Samples for Article Writing Essays - Technology,

Your local newspaper has approached you to write an article about your interpretation of what the town or city you live in will be like, twenty years in the future.( SAMPLE ANSWER/ MODEL ANSWER IS AVAILABLE ) ( RELATED TO ``TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE `` topic) Include all of the following points (not necessarily in the following order): ?Discussion of what your town/city looks like today ?How it has changed over recent years ?What the major changes will be, and how technological advances will shape this change ?Your opinion of the town/city today ?Your view on how advances in technology will affect people?s daily lives, working habits and free time within your town/city. Before you begin, consider the following questions: ?What is the purpose of the communication? ?Who is intended the audience of the article? ?What level of formality and register would be appropriate? Make some notes or a mind map to help plan your writing before you begin. Try to write an Article around 250 words. There is also an exemplar answer for you to look at when you have finished. SAMPLE Answer : My city in the future will be a marvellous place to live. Nobody can say for certain what changes will take place, but based on evidence from the past few years and the changes that have already happened here, it appears likely that any change will have a positive effect on the wellbeing of the people and the economy. Glasgow today is a progressive city. Only ten or twenty years ago it still resembled the shipbuilding hub that it was during wartime, but the redevelopments of the riverfront area and in some of the poorer slum areas (razing of high-rise flats etc) have really changed the face of the city and brought it into the 21st century. It is now a much brighter and more vibrant place to live. I expect this trend to continue over the next two decades. Technology will clearly play a key role in the future of the city, and I expect that the road and rail infrastructure will be completely overhauled in this period. I am not convinced we will have flying cars or spaceships in twenty years, but I do believe the transport system will be much more efficient. Technological advancements will lead to people almost exclusively driving environmentally friendly vehicles, with cars running on solar power or electric charge. I also think we will see a change in people?s work patters, as more efficient computer technology, and possibly robotics, takes away the strain from regular people for a lot of the labour-intensive tasks we face today. The result of this will be more free time for people, and this can only be a positive as it will reduce stress levels, and ultimately illness. The move towards everything being more efficient will also affect our personal lives. People will have even more technology at home, but it will all be interconnected and easy to operate, perhaps even by voice. It is an exciting time to look forward to, and I think Glasgow will benefit from technological advance as much as most of the world?s other major cities.