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Advantages and disadvantages essays Running a business This unit will look further at how to write advantages and disadvantages essays, focusing on this essay question Introductory text You’re going to read an interview with a self-made businessman, Allan Gray He and his brother set up a language school from scratch 25 years ago, and the school is now extremely successful, employing around 80 staff Read the article on the opposite page and match these questions (1-7) to Allan's answers (A-G) Is it difficult to switch off at weekends? Would you recommend setting up a business to young people leaving university? Why did you want to work for yourself? Paragraph A What are the difficult parts of running a business? What kind of person would be suited to running a business? How long did it take to be successful? Was it difficult to start the business? Decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the interview Allan had to take out a loan to help start up the business The first few years were fairly successful None of the original staff members is still working for the company When you start a business, it’s expensive to make people aware of your company Allan says it’s possible to completely switch off at weekends If your company has problems, you could lose your house It’s better to work for a company for a while before you start your own business Complete the collocations below from the article using the words in the box freedom get go go keep major ………….a business for myself the to make my own decisions to be creative the credit set up room work the profits bankrupts out of business a responsibility 10 for someone else work Scan the article and find phrases with the same meaning as the expressions in italics If you make a bad decision, you have to take responsibility for it (paragraph A) you carry the can The business is always somewhere in your thoughts, even at the weekend, (paragraph E) If the business goes bankrupt, you can lose your house, (paragraph F) It’s a good idea to work in a company and learn how to something from the beginning, (paragraph G) If you think you would be good at running a business, why not take a risk? (paragraph G) Set up a business and have a go (paragraph G) Do you agree with Allan's views about running a business? Spotlight Qualifying your opinion In many cases, when you give your view in the introduction of an opinion essay, your ideas may be more complicated than ‘I completely agree’ or ‘I completely disagree’ It’s a good idea to learn some phrases to explain your opinion in a more sophisticated way Discuss your opinion on these questions with a partner • Are exams a good way to assess children? • Should students or the government pay for university? • Should all criminals be sent to prison? Read these opinions and unjumble the phrases in italics I think most people should pay for university, but we should exception / an / make / for people from poor backgrounds I think criminals should be punished for their crimes, but we should into / take / account the circumstances of the crime I agree with capital punishment, but cases / only / some / in I agree with testing children point / to / up / a, but there should be some limits Generally speaking, I agree with giving benefits to unemployed people, but I also think on / depends / it whether they are looking for a job Match each of these qualifying phrases with a phrase from Exercise that means the same consider take into account in some circumstances, but not all not too much it differently for a small number of people on the condition that Complete these sentences using the phrases from Exercise I agree with sending serious criminals to prison, but we should the age of the offender Young offenders should receive a more lenient sentence I agree with community service for criminals, but For serious crimes, prison is a more suitable punishment I agree with making shops close early on Sundays, but I think we should chemists, because people may need to go there in an emergency I support paying money to people who can’t find a job, but how long they are unemployed After six months, I think they should have to a training course to help them find a job I think it’s good that students work while they are at university, but only They also need to have enough time to study Write down your opinions for the essay questions in Exercise Discuss these questions and write your opinions • Should the government support unemployed people financially? • Should the government be able to control what can be shown on television? Spotlight Giving an opinion about future trends Opinion essay titles often ask you to make predictions about the future It’s also common to make predictions in the conclusion of your essay Here’s an example of an opinion essay with a prediction: People increasingly access the news online these days, rather than buying newspapers and magazines to find out what is going on Some people predict that, because of the spread of Internet news, newspapers will disappear at some point in the future Do you agree that newspapers will die out in the future? Write the phrases in bold in these sentences in the correct column of the table below I can’t imagine people will ever give up newspapers There’s a fair chance that people will stop reading newspapers It’s highly unlikely that newspapers will die out There’s a strong possibility that people will stop reading newspapers In all likelihood, all newspapers will become free papers in the future There’s only a slight chance that people will stop reading newspapers It’s extremely probable that Internet news will become more and more popular I would be surprised if people stopped buying newspapers in the future very likely likely unlikely very unlikely I can’t imagine What you think is the likelihood of these predictions coming true? Write sentences using the phrases in Exercise 1 Mandarin Chinese will become the world’s most important language People will stop using cars in the future, because of the environment In the future, most people will work from home Smoking will be completely banned in the future Passports will be unnecessary in the future Oil will run out in the next 20 years There will be more and more water shortages Example: I think there’s a fair chance that Mandarin Chinese will be the most important language, because China is likely to become the most powerful country in the world Discuss these questions with a partner Do you think more people will work abroad in the future? Do you think electric cars will replace cars which run on petrol? Do you think people will get married at a later age than they now? Do you think bookshops and music shops will disappear because of Internet shopping? Make some predictions about your future Discuss with a partner if, in the near future, you think you will • change jobs • buy a house • get married • have children Model essay Opinions You should spend about 40 minutes on this task Write about the following topic: It is a common aspiration among many young people to run their own business, rather than work for an employer Do you think the advantages of working for yourself outweigh the drawbacks? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience Write at least 250 words Do you agree with the ideas in the model essay? Read through the model essay and find chunks of language with a similar meaning to these expressions Many people have this goal, if is a common aim of many people We need to remember that Not everyone has the personality to run a business rather than doing what your boss says in addition on the other hand No one can disagree There are more advantages than disadvantages Look at the essay you wrote at the start of this unit See if you can add some of the chunks in Exercise to your essay Structure and linking instead (of) Relative clause Exam skills Checking and editing your essays Exam skills Using noun phrases 10 11 ... business rather than doing what your boss says in addition on the other hand No one can disagree There are more advantages than disadvantages Look at the essay you wrote at the start of this unit See... Gray He and his brother set up a language school from scratch 25 years ago, and the school is now extremely successful, employing around 80 staff Read the article on the opposite page and match... add some of the chunks in Exercise to your essay Structure and linking instead (of) Relative clause Exam skills Checking and editing your essays Exam skills Using noun phrases 10 11