parties and share delicious food in a restaurants. Do not forget the folk wisdom that one brain is good but two is much better. With the companion help you can make a better decision in choosing destinations and places to see. Sometimes smart friend can help to occupy a better room or discuss problems with hotel stuff in a more advantageous way for you. The other benefit from traveling with companion is a cost of vacation. Group of two or three people can save up to 70 percent per person, when alone travelers need to pay the full price. What is very important also that having a companion is more safe for traveler, especially abroad. In the case of emergency friend can call for help or simply translate your problems to a doctor. Traveling with a companion protect you from being left without necessary medical help. From the other hand, people are individualistic. They need time of silence when they can relax and not bother themselves with etiquette trying to be pleasant for their encirclement. It’s nice to be your own boss and pick up places by your style. Finally, alone, you spent more time on vacation than on networking. It is common for everyone that person cannot speak and think at the same time. If you philosopher who likes to think about global problems or you are a writer working with a new master peace the vociferous company is not for you. In conclusion I vote for traveling with companion, since I am a social person and like to communicate with other people. For me it’s very nice to have someone help to pick a better decision and solve problems jointly. Thanks, Elena.