Minh Duc (Raymond)
Week 4:
Task 1:
The line graph presents data about the population living in cities in four figures from 1970 to 2020 and
predictions for the years 2030 and 2040.
Overall, what stands out from the line graph is that in 1970, Philippines is the most significant of all four
figures. But in 2020 and the predictions for 2030 and 2040, Malaysia is the highest of all figures. Another
striking feature is that all of the figures were increasing.
A closer look at the char reveals that in 1970, Philippines is the highest figure at about 32%. Next is
Malaysia with a slight 30%. Third place is Thailand at roughly 19%. With respect to Indonesia, the figure
is the least significant of all at about 13%.
But in 2020 and the predictions have changed the chart. Philippines has increased moderately to 40% in
2020 and 50% in the predictions for 2040. Similarly, Thailand has increased significantly to about 28% in
2020 and about 35% in 2040. In contrast, Malaysia has increased dramatically to about 73% in 2020 and
for predictions, about 83% live in the city. Similarly, Indonesia has grown exponentially to 50% in 2020
and 60% in 2040.
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Task 2:
In this day and age, the development of science has increased dramatically, people begin to wonder is
science can improve people’s lives. Although there are some people who say that science is just trash at
improving lifestyles, I strongly advocate that the aim of science is to improve people’s lives.
On the one hand, it is undeniable that sometimes, science is just trash at improving lifestyles. Why? It’s
because that the person who is responsible about improving their lives is technology, not science. This
leads to the point that even if improving lifestyles is science’s main objective, it won’t gather much
support and it will collapse. Furthermore, the inventions were mostly physics in science in the 20 th
century, which is not far from this day and age. For example, Albert Einstein’s equation about E=M C 2
or F=MA is just understanding the laws of physics and that is already very valuable in very valuable in
competitions like IGCSE or A – level. Even chemistry, one of the most important majors in science, has
nearly no impact on the development.
On the other hand, I strongly agree that the most important aim of science should be to improve
people’s lives. The main reason is that science supports medicine. The evidence lies on the fact that
nowadays, we can identify the vaccine for viruses like COVID – 19 or Zika virus. For example, the 1918-
1920 flu pandemic has killed from 50 to 100 million people in the world. But now, COVID – 19, which is
almost like the flu, has only killed about 6 million people. Another idea that makes me support that the
important aim for science is that science can keep prisoners behind bars. CSI and other technologies
were very advanced and, in the future, we can even predict who is going to be the suspect.
From what we have discussed above, we may draw a conclusion that the most important aim of science
is to improve people’s lives.