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Question: (ielts)
Currently there is a trend towards the use of alternative forms of medicine. However, at best these methods are ineffective, and at worst they may be dangerous.
To what extent do you agree with this statement?
Answer:
Alternative medicine is not new and pre-dates conventional medicine. There are concerns regarding the effectiveness of these methods. From my perspective, while we should rely on medicine to recover from diseases, alternative methods could be effective and safe as a helper to get healthier.
On the one hand, some alternative methods are ineffective and dangerous. Firstly, inappropriate attitudes towards medical technologies may lead people to choose ineffective methods. For example, some people regard praying as the only way to cure diseases because of their religions or beliefs, resulting in patients getting worse. What’s more, there are some unethical companies who exaggerate the functions of their health care products and prevent patients from getting proper medical treatments, for profit.
On the other hand, proper alternatives should be advocated for their obvious benefits to patients. Afer all, it is evident that medicines have side effects, and abusing them could well negatively impact patients' health. After necessary treatments, other recovery methods including a healthy diet and exercise should be adopted to develop a good lifestyle and avoid illnesses. This would be a positive cycle for people; without it, the people's immunity could become worse and eventually no medicine could be used to help them.
In conclusion, diseases should be properly treated by medicine, however, people cannot cure diseases just by relying on medicines without taking their drawbacks into consideration. We should be able to choose adequate alternatives after medical treatment, and the combination of the two could be better for fitness.
Thanks for your time ! : )0 votedJune 18, 20174Thank you for your corrections. Thank you so much.
Topic:
Some people claim that not enough of the waste from homes is recycled. They say that the only way to increase recycling is for governments to make it a legal requirement.
To what extent do you think laws are needed to make people recycle more of their waste?Content:
There is no doubt that it is necessary for people to recycle, which is environmentally friendly and has a positive effect on conserving resources. But apart from governments making laws , there are also some other ways of doing it.The making of laws by governments can work because most people do not want to disobey laws, for fear of facing punishment. However, there are some shortcomings. First, legislative branches have to think comprehensively about the contents of laws and make sure they are suitable. This requires people to conduct surveys, which takes time and costs money. Second, judicial departments should take responsibility for supervising these laws. Besides, it takes time for people to accept and get used to new laws. What’s more, as recycling is costly, people have to spend a lot of money on recycling facilities, which burdens the family’s economy (country's economy?). Above all, from the perspective of efficient use of time and saving money, formulating new laws is not the best way to sort out people’s thoughts on recycling, or to boost (increase the amount of?) recycling.
There are some other more suitable options for encouraging people to recycle. Firstly, companies are willing to develop new recycling techniques if there are some advantages. Therefore, it would be useful if governments encouraged them via economy (第二类条件). Secondly, we should realize that it is people’s thoughts about recycling that work, rather than laws. So it would be better to advertise recycling in public and to let it penetrate into people’s minds. Also it is necessary to teach people how to recycle. People can only make use of reusable things if they know how to separate them from real rubbish. What’s more, economic benefits can prompt more people to buy recycling facilities which helps people to reuse their waste.
To summarise, recycling is becoming (过程就是正在进行的) more and more important in our daily lives because of the scarcity of resources. The making of laws by governments can prompt people to recycle but it is not the only way to do it.0 votedJune 18, 20173Have you heard of guzheng, one of China's stringed musical instruments? Please correct, thank you.
Speaking of musical instruments, I would like to talk about guzheng which is one of China's traditional instruments. I learned to play it for a year and a half when I was in high school, but due to gpressure to study, I gave it up. I still regret that decision. (意思是‘现在仍然后悔放弃学习古筝’，是吗)
As a stringed musical instrument, this instrument looks like a big box with strings, and it can be divided into two parts, only the right of which is used for playing, an the left part is used for tuning. Similarly, it can be played standing or sitting because it might be so large that children can’t reach the strings when they sit. Also, due to its large size, it’s hard to take it with me wherever I go, unlike the violin.
Throughout my childhood I spent a lot of time with this instrument because I found it very interesting and striking. Chinese traditional music is classic and it gave me a feeling of freedom. The music produced by this instrument is very charming and produces a very soothing sound. This instrument can produce different sounds via various scales, depending on how it is tuned and played.
The people who play this instrument are mostly elegant women, and children. It is quite popular among kids now since parents think it’s a way to cultivate their kids’ temperament.
I have always been fascinated by this device, ever since my childhood. I think it would be wonderful if I could get the time to continue learning guzheng.0 votedJune 16, 20173
