Writing
Paper: Part 2
Task type:
An Article
Question
You have
recently read an article from a youth magazine on the problem of inactivity in
young people. The magazine has invited its readers to respond to the topic by
writing a short article of their own, which answers the following questions:
| Why are our young people becoming 'couch potatoes', and what can we do to solve the problem? |
You should focus on young people in your country (or a country that you know well).
Write the article for the readers of the magazine. (around 300 - 350 words)
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Name: Marta A packet of crisps lying on the floor, a half-eaten pizza on the coffee table and lots of CDs, DVDs and video games all over the place, is all that parents see every time we get home from work. {1}Although there was a time when parents used to worry about where their siblings would be, nowadays we are more concerned about the fact that our teenager children spend so much time at home. But, why {***} {2} a generation who should be thinking about playing truant, spending all day with their friends and doing sports, decide to spend so many hours at home? Here, we have to look at new technologies. Not only have they been crucial in the development of medicine or the motor industry but they have also led {3} to a changing {4} in youngsters' social lives. They are surrounded by so many devices that can entertain them that why should they leave home? While previous generations had just one TV set at home, two at the most, nowadays there is such a variety of options that teenagers would need a 25-hour day in order to enjoy their computers, cd players, dvd players, video games or mp3s -whatever they are. However, is it technology the one which has to be blame for that {5}? I don't think so. First of all, parents have all the responsibility in this matter. After a tiring working day it is much easier to let children be educated by TV while we are having a buble {6} bath or drinking a cup {7} of wine by the fireplace. But, hard as it might be, we should try to do things with them in order to develop a liking for sports and healthy life, which would be so important in their future. Moreover, why not paying them the registration fee in a sports club {8}, instead of buying a Playstation when they get good marks at school? Lets do something before it is to late...
...oops! 7 p.m., time for my favourite TV programme, which I will watch for the next 3 hours while having dinner -I don't remember the last time we ate at the dining table!-, after TV maybe a bit of the internet... Ouch, what an awful backache! I should join a gym,... next month perphaps... |