Writing Topic
Consider the following statement. Automobiles have improved the
quality of our lives. Do you agree or disagree with this idea? Support your
response by including specific reasons and examples.
☆Let’s think
1 What was the life like for people living in a world without a car? How
long did it take to go to a city from the countryside? Did trade exist? Did
they have a weekend drive to the beach?
2 What drawbacks does the automobile have?
3 How would you express your opinion as the answer to the question of
this writing topic when you find not only positive but also negative aspects of
the change that the automobile brought about.
- Your thesis sentence might include expressions like “cannot totally
agree with…” or “I agree with … except that …”
4 Which of the following two sentences is more appropriate as a thesis
of the essay on this writing topic?
(a) I believe automobiles contribute
to improving the quality of our lives.
(b) I believe automobiles have contributed to improving the quality of
our lives.
- The writing topic statement says “have improved”, not “improves”. It
is asking about the past and present. Sentence (a) is talking about the
property of the automobile that applies to any time, while Sentence (b) is
about a change. Thus, Sentence (b) is more appropriate for the thesis.
☆Ideas and Expressions
For the statement:
1) Automobiles have increased mobility. People can commute and travel to
places far away from home.
2) Economic activities have expanded thanks to cars. Trade between
places which were too far away to do it before cars were invented is now
possible. Automobiles have helped the economy of scale. We transport materials
and products with trucks.
3) Cars have offered us more opportunities. In the old times, for instance,
social life was limited within walking distance or within the areas that you
can reach on horseback. In other words, it was within the village or the city.
However, life with automobiles enables one to meet new people.
Against the statement:
1) Automobiles have negatively influenced the environment. They burn
fossil fuels and this causes air pollution and increased the amount of
atmospheric CO2, the main global warming gas.
2) Children started suffering from asthma because of the air pollution.
Many species are lost. Even though technologies are now available that reduce
the impact, the fact that cars have negatively impacted the environment will not
change.
3) There were few traffic accidents before the automobile was invented.
4) Obesity is another examples of automobile negatively affecting our lives.
5) Cars are indirect causes of wars in the past century. Oil has been
the main energy resource in modern society since the invention of cars, and wars
related to oil have occurred.
☆Your Sample Essay Structure
【Introduction = Outline】
【Point 1】
【Point 2】
【Point 3】
【Conclusion
= Wrap-up】
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