TOEFL 3 - Travel alone or with a companion Some people like to travel with a companion. Others prefer to travel alone. Which do you prefer? I strongly prefer travel alone than travel with a companion. There are several reasons why I like this idea. First, you do not depend on anyone. You can do whatever you want when you travel alone. It means you can get out in any time of any place and enjoy the maximum you want a place. For example, I remember when I did my first solo trip 3 years ago. I when to Huaraz and I stayed in a very affordable hostal but at the same time with a lot of common space where I were able to share with people, or prepare my own food while I met foreigners. I did what I really want to do at my own time and the best was anyone told me what time go to sleep. Additionally, you have the need to talk with other people. When you travel alone you have the opportunity to meet new people, on the other hand I think when you travel with a companion you just talk with him or her and you do not need to talk with anybody else. For example, I remember in the hostal I met a Chinese guy and two girls from California, we started to move and go to touristic places in Ecuador. It was one of my best experience and choice I made. Thirdly, you do not have to deal with different sleeping and eating habits. Some people prefer sleep early in a journey but I think you have to enjoy the most possible while you are in a trip, then you have to go to sleep late. For example, my friend eat meat but I am vegetarian, so I have to prepare my own food and go to specific vegetarian restaurants, while he can eat in almost all the restaurants and sometimes, we had some fights about it. It was so frustrating and I felt blue. In conclusion, I strongly believe travel alone is much better than travel with a companion because you do not depend on anyone, you have the need to talk with other people and you do not have to deal with different sleeping and eating habits, so that illustrates clearly what I prefer.

TOEFL 2 Many people believe that the increased presence of violence in films and televesions these days is responsible for the rising incidents of violent crimes among youths in society.They argue that governments have a duty to control the media so as to reduce this phenomenon. Do you agree with this argument? I disagree with this statement and I think government should not control the media to reduce violence and crimes in films and television among youths for several reasons. First, the closest environment influences more in youth. Close friends have more influences in youth because they spend a lot of time with them. For example, if a kid grows up in a good environment doing sport and he have a lot of extra activities in school, for sure he will pursue something good for his future and he will become a good deportist. On the other hand, if this kid grows up in an environment where his friends are criminals or thieves, the most probably is they grow up like one of them. Second, parents should control their children’s Tv watching. Parents are responsible for the content what their kids are watching and they should watch out them because it has a tremendous impact on children’s homework and social activities they do. For example, if youths spend a lot of time watching violent programs it could have a negative impact in them. Third, we live in a democratic and freedom of expression country. Governments can not interfere with the programs on TV due to they are private companies and they have their own rules and decisions about what programs they should transmit on Tv. To sum up, the closest environment influences more in youth, parents should control their children’s Tv watching and we live in a democratic and freedom of expression country are the most important reasons for governments should not control the media relate to the increased presence of violence in films and television.

Essay-TOELF Describe a difficult situation that you facd in your personal or professional life and explin how you ultimately worked out the problem to your advantage. My father passed away when I have 18 years old. It was the ultimate difficult situation in my life for several reasons but I had to face it and overcome all the circumstances. First, I became a more responsible student. I remember I used to go to a lot of parties and the next day I went to the university class very tired and I did not pay attention to my class. Besides, there was many opportunities my friends told me to play football or play station at the same time I had class, for that reasons I did not attend the class. My behavior was prejudicial but I thought it was ok because my father payed and solved everything. Nevertheless, I realized I was wrong after my father died and I started to study hard everyday and I achieved my goal to study abroad. Second, my brothers and I started to get along. We had a ridiculous fight in our childhood which I even do not remember, but after our father died, we try to spend more time together, even when one of them left the house and went to live alone to other city we continue calling him and visit him once a week. Moreover, now I live alone too, but my brother come to visit me with his wife and we cook on weekend our favorite dish each time we can. I feel very blessed to have them. Third, I learn to be more independent person. My father payed all our debts but after he passed away, I started to work in my holidays like a waiter and save money for my own expenses. I learned to appreciate more the money and spend it wisely. For example, I stopped to buy clothes and shoes, even I remember I had a jean during 2 years. It was so embarrassing because it was too age-worn. N In conclusion, I look back and I see I happened hard moments after my father passed away but I overcome each of these situations.

Zebra mussels are not a threat /Please DO NOT correct the contractions. The lecture explained why the zebra mussels are not a threat to fresh water population nowadays. First of all, salt water can kill the mussels. The ships need to cross the ocean and when they arrived the need to go out of fresh water and go for salt water and that kill mussels. This refutes the reading which states that human transportation causes the invasion of mussels. Second, other predators change their habitat to eat mussels. Always when there are a new members in the ocean, that appears new predators so they change their habitat and go to eat mussels. This contradicts clearly which what is stated in reading which stated mussels can dominate a new habitat. Third, others fish can do positive impact. Mussels can generate nutrients eaten by fish that feed near to bottom of a lake, so fish population increase because they feed with plankton. This opposes the point in the reading which states the decline in the overall fish population due to mussels. To sum up, salt water, other predators and mussels can generate nutrients are the main reasons why the zebra mussel’s spread can be control.

Four days work in the United States. Please NOT correct contractions. The lecture explained why work five days a week can not be replaced by work a four-day week in the United States. Firstly, companies could spend more money. Companies would have to hire new workers and it implies more office space, besides they will need to buy more computers and medical medicines. This directly refutes the reading passage which states that would increase company profits. Secondly, the employees could work overtime to do the difference. The companies would demand them to do the same work that they do in five days and current jobs will become more unpleasant. Again, this opposes what is states in the reading which states that four-days week would reduce unemployment rate. Thirdly, the risk to reduce the quality of live. The employees would decrease and they would have less chance to advance in their careers because companies prefer five days employees in management positions or supervision. This contradicts the reading passage which states employees would benefit spending extra time with their families. All in all, companies would spend more money, the employees could work overtime to do the difference and the risk to reduce the quality of live are the main reasons why four days week can not replace the work five days a week.

Dodo's extinction (writing 01) please NOT correct contractions. The lecture explained which disappearance of the dodo is caused by human hunting. However, the speaker says that it was other factor that led to its disappearance. There are the following three reasons. Firstly, humans did not like eating dodo. Dodo has a pretty horrible taste, thus, humans preferred eat other small animals .This directly refuses the reading passage which states that dodo was flightess, and it has a weak wings, it was easier for humans hunting them. Second, others animal ate dodo. With the arrived of humans, others animals like dogs and pigs were brought to the island, for this reason, they eat many dodos. Again this rebuts what is stated in the reading which stated that dodo was unusual friendliness and they live isolated from humans and when humans arrived they approached with lack of fear and dodos were hunted by humans. Thirdly, humans introduce predators that never exist into the area where dodos lived. It is the most likely evidence of the disappearance of the dodo. This opposes the reading passage which states that humans killing dodos in mass quantities.