Model AnswersTask-1
The provided bar graph compares the gold, silver and bronze
medal winners in Olympic game by twelve different countries. Overall, the USA
won the highest number of medals numbering more than 2200 medals.
According
to the bar graph, the USA alone won far more medals than any other countries.
The USA alone won about 900 gold medals, 700 silver medal and 500 bronze
medals. No other country won so many medals in any type i.e. gold, silver and
bronze that the USA did. Soviet Union was the second most medal winning country
in Olympic game with about 400 gold, 300 silver and 200 bronze medals. United
Kingdom was the third most medal winning country with over 700 total medals of
which about 200 was gold. Other European countries like France, Germany and
Italy each won more than 500 medals. Sweden, Australia, Hungary, and East
Germany won around 100-200 gold medals, about 100 silver medals and few other
bronze medals. Japan and China were two Asian countries to won the medal in
Olympic game and they each won about 300-400 medals in total. China won more
medals than Japan did but they were far behind than the USA, UK and other
countries that won Olympic medals.
Task-2
People
have different views about whether public expenditure on national occasions suchas
new year or festivals is too much nowadays. While I agree that governments and
individuals are spending a significant amount of
Money on those
celebrations, I would argue that thisactivity is necessary and therefore can be considered
acceptable. It is true that a large amount of money is currently spent
on some important celebrations of a country.
Firstly , governments is
spending a proportion of their budget on holding events to celebrate these
occasions. For example, much money is being paid for fireworks on New
Year’s eve in many countries around the world.
Secondly,
individuals also spend
moneyto have celebrations and parties with their families, which is a common
habit in many areas. For instance
,
my parents and I often have a special dinner on the final day of every year.
However,
I believe there are great benefits of public spending on national celebrations,
and therefore it is completely
justifiable. The firstadvantage is that this is a great way to preserve the
culture of a nation. To illustrate, Lunar New Year is an important part of the
Vietnamese culture, and holding celebrations for this occasion is
necessary to remind younger generations of this tradition. Additionally, since these
occasions are usually the only times for family members to have time and enjoy
together, it is understandable that people would want to spend money on something that
makes them happy. Finally, as there
are only a few national celebrations in a year, the amount of money spent on those days
is unlikely to be too much.
In
conclusion, I disagree with the idea that people and governments are spending
too much money on
national occasions.
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