General statement + While many people support this idea / share this belief, there are some who are / remain skeptical about this.
University education is essential for young people.
All young people have to make a career choice and weigh all advantages and disadvantages of higher education. Some people believe that receiving university education is fundamental for youngsters while others disagree with this point of view.
In my opinion, getting higher education is valuable and completely necessary for teenagers. First of all, university education gives a chance to have/get/land/secure a prestigious job because +university students get essential knowledge that makes them highly qualified professionals. Moreover, people can make friends and useful contacts at the university that also can help to make a great career. More than that, university education makes individuals culturally developed because students have different classes in their study plan (запятая – дополнительная информация, можно опустить) such as history and philosophy.
Nevertheless, some people suppose that university education is not crucial for young people at all, as there are many examples when people become successful and rich without a university diploma. +As an example, /For example, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, the greatest persons/personalities of all time, did not graduate from universities.
However, I cannot agree with the opponent’s/ the opponents’ opinion. Although almost everybody knows about their overwhelming careers, such people are just exceptions of TO the rule as they possess rare talents. Ordinary people can hardly achieve such levels heights without a university qualification.
In conclusion, I want to say that university education is basic for young people because it provides them with many opportunities.
basic – начальный, базовый, примитивный
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Формулировка темы
• Проблема
• Дискуссионность
«широкое смысловое поле»
• Фокус
«более узкая проблема» «ограничители»
Типичные ограничители
• Little children / teenagers
• Teachers / parents
• The greatest / more important
• Better / the best
• The key to…
• Too / enough
• Essential, impossible, valuable
• Every
• Replace
• Nowadays, modern / (will) in the future
• Will … soon
• Should / should not
• Can / cannot
• (not) only
• No longer
• Never
• Without
• If / before
Introduction
• General statement + While / Although / However
General statement + While many people support this idea / share this belief, there are some who are / remain skeptical about this.
Background = current situation (context sentence)
It is a common fact that modern people place great emphasis on ... / attach a lot of importance (value) to ... .
Nowadays it is impossible / inconceivable to imagine ... without ...
It is no secret that nowadays ... is increasing in popularity / has become extremely popular.
Problem = clash of opinions (“while”/ “however” sentence)
While some people (parents/teachers) firmly believe that …, others (most children/pupils) think different / insist that…
Some people support the idea that …. Others, however, … (disagree with this point of view/ argue that…)
• Synonyms (adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs)
• Word forms (adjective -> noun, verb -> noun, adjective ->adverb)
• Structure:
- active-passive
- comparatives (than – as…as, best – there is nothing better than…)
- modal verbs ( can – is possible, should – is a good idea to do… / is the best thing to do…, must – is necessary)
- although – despite – however
- conditionals (If … , … .)
- cause – effect (… leads to / results in)
It is always best to follow in your parents’ footsteps
when choosing a profession.
1) There is an opinion that the best thing to do when choosing a future profession is to follow in your parents’ footsteps.
2) There is a popular belief that children should always follow in their parents’ footsteps when they choose their future profession.
3) It is generally believed that there is nothing better than following in your parents’ footsteps when choosing a profession.
School classmates make the best friends.
1) There is a popular belief that only classmates can become ideal / true / real friends.
2) It is generally believed that there are no better friends than your classmates.
3) There is a popular belief that real / true friendship can be found only among school classmates.
Childhood is the safest period in human life.
There is a widespread belief that no other period in human life is as safe as childhood.
Every town and city should have a zoo.
1) There is a popular belief that it is a good idea for every town or city to have a zoo / it is a good idea to build a zoo in every town or city.
2) It is generally believed that there should be a zoo in every town or city.
Fast food outlets should be closed.
1) There is a growing belief that closing fast food outlets is a good / an excellent idea.
2) There is a growing belief that although fast food is extremely popular, it is time to close all fast food outlets.
3) There is a growing belief that it is important to ban fast food outlets from opening and close the existing ones.
4) There is a growing belief that it is important to stop the spread of fast food outlets.
5) There is a growing belief that we have to close / get rid of fast food outlets as soon as possible.
Different Perspectives
ü Political
ü Personal
ü Social
ü Economic, Commercial, Financial
ü Geographical
ü Health
ü Physical
ü Mental / Psychological
ü Cultural
ü Historical
ü Moral
ü Religious
ü Academic, Educational
ü Environmental
ü Geographical
• From an economic perspective, … is obviously a step in the right (wrong) direction.
• From a moral / ethical perspective, … is a wrong decision.
• As far as religion is concerned, … is not a proper thing to do..
• On a personal / social level … is (can be) a very positive step, too.
• Politically, … is (can be) a very positive step towards building integration between countries.
• Psychologically, … is extremely beneficial to / for…
• From a scientific standpoint, … has led to significant advances (in…).
• From a social viewpoint, … play an important role because…
• From an educational standpoint, it is vital that ? To …
• … appears to be / is academically beneficial, too.
• … has a positive / negative psychological impact.
• to prepare physically and mentally for…
• to offer technological / educational advantages
• to offer financial benefits
• to benefit sb financially / to benefit financially from
• to pose environmental risks