Suppose that you had the power to change one thing
about your hometown. What aspect of your hometown would you like to change, and
in what way? Support your ideas with specific details and reasons.
☆Let’s
Think
1.
What
does the following proverb mean? Is there a counterpart to it in your first
language?
Proverb: Every bird thinks its own nest charming.
2.
If you are bothered by
the presence of a huge factory in your hometown every day, it is easy for you
to write this essay, but it is often not easy to think of problem of your
hometown. How can you find it?
3.
Exploiting the
viewpoint of an outsider might be one way of finding the shortcomings of your
town. That is to remember other towns and cities you know and compare them with
your hometown.
4.
Is your hometown as
beautiful/convenient/exciting as other towns are?
5.
Think of your ideal
town and find what your hometown lacks to be it.
6.
Are
there any problems with the following aspects of your town?
a. The facilities: such as hospital, community center, library, or swimming
pool
b. The systems: seasonal events, neighborhood watch, or disaster planning
c. The environment such as green, pollution, littering, relationships, or manners
☆Preparation
1. Problem: What is wrong?
e. g. Senior citizens do not have places to get together. Some of
them gather at local coffee shops but it is rather expensive to do it every day.
2. Goal: How would you change it?
e. g.
I would make all coffee shops in town free to the elderly and also have them
have nurses and counselors on call. The expenses would be subsidized by the
municipal office, in other words, tax money.
3. Expected Benefits: How will it benefit my hometown?
e. g.
All seniors in town will have chances to enjoy themselves, their safety and
health can be monitored easily, and the fact that my town has places for the
elderly is something to be proud of in itself.
4. Expected Negative effects: What problems may arise? How would you
deal with them, or if you think that you can ignore them, why?
e.g.
Tax payer might not happy with the extra spending. For that matter, coffee
shops can have the function of nurseries. Elderlies would be happy to take care
of babies and young children. Even if it is not possible, money saved by keeping
seniors happy and healthy would surpass the small tax burden.
☆Essay
for Ideas and Expressions Barron’s Writing
for the TOEFL iBT, pp. 247-248
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