The bar chart represents the different proportion of men and women engaged in further education from 1970 to 1990 in Britain. It is clear from the chart that part-time educaiton was chosen by most people. In 1970, 1000 thousand males participated in some kind of part-time education and the figure dropped slightly to 850 thousand in 1980, followed by an increase to 900 thousand in 1990. Only 150 thousand males chose to engage in full-time educaiton in 1970. Interestingly, this figure saw a continuous increase in the following two decades and reached 300 thousand in 1990. The number of females participating in further education witnessed a steady increase both in full-time and part-time education. In 1970, less than 800 thousand women went to study part-time and the figure reached 1150 thousand in 1990, higher than the number of male. Only 100 thousand females studied full-time in 1970 and it increased to 300 thousand in 1990, equal to the number of male. To conclude, the number of people choosing to study full-time had been  increasing from 1970 to 1990 while the number of males studing part-time decreased.

At the present time, the population of some countries includes a relatively large number of young ad Topic: At the present time, the population of some countries includes a relatively large number of young adults, compared with the number of older people. Do the advantages of this situaton outweigh the disadvantages? Answer: The younger generation is becoming the majority of the population in some countries. Some people argue that it will be a big burden to create job opportunities for them while others are of the opinion that they are important labor resources for the country. Young adults are of great value as they may become the significant labor source for the industry, for example, manufacturing industry requires a large amount of people and it contributes largely to the economy of a country. Therefore, the country possessing abundant young adults has natural advantages in developing the labor intensive manufacturing industry. On the other hand, there is no need to worry about the issue of supporting the old as the old generation can be aided by their children. However, it is a serious problem for the government to create enough job vacancies for the young employees. Youngsters without jobs and income resources might become a potential risk to the society. Besides, it is also a heavy burden for the government to offer educational opportunities for the numerous young adults. Those who want to improve their working ability may find it hard to enter a vocational training institution. Thus it will be hopeless for them to get a promotion. To conclude, although there may be some side effects for a country to possess a considerably large number of young adults, I believe younger generations can make a huge contribution to the development of various aspects of a country.

Space travel has been possible for some time and some people believe that space tourism could be dev Topic: Space travel has been possible for some time and some people believe that space tourism could be developed in the future. Do you think it is a positive or negative develoment? Answer: Space technology has been developed rapidly in recent years making the space travel highly possible in the near future. Although it is attractive(fascinating), I believe we need to be cautious when we are determined to walk into space. First of all, space technology can cause an extremely large amount of financial resources which might be better to pump into other sectors. There are still many people lacking access to clean water and food. The insufficent nutrition of children has been a serious problem existing in many less developed countries for lots of years. Thus it is a reasonable arguement that resources should be utilized on the more tangible fields rather than the outer space as the earth remains our only home for the time being. Secondly, space travel can be really dangerous as little is known about the universe. For example, the spacecraft may encounter some radioactive substances which could be harmful to the environment on the earth. On the other hand, the advancement in space science might also have some possible promoting effects on our daily life. Take NMR for instance, this tech was originally developed to produce the device using on the spacecraft. However, it turned out to be highly useful in detecting impairments in the human body. Therefore, NMR is mainly equipped in the hospitals nowadays all around the world. It is also worth mentioning that the resources on the earth such as fossil fuels, are going to be exhausted within the next millennium. Space tourism may lead us to a new planet where energy sources are abundant. To conclude, although the development of space travel could bring us advanced technologies, I believe it is more reasonable to pump the financial resources into the other more urgent sectors.