Today foods travel thousands of miles from the farm to the consumers. Why is this? Is it a positive or negative trend?
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Today, foods travel thousands of miles from the farm to the consumers. Why is this? Is it a positive or negative trend?
Today, foods travel thousands of miles from the farm to the consumers. Why is this? Is it a positive or negative trend?
Answer Hints:
Mixed topic. The first part is to answer the reason, the second part is to give your view. (Negative trend is easier to write for this topic.)
Mixed topic. The first part is to answer the reason, the second part is to give your view. (Negative trend is easier to write for this topic.)
The first part: Cause
- Social perspective: A. Urbanization; B. The city has become larger and the demand for food has increased;
- Long-distance transportation technology: A. Food technology development; B. Food preservation and mass production;
- Economic perspective: A. Increasing producers' income; B. helping transportation and other business;
The second part: Point of view:
- Positive: A. Local consumers have more choices; more nutritious; B. Cheaper price;
- Negative: A: Transportation causes environmental damage; B. Food storage time is longer, not healthy to the body; C: impact local food industry;
Answer 1
With the advance of technologies being increasingly popular, food makes a long journey until it arrives at people's tables...
Big and famous companies can reach and influence tons of individuals. Consequently, the more people they persuade, the more individuals will be interested in the companies' service...
But why does this trend hurt society. Extended travel is one of the causes of the impact of greenhouse gases on the atmosphere...
In conclusion, big companies and large-scale production are driving this trend, under which people have less healthy nutrition than consuming local food...
Big and famous companies can reach and influence tons of individuals. Consequently, the more people they persuade, the more individuals will be interested in the companies' service...
But why does this trend hurt society. Extended travel is one of the causes of the impact of greenhouse gases on the atmosphere...
In conclusion, big companies and large-scale production are driving this trend, under which people have less healthy nutrition than consuming local food...
Band: 7.5
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| All Words | 271 | 146 | 53% |
| Top 300 Words | 133 (49%) | 50 (34%) | 37% |
| 300 - 1000 Words | 41 (15%) | 28 (19%) | 68% |
| Over 1000 Words | 97 (35%) | 68 (46%) | 70% |
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Link Words: 15 (including link phrase: 0)
Sentences: Number: 16; Average Length: 107 characters; Words/Sentence: 16
Suggestions:
IELTS Essay Format:
-You should avoid using common words repeatedly, and show your grammatical range and accuracy as possible. The essay has and(9), are(5), this(5), local(5), food(4), more(4), service(4); try to decrease duplicated words.
-High-ratio basic sight words may degrade your writing; suggest rephrasing some.
-Suggest using a few rare or uncommon words to demonstrate your vocabulary range and level.
Task Response:IELTS Essay Format:
-You should avoid using common words repeatedly, and show your grammatical range and accuracy as possible. The essay has and(9), are(5), this(5), local(5), food(4), more(4), service(4); try to decrease duplicated words.
-High-ratio basic sight words may degrade your writing; suggest rephrasing some.
-Suggest using a few rare or uncommon words to demonstrate your vocabulary range and level.
-All parts of the prompt are addressed, and a clear position is presented throughout the response; ideas relating to each sector mentioned are given, but some are not developed much.
Coherence and Cohesion:
-The writing is well organized and has a clear progression throughout, although using some cohesive devices could have been more flexible.
Lexical Resources:
-There is a good range of vocabulary, and there are some less common words and phrases
Grammar Range and Accuracy:
-A variety of complex structures is used with some flexibility and accuracy.
Answer 2
People no longer rely entirely on locally grown food as we can now purchase food grown in some distant land...
We live in a global village and can transport food grown anywhere to other parts of the world. It ensures people can buy many local and foreign fruits, vegetables, and other food items from the nearby markets...
Transportation requires burning fuel, and it is detrimental to the environment. Another negative impact is putting the local farmers into competition, and they are forced to produce more items at a lower cost, hence the increasing use of chemicals...
In conclusion, transporting food over a long distance is undesirable and has more negative consequences than positive ones...
We live in a global village and can transport food grown anywhere to other parts of the world. It ensures people can buy many local and foreign fruits, vegetables, and other food items from the nearby markets...
Transportation requires burning fuel, and it is detrimental to the environment. Another negative impact is putting the local farmers into competition, and they are forced to produce more items at a lower cost, hence the increasing use of chemicals...
In conclusion, transporting food over a long distance is undesirable and has more negative consequences than positive ones...
Band: 6
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