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ielts Task 2 hope somebody can correct the following article for me.Thx, sincerely. Question: Today the high sales of popular consumer goods reflect the power of advertising and not the real needs of the society in which they are sold. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Answer: It is true that advertisement persuades consumers to buy products. While some of these goods are not worth to waste our money, I personally believe that most products could be useful for us. One the one hand, sometimes advertising manipulates people to consume goods that they do not need. It is not uncommon that producers employ glamourous people to sale their new products such as luxurious bags and supercars. For certain reasons, for example, in favor of the celebrities or to show off their higher states in the society, there is a large amount of customers buying such luxury. Moreover, some producers are also good at selling their brand images. They emphasis the innovation and hard quality of the products, but they neglect the use values for customers, they do not care whether the consumers would use it or not. On the other hand, there are also some advertising providing a variety of choices to us. Different manufacturers advertise their latest and best but same type of products to specific groups of users, and they might emphasis their exclusive functions. Game consoles, for instance, consoles of this generation outdo their rivals in their own areas, Nintendo Switch is small enough to easily carry away, while Sony Playstation 4 PRO boasts the most powerful performance which make 4K display possible, players can compare the products via advertisement and choose their perfect consoles. If we do not have advertisement, we would miss the opportunities to choose the goods that fit us most. In conclusion, some luxury advertisement may blind consumers and make them waste money, but most of them can help us choose the right products.

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ielts Task 2

hope somebody can correct the following article for me.Thx, sincerely.
Question:
Today the high sales of popular consumer goods reflect the power of advertising and not the real needs of the society in which they are sold.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Answer:
It is true that advertisement persuades consumers to buy (some) products. While some of these goods are not worth wasting our money on, I personally believe that most products could be useful for us.

On one hand, sometimes advertising manipulates people to consume goods that they do not need. It is not uncommon for producers to employ glamourous people to sell their new products, such as luxurious bags and super cars. For certain reasons, for example, in favor of the celebrities or to show off their higher states in the society, there is a large amount of customers buying such luxury goods. Moreover, some producers are also good at selling their brand image. They emphasize the innovation and quality of the products, but they neglect the use values for their customers, they do not care whether the consumers would use it or not.

On the other hand, there are also some advertisements that provide a variety of choices to us. (this is a strange sentence because advertisements don't give us choices, they advertise themselves only.  Perhaps it would be better to say "there are a variety of different advertisements that offer us more choices".  However, I still think this is wrong because choosing a product is not solely dependent on advertising [although it can be a large factor].  To be clear, I only mean the word usage of "choices" here)  Different manufacturers advertise their latest and best but same type of products to specific groups of users, and they might emphasize their exclusive functions. Game consoles, for instance, consoles of this generation outdo their rivals in their own areas, the Nintendo Switch is small enough to easily carry away, while the Sony Playstation 4 PRO boasts the most powerful performance which make 4K display possible, players can compare the products via advertisement and choose their perfect consoles. (this sentence is a bit too long, I feel) If we do not have advertisement, we would miss the opportunities to choose the goods that fit us most. 

In conclusion, some luxury advertisement may blind consumers and make them waste money, but most of them can help us choose the right products.


English-wise those are my suggestions.  My only suggestion would be the content.  I think it would be a stronger argument to talk about the hype that advertising creates.  Especially about popularity.  Many times humans purchase items based on it's popularity, and not necessarily because they need or want the product to begin with.  You do allude to it, but never directly address this.  

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