Английский язык. Климова А.Ю - 21 стр.

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seat. And it will have lots of room, from basement to attic. These are all good reasons
for me to prefer living in a traditional house.

       Some people love modern design, but it’s not for me. The space and beauty of a
traditional home are more important to me than having everything new and perfect.

13     Some people say that advertising encourages us to buy things that we really
       do not need. Others say that advertisements tell us about new products that
       may improve our lives. Which viewpoint do you agree with? Use specific rea-
       sons and examples to support your answer.

       The whole point of advertising is to encourage us to buy things we don’t need.
Advertisers are in the business of making money for themselves and their clients. If
they manage to sell us something that’s good for us too, that’s fine. But their primary
goal is profit.

       It begins when we are children. Saturday morning children’s television is full of
commercials. Over and over again children see images of toys and games. They see
other children who are having the time of their lives. They watch these children and
get the message that if they want to have that much fun, they need to buy those things .
Thus, at a very early age, we’re introduced to two ideas: that we want to be like every-
one else, and we want to have what everyone else has.

       This continues throughout our lives. We spend a lot of our money trying to keep
up with our neighbors. We buy the latest model cars, have all the latest gadgets in our
homes, and live a lifestyle beyond our budgets. Advertising encourages us to define
ourselves by what we own rather than by who we are. It encourages a competition of
false values and shallow measurements of what matters in our lives

      Advertising can be damaging. However, it is also one of the ways in which our
economy keeps growing. People need to buy products in order for other people to have
jobs manufacturing, transporting and selling those products. Advertising also keeps us
informed about new products that may actually help us in some way. For these reasons,
you could say advertising is a necessary evil.

14     Many parts of the world are losing important natural resources, such as for-
       ests, animals, or clean water. Choose one resource that is disappearing and
       explain why it needs to be saved. Use specific reasons and examples to sup-
       port your opinion.

                                Preserve Our Planet’s Trees.

      Many natural resources are disappearing or being wasted on our planet every
day. One of the most important resources we are abusing is our trees. Each year, hun-