YOU CAN ATTEND AS MANY CLASSES AS YOU WANT AS LONG AS YOU CAN MAN...

100. You can attend as many classes as you want as long as you can manage your time. (restrictions)

There are no restrictions on the number of classes/on how many classes you attend as long as you can

manage your time.

Part 2: The charts below show the profit made by MG Entertainment (a record company) from different

formats in three European countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main

features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write as least 150 words.

Tips:

To do this part, you are strongly recommended to focus on summarizing the profit made by MG Entertainment

from three countries.

- Germany, France, and Italy: Profit from CDs bought in shops, CDs bought online, Internet downloads, cassettes,

and Vinyl singers and LPs in 1997 and 2007.

- Compare the profit among these countries, remember to add as more connectors as possible to make your

writing read coherently and flow smoothly; and then conclude your ideas.

- Connectors:

Coordinating conjunction: but, and...too.

Subordinating conjunctions: whereas, while, just as...

Conjunctive adverbs: in contrast, on the other hand, similarly, in comparison...

Preposition: unlike, like, similar to...

Part 3: Write an essay of about 350 words to express your opinion on the following topic:

"Modern technology has increased our material wealth, but not our happiness."

A SAMPLE ESSAY

Does modern technology bring happiness? Studies show that as some Western countries reach basic level of

modern technology, their wealth increases but they do not necessarily grow happier, or for that matter unhappier.

Some other countries, on the other hand, have fetishized happiness where life has been at its most miserable. That

is, modern technology does not bring happiness.

Since the 19th century, technology has changed our lives in many ways. On one hand, there is the positive effects

of technology. It has contributed to the reduction of the mortality rate in society due to bring higher education and

greater material wealth. Today, life expectancy in Europeans has climbed past 80. However, people do not seem

to be glad to be alive. They are more anxious, trust government and business less, and get divorced more often. It

is because life is so stressful and burdensome. With the appearance of technological devices such as television and

computer, people spend most of their time sitting in front of screens. They hardly find time for face-to-face

communication or going out to enjoy nature’s beauty.

In addition, the negative effect of modern technology is obvious. Nuclear technology can cause modern battle

with the accessibility of many kinds of dangerous guns, deadly weapons and anti-personnel bombs. Once the war

happens, it causes lots of grievous damage: disastrous fields, dead people and diseases. Therefore, by giving an

impulse to modern wars, new technologies have decreased our happiness.

Modern technology has become a real evil in our lives. It exists to meet specific needs, but does not produce

general happiness. We would be happier if we lived without new technologies. [273 words]