Post by Admin on Nov 15, 2015 17:56:05 GMT
In the past people used to live in one house their whole life. Nowadays people live in several different places during their lives. What are the reasons for this change?
Is it a positive or a negative trend?
Historically, the majority of people lived in one home from birth, inheriting a property from their parents, and remaining there until their own death. Now, people frequently live in a number of places. I believe there are a number of reasons for this trend which has both positive and negative aspects.
In negative terms, moving from one place to another for work or study can leave people feeling isolated, leading to alcohol or drug abuse or acute depression. In the Yukon, where gold-workers live in camps, alcoholism is three times the national average. In college and university campuses around the US, suicide is the second highest cause of death amongst students away from home for the first time. Living in a new place is also a negative trend when people are forced to move home because of war, or natural disasters. For example, there are over two million registered Syrian refugees living in Turkey, fleeing the war in their homeland and more than 80,000 people in Nepal are still in temporary homes after the terrible earthquakes in April.
However, there are also many positive aspects to living in more than one house over the course of a lifetime. Some people move to a new area to find work and a better standard of living. For example, in 2009, 500,000 economic migrants moved from Eastern Europe to the UK and are able to live and work and still send money back to families at home. Some people move house because of personal prosperity, choosing a bigger house or a better location as they climb the career ladder. Still others may move because they seek a change in lifestyle – away from a busy city and expensive apartment to a cottage in the country, for example.
In conclusion, the trend of living in multiple places over one’s life time may be viewed as positive or negative depending on the circumstance which prompted the move.
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K4 : acute, campuses, ladder
K5: earthquakes, migrants
Is it a positive or a negative trend?
Historically, the majority of people lived in one home from birth, inheriting a property from their parents, and remaining there until their own death. Now, people frequently live in a number of places. I believe there are a number of reasons for this trend which has both positive and negative aspects.
In negative terms, moving from one place to another for work or study can leave people feeling isolated, leading to alcohol or drug abuse or acute depression. In the Yukon, where gold-workers live in camps, alcoholism is three times the national average. In college and university campuses around the US, suicide is the second highest cause of death amongst students away from home for the first time. Living in a new place is also a negative trend when people are forced to move home because of war, or natural disasters. For example, there are over two million registered Syrian refugees living in Turkey, fleeing the war in their homeland and more than 80,000 people in Nepal are still in temporary homes after the terrible earthquakes in April.
However, there are also many positive aspects to living in more than one house over the course of a lifetime. Some people move to a new area to find work and a better standard of living. For example, in 2009, 500,000 economic migrants moved from Eastern Europe to the UK and are able to live and work and still send money back to families at home. Some people move house because of personal prosperity, choosing a bigger house or a better location as they climb the career ladder. Still others may move because they seek a change in lifestyle – away from a busy city and expensive apartment to a cottage in the country, for example.
In conclusion, the trend of living in multiple places over one’s life time may be viewed as positive or negative depending on the circumstance which prompted the move.
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Note: This one way to answer. There are many ways to respond to an IELTS essay task.
It contains a few 'less common' words:
K4 : acute, campuses, ladder
K5: earthquakes, migrants