Map Description

The map illustrates the location of two possible sites: S1 and S2 for building a new supermarket in Garlsdon town with an overall population of 65000.

According to the map, Site 1 (S1) is far away from the town center of Garlsdon, it is located at the west-east of the town. This site holds 10,000 people of Hindon town. However, it is not easy for them to get there since the main roads and the railway are not near the site. Although they can drive or take trains to S1, they still need to walk to the supermarket.

On the other hand, the location of Site2 (S2) is in the center of the Garlsdon town, it is surrounded by the nearby residential areas. The residents can go to this site more easily and the place is more convenient for shopping. Moreover, this serves not only the people in Garlsdon town, but also the two towns: Bransdon and Cransdon towns. It serves about 110000 people in these three towns and the workers in the industrial areas. Furthermore, S2 is near the raillines and the main roads, people can reach there more conveniently.

In conclusion, the location of the supermarket at S2 is better than S1 due to its much more convenient location and greater number nearby population.

Table and Chart Description

The table shows the information regarding the highest, the lowest and the mean of the annual salaries of five different occupations: Sales, Engineering, IT and Telecommunications, Education, and Tourism in Australia in 2006.

The maximum annual salary among these five occupations went with the Sales sector, the wages was $216000. The lowest salary belonged to the Tourism sector which accounts three times less amount than the Sales sector. There was not much difference between Engineering and IT & Telecommunications, the annual salaries of these two occupations were $149000 and $145000 respectively.

In addition, the minimum annual salary among these five occupations went with the Sales sector. The salary was $275000. It was about two times less than those of the Engineering and IT & Telecommunications sectors. Besides, the wages of Education sector was $36000 that was $6000 more than the Tourism sector.

As for the mean of the annual salary, the Engineering sector ranked the first , the salary was $81000, it was $5000 higher than the second one, i.e. the Sales sector. The salary of the Tourism was $42000 which was the lowest, this amount was only half of the Engineering sector.

In summary, the highest maximum wage goes to Sales sector whereas the highest minimum and average wages belong to Engineering sector. Also the highest annual salary ...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Watching TV

Children today spend more time watching TV than they did in the past. Describe some of the advantages and disadvantages of watching TV.

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A coin has two sides, it has own advantages and disadvantages. Some people say that watching TV is harmful to our children, but I do not agree with this statement. From my points of view, I believe that watching TV is beneficial to our children. My opinions are presented as follow.

First of all, television can be an educational media to us. Through watching various educational TV programmes, our kids can receive more information about the world. Moreover, the images are impressive to the kids, so that they can memorize the information more firmly in their mind.

On the other hand, good television programmes can also serve as a kind of good entertainment to the children; especially to the families which are not rich enough to afford the fees of the extra-curricular activities. Therefore, this is a good way for the children to spend their leisure time.

Of course, the above reasons are the positive effects on the children. However, I must admit that children spend more time on watching TV will affect them to do less outdoor activities. TV programmes can be addictive to some children. It is not easy to make sure that most of the TV programmes are suitable for children.

Obviously there are both positive and negative effects on children spending time watching TV. To help children choose to watch good TV programmes, parents should play an important role to guide and give advice to their children.

The Trend of Using Machines

"With the help of science and technology, machines are becoming more popular in workplace. Do you think the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages? Discuss both ideas and give your own opinion"

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Along with the rapid development of the science and technology, different kinds of machines are used to replace manual work in the workplace. From my points of view, the use of machines can be more advantageous to our daily life than disadvantageous. The reasons are presented in the following paragraphs.

First of all, different kinds of machines can function differently in the workplace. We use the machines in order to save time, they can speed up the process of the ordinary work. Therefore, we have more spare time to do other things. The washing machine is a good example to illustrate this point, when we use the washing machine to do the cleaning job for us, we can also do the other work at the same time.

In addition, the application of machines can improve our quality of life. With the help of the machines, our works become more convenient and efficient. Once we set the programme of the machines, after pressing the certain buttons, then the machines will run automatically.

