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    The document summarizes information from two tasks - a bar chart showing changes in Asian elephant populations from 1994 to 2007, and an opinion essay discussing whether animals are still necessary for food, clