AC WRITING TASK 06-05-2022

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.