However, most of the machines are the electrical appliances, they need electricity. Once there is a shortage or suspension of electricity, the machines can no longer be operated. When this happens, it will definitely affect our daily life, machines will temporarily stop until the electricity supply becomes available again.

Based on the above discussion, machines play a very important role in our life and we cannot live without them. Although machines can make our life more comfortable, efficient and convenient, they will also cause some negative effects on us.

Underground Railway Systems in Six Cities

The table provides the information regarding the opening dates, the length of the routes and the number of passengers served per year by the underground railway systems in six different cities.

The oldest and the longest underground railway is found in London. It has opened since 1863 and the total length of the route is 394 kilometers. Although the London railway holds these two greatest records among the six cities, the number of passengers was only 775 millions, which ranks the third among the six cities.

However, the youngest and the shortest route goes with Kyoto. It's service starts in 1981. The length of the route is only 11 kilometers and it serves only 45 million passengers per year as the least amount served among the cities.

The biggest number of passengers is found in Tokyo railway system, it carries 1927 millions of people per year. The newest underground railway system is found in Los Angeles, it operated in 2001. Since it is the newest railway, the length of its route is 14 times less than the London's, and the number of passengers is only one-fifteen of the London railway, too.

In conclusion, the London and Kyoto underground railway systems vary sharply in terms of length of route and the number of passagers. Tokyo railway system serves the most passengers among the six cities.

Aged Population in Japan, Sweden and USA

The line graph shows the three trend changes of the elderly population from 1940 to 2040 in Japan, Sweden and USA.

To start with, the proportion of the elderly people were only 5, 7, and 9 percents with Japan holding the least figure in 1940. The percentages of Sweden and USA increased drastically to about 14 and 15 percents respectively. However, the percentage of Japan decreased to only about 3.

The trends changed after 1980. The percentage of elderly people in Japan went up slightly, and the trend in USA remained stable at around 15. But the people who aged over 65 in Sweden increased suddenly from 14 to 20 and moved slightly down after 2010.

Starting from 2010 the three figures are increasing dramatically until 2040. The figure of Japan will be climbing from 10 to about 28 percent in 2020. In addition, the aging population of Sweden and USA will grow continually to about 26 and 23 percents.

In conclusion, by 2040 about a quarter of population will be elderly people in the three countries with the highest figure of 28 in Japan.

Energy Usage (Version 3 & 2)

Version 3

The table summarises the energy usages in Australia, Japan and USA in 2000 and 2001. It also compares the usage increase in term of percentages in the three countries since 1990.

The lowest amount of energy usage, i.e. 15 million tons was consumed by the industry sector in the USA and the production sector in Japan. The highest amount, i.e. 25 million tons of energy was used by the other sectors in the USA. However, the overall highest amount, i.e. 63 million of tons of the energy usage went with the three sectors in Australia.

Since 1990, the usage of energy in the industry has increased to 36 percent in the USA, which was the highest percentage yet the lowest figure among the three sectors. In fact, the energy is generally quite high in Australia compared with the other two countries. The overall usage of Japan was the least.

To sum up, Australia is the top consumers of energy, while the USA consumes the more energy in both industry and other sectors. The usage will continue to increase in Australia and the USA.







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Version 2

The table shows the data regarding the energy usage in Australia, Japan and USA in 2000 and 2001. It also compares the percentage of the energy-usage increase in the three countries since 1990.

The industry sector in the USA and the production sector in Japan used only 15 million tons of energy which was the lowest amount among the three countries. As for the energy usage of the other sectors, 25 million tons of energy were used in the USA, 21 in Australia, and 19 in Japan.

Since 1990, the usage of energy in the industry has increased to 36 percent in the USA, which was the lowest usage among the three countries. Besides, the other sectors in the USA still consumed 5 percent more than those of Australia and Japan. Compared with the two countries, the production sector of Japan increased in the usage of energy. But the overall amount, i.e. 16% was the least.

In summary, USA consumes the most energy in both industry and other sectors, and the usage will continue to increase in the USA.