Writing task 2 -IELTS- Environmental problems are too big for individuals to be solved Task: Some people think that environmental problems are too big for individuals to be solved, while others think that individuals cannot solve these environmental problems unless governments make some action. My essay: Over the last few decades environmental issues have become a very hot topic as well as a controversial thematic. If in one hand it is undeniable that a very deep conscience has grown and large part of people considers these problems as a real threat for themselves, there are different opinions as regard the way to cope with this problem. According to the first point of view individual has no influence in solving this kind of problems. This can be considered a very pessimistic vision strongly conditioned by an hidden fatalism. These people believe that preserving the environment, recycling the waste, reducing self-pollution will not have a beneficial impact on the world scenario. As first argument they state that these problems have become such big and complex that individual actions cannot change the course of the events. Moreover, pollution and global warming has triggered a series of geological phenomenon that it is impossible to block: “critical point” is just overcome and so no retry is possible. On the other hand someone don’t agree with this thesis and consider this kind of thought as a product of a lazy and nihilist society. Differently from the first one, these people think that a change can occur only if governments and other major organizations intervene directly to solve it at different levels. The first one consist in stating and promoting several policies to reduces the causes of environmental issues: stimulating recycling, decreasing the amount of production of green-house gases, planning politics of taxation for non-eco friendly cars. These strict measurements can improve directly the situation and, as second effects, can stimulate people’s conscience toward ecological problems. Overall, it is clear that this theme is very complex and no solution can be considered definitive or permanent unless a very deep and specialized studies prove its efficacy. Anyway the second approach is definitely the best one because only a cooperation between individual and government can realize a turning point in this complicate global scenario. Stating that individual actions have no efficacy is meaningless because every single effort is necessary and useful to pursuit our goal.

ielts writing task 2: fast food “ Even though doctors all over the world state that fast food is bad for people's health, more and more people are eating it” A lot of doctors state fast food is not properly a safe food and it could be very dangerous for the health. Although this advice given by the scientists many researches show how the consume of this kind of food has been increasing. There are many reasons but everyone are connected strongly with the modern society and its features. The first one can be deduced by a part of the name “ fast food” : “ fast” . It is clear that our lifestyle has become faster than in the past and also “eating” could be considered as a waste of time. Having a meal in a fast food represents often the solution of this problem: short queue and food ready instantly. Another main reason is the price. The companies of this sector succeed in offering cheaper meal than a usual one in a normal restaurant due to the big quantity of food this corporations manage daily. A lot of people are attracted by the possibility of having dinner paying less than 10 euros per person. On the other hand during the last years more and more people has started to pay attention of what they eat. Nowdays, thanks to the media, many consumers are more informed about the advantages of a safe diet and they has started to be conscious about the quality of food. Although the recent data do not show any evidence of this new trend , in the future the number of people who will eat in “fast food” will gradually decrease. It is also possible ( and more probable) that fast foods companies will have to change their menù introducing more healthy food. It will depend only on how the consumers will be able to condition the market.

ielts writing task 2 immigraition from the countryside to the city ( causes and effects) Immigration from the countryside to cities has become a real important phenomenon over the last decades and , according to many studies , it will have increased by the following years. Analizing the phenomenon is not so easy because we have to consider several variables which depend on a specific situation. However there are some particular causes common among these events. The first ones are the poverty and the unemployment which are really connected one to each other. Being a rural environment the economy is based mostly on agriculture and it depends on it. As consequence if a harvest or a flood comes all the economic and working system crushes. The quality and quantitative of facilities is another reason as important as the first one. A lot of places in the countryside are not provided of a water or electric system and the hospitals ,are not as equipped as that of the town. Focusing on the effects of the immigration it is clear that overcrowding is the main and the most dangerous problem. Cities will be not longer able to ensure all the facilities to a more and more numerous population. Apart from the economic point of view immigration could represent a social problem. People from the countryside have different traditions and mores than the ones in the cities. They belong to different cultural heritages and for this reason the spreading of social tensions could be very possible. On the other hand we cannot assert this situation have only negative consequence. The arrival of new people in a specific environment means also sharing knowledges and ideas and makes the society more dynamic. The impact of immigration the cities cannot be esemplified as negative or positive. In this case the most important role is played by governments which has to limit people and ensure the most the minimal services to the last one. In this way probably the previous problems will be avoided.

The picture of Dorian Gray Last night I finished to read " The potrait of Dorian Gray". I had wanted to read it for long time but I had been always busy with my university reading. Since this summer I have been free from exams , I decided to read this book . In my opinion " The Potrait of Dorian Gray " is very interesting novel not only for its aesthetic and ghotic features but also for its characters.They are very original and have a complex personality . There is a famous sentence pronunced by Oscar Wilde that summarizes perfectly this complexity: " Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry is what the world thinks me: Dorian is what I would like to be — in other ages, perhaps" . According to the people who have read this book, which character would you like to be ?

The beauty of math

A lot of people think math is a boring subject and consider it as mix of numbers and formulas. According to this interpretation math is a completelly passive subject and it can't stimulate fantasy and creativity. This position is understandable if we consider how math is often taught. For example when I was 12 I hate math due to my teacher. His teaching consisted in reading the book and writing to blackboard the formulas we had to learn in order to solve the problems. He wasn't able to convey us the true sense of math or , more exactly, the sense of mathematical method. This method is not a miscellaneus of formulas but it is the ability of proving a statement consistently to some hipotesis and throught a rational process . A person has to develop a strong creativity in addition to logics skills in order to be able to do this . Albert Einstein , one of the best phisics and mathematician of 20th century said :" logic will get you from A to B. Immagination will take you everywhere". This sentence shows the importance of fantasy in scientific field and more specifically in mathematics.

Personally I started to like this subject when I started high-school. My new teacher was very out-going and eccentric . He managed to convey us the real sense of this discipline and its connections with other subjects like history and ICT. This mathematical teaching was useful to my student career and also helped me in umanistic field ( in phylosopy for example).

 I would like to end with a citacion of Jhon von Neumann : " If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is".

A journey to Dublin Next month I' m going to Dublin to improve my english. I ' ll stay there one month and I live in a host family . I' ll attend a course in the morning but in the afternoon I ' ll have free time for visiting the city. What are the main places/sites you suggest me to visit in Dublin ?. Thanks :)

Does anyone have some practical suggestions to pass IELTS exam (C1 level)? Thanks