The line graph below shows the percentage of tourists to England who visited four different attractions in Brighton. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant

 

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Vocabulary 7-9 bands 
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Facing / experiencing / encountering / enduring
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Problems / issues / complications / troubles / crisis / 
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Relations / cooperation / alliance / support / fraternity 
Joint efforts / collaborative / working hands on hand / concrete relations
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To make this world a better living place / to get rid of / 
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Cornerstone / pivotal / imperative / crucial / vital /
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Pledged 
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Scarcity / abundance 
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Volatile economic structure / economic stability / 
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Fatal / lethal

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Some universities offer online courses as an alternative to classes delivered on campus. 
Do you think this is a positive or negative development?
It is true that in this technological era, traditional courses provided by higher educational 
institutes have been replaced by electronic learning courses. While this trend of teaching 
arises some issues, I feel that these online courses have great benefits for learners as well 
as tutors. 
On the one hand, the introduction of technology in education sector brings some concerns.
Firstly, e-learning can be a hindrance in the development of learner’s soft skills like team 
work , collaboration etcetera, which always play a crucial role in the overall development 
of an individual and due to lack of interaction with instructor and fellow classmates, 
students are unable to develop such abilities. Secondly, it affect the academic performance 
of pupils as they tend to procrastinate because there is no monitoring authority on them 
which also sometimes result in poor allocation of time to complete assignments. Finally, 
plagiarism and dishonesty are also the areas of concern in which students get themselves 
involved while studying online owing to which they try to implement some unauthorized 
use of technology like indulging into transgression that may drive them to the verge of 
being expelled from the course of study. 
On the other hand, this change is advantageous in many aspects. First and foremost factor 
is accessibility which scholars have achieved with the advent of computer based courses, 
since distance barriers can be erased by adoption of video-conferencing technology as it 
saves precious travelling time and students in destitute regions are now more likely to 
approach higher academic subjects as compared to the past. Moreover, flexibility and 
convenience are the other benefits that a person can get with the help of virtual classes as 
any learner can study without time restriction and scholars can avail high quality education 
by prominent professors from renowned universities via e-learning. Last but not least, 
online distance education enables the students to review lectures and discussions and 
provide them opportunity to repeat any lecture if they are not able to understand the 
concepts, thus giving them the laxity to study without any extra charges of the tutor.
In conclusion, no doubt this change is criticized due to having some adverse effects on 
scholars , I believe that its above mentioned benefits cannot be neglected.