Model 1

40.2 Imagine that you are doing a project on popularity of movie genres. You have collected some data on the subject (see the diagram below).

Comment on the data in the diagram and give your personal opinion on the subject of the project.

Write 200−250 words. Use the following plan:

— make an opening statement on the subject of the project work;

— select and report 2−3 main features;

— make 1−2 comparisons where relevant;

— outline a problem that can arise with movies and suggest the way of solving it;

— draw a conclusion giving your personal opinion on the importance of various movies in human life

Model answer 1

It is impossible to imagine our everyday life without cinematography. Movies add color to our routine and let us plunge into the world of adventure, fantasy and romance. In this project I intend to find out the most popular movies genres and show the percentage in the diagram.

We can identify two main features of the statistics presented in the diagram. Firstly, the majority of the surveyed opted for comedy, constituting 90%. In contrast, the least popular genre is horror, voted for only by 48 % of the surveyed.

As can be seen from the chart, adventure movies are almost as popular as comedies with a difference of 2% in rating. Among other genres there are musicals and romantic comedies, chosen as favorites by 50% and 70% respondents respectively.

I believe the statistics in the chart reveal an important problem. As is illustrated by the chart, people prefer entertainment movies to educational ones, such as documentaries. In order to solve this problem, the production of such movies should be increased as well as the promotion of such movies among the audience, especially adolescents.

In conclusion, I would like to emphasize that the promotion of educational movies may increase the overall level of education and develop critical thinking. However, there is no doubt that all genres are important as they make our life brighter and more varied.

(226 words)

Model 2

40.2 Imagine that you are doing a project on how frequently teenagers in Russia use social media. You have found some data on the subject — the results of the opinion polls (see the diagram below).

Comment on the data in the diagram and give your opinion on the subject of the project.

How frequently teenagers in Russia use social media

Write 200−250 words.

Use the following plan:

— make an opening statement on the subject of the project;

— select and report 2−3 facts;

— make 1−2 comparisons where relevant;

— outline a problem that can arise with using social media in Russia and suggest a way of solving it;

— conclude by giving your opinion on the reasons why teens use social media.

Model answer 2

It is a universal truth that millions of people, especially teenagers, cannot do without social media as everybody can find anything to their liking there. My project aims to find out how frequently teenagers use social media. Thus, I have found some data and represented it below.

The bar chart illustrates that the majority of the surveyed (70%) use social media more than once a day. As for the second feature, I would like to point out that the respondents who check out social media once a day account for 2%.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that the teenagers that do not use social media at all constitute 18%, which is 4 times less than the number of those who use it more than once on a daily basis.

Having taken into account the statistics, I can deduce that two thirds of teenagers use social media a lot. Consequently, they are likely to encounter such health problems as headaches, eye-strain, amplification of anxiety and so on. The only solution I can come up with is that adolescents ought to cut down on the usage of social media and reduce it to at least 2-3 hours per day.

In conclusion, I would like to highlight again that the role of social media is enormous for teenagers as it is perceived as a source of the latest objective news and this is a place where they can strike up friendships, get inspiration for outfits and drawings.

(By A. Panov, 244 words)