The chart below shows the total number of Olympic
medals won by twelve different countries.
The bar chart compares twelve
countries in terms of the
overall number of medals that
they have won at the Olympic Games.
It is clear that the USA is by far
the most successful
Olympic medal winning nation.
It is also noticeable that the
figures for gold, silver and bronze
medals won by any particular country
tend to be fairly similar.
The USA has won a total of around 2,300 Olympic medals,
including approximately 900 gold medals, 750 silver and
650 bronze.
In second place on the all-time
medals chart is the Soviet Union, with
just over 1,000 medals.
Again, the number of gold medals
won by this country is slightly higher than the number of silver or bronze
medals.
Only four other countries - the
UK, France, Germany and Italy - have won more than 500 Olympic medals, all with
similar proportions of each medal colour.
Apart from the USA and the Soviet
Union, China is the only other country with a noticeably higher proportion of
gold medals (about 200) compared to silver and bronze (about 100 each).
The chart below shows numbers of incidents and
injuries per 100 million passenger miles travelled
(PMT) by transportation type in 2002.
The bar chart compares the number
of incidents and injuries for every 100 million passenger miles travelled on five different
types of public transport in
2002.
It is clear that the most incidents and
injuries took place on demand-response vehicles.
By contrast, commuter rail services recorded by far the lowest
figures. A total of 225 incidents and 173 injuries, per 100 million passenger
miles travelled, took place on demand-response
transport services.
These figures were nearly three times
as high as those for the second highest category, bus services.
There were 76 incidents and 66
people were injured on buses. Rail services experienced fewer problems.
The number of incidents on light rail trains equaled the figure recorded for
buses, but there were significantly fewer injuries, at only 39.
Heavy rail services saw lower numbers of such events
than light rail services, but commuter
rail passengers were
even less likely to experience problems.
In
act, only 20 incidents and 17 injuries occurred on commuter
trains.
Sample #47
Children
who are brought up in the family that do not have a lot of money are better
prepared to deal with problems when they become adults than children who are
brought up by wealthy parent.
Do
you agree or disagree with this statement? Gives reasons for your answer and
include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
model answer:
Over the past few decades, along with growing
interest in child education, people's attention to the family environment where
a child is brought up has also significantly increased.
Some people have begun to feel that a child
who has grown up in a poor family tend to be better prepared to deal with
problems.
In my opinion, however, family environment
alone does not much influence a child's ability to solve problems.
A child who was born into a poor family would
have had more situations where they had to solve a problem or make a decision
on their own.
This is because in most unfortunate families,
both parents are usually working and children are put into situations where
they have to take care of themselves.
By contrast, due to their wealth, rich
children can experience and learn things that unfortunate children cannot.
For example, they usually go to the best
schools and receive a higher education there, which prepares them better for solving
problems in their life.
However, few would disagree with the fact that
each individual is different. That is, problem solving skills come more from
life experience.
That is, the more a person experiences in
life, the more they can use these experiences to adjust, to adapt and to solve
problems they encounter.
Personality also can be a factor in dealing
with problems.
A person who is optimistic, outgoing,
confident and open-minded can look at and solve problems more effectively.
As discussed above, nature and nurture have an
equal influence on a child's ability to face challenges.
Parents should spare no effort to figure out
how they can help their children to be independent.
I hope that in the future the next generation
will grow up as mature citizens.
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