TASK 2

In many metropolitan cities traffic congestion

is a severe problem all around the world. One
of the general solutions given by some environmentalists is
to impose heavy taxes on car drivers and use
this money to make public transport better.
This essay intends to discuss both merits and
demerits of this measure in upcoming subsequent
paragraphs.

On the positive side, there are many benefits of this

measure. Firstly, this step could reduce count of
vehicles on roads and improve quality of
public transport. To elaborate, heavy taxes would
discourage car owners from using their cars because it
would become very expensive to drive. This would mean
that they would begin to make use of public transport
instead. For example, we often see old buses and trains that
people would rather not use. High taxes would generate
enough money to make necessary changes. What is more?
We can put curb on some environment such as
pollution and excessive use of limited natural
resources. To be more precise, more the number of
vehicles on roads mean more the toxic gases given out by
their exhausts. So, if people start using public transport
overwhelmingly then automatically noise and air pollution
would reduce in cities.
On the downside, there can be various drawbacks of such
solution. First and the foremost, this would act as
extra burden on the car drivers. Illustrating it,
taxes are already high for a lot of people, and so further
taxes would only mean less money at the end of the month
for most people who may have no choice but to drive every
day. Secondly, this measure can reduce job
opportunities for those who are working in
automobile industry. If extra taxes are imposed on car
owners then owning a car would not be affordable by
everyone. As a result of this, people have to depend on
public transport and they would not buy their own personal
vehicles which would reduce manufacturing of cars. A large
number of workforces would be workless due to less
demand of such vehicles in the market.

To conclude, this solution is worth considering for

improving the current situation of various
nations, but there are numerous benefits and drawbacks
which should be kept in mind before introducing
such a policy.
TASK 1
The line graph shows the percentage of tourists to England
who visited certain Brighton attractions between 1980 and
2010.
In an overview, we can see that in 1980 and in 2010 the
favourite attractions were the pavilion and the festival. In
1980 the least popular attraction was the pier but in 2010
this changed and the art gallery was the least popular.

During the 1980s and 1990s there was a sharp increase in

visitors to the pavilion from 28% to 48% and then the
percentage gradually went down to 31% in 2010. The trend
for the art gallery was similar to the pavilion. Visitors
increased rapidly from 22% to 37% from 1980 to 1985 then
gradually decreased to less than 10% over the next twenty-
five years.
The number of tourists who visited the Brighton Festival
fluctuated slightly but in general remained steady at about
25%. Visitors to the pier also fluctuated from 1980 to 2000
then rose significantly from 12% to 22% between 2000 and
2010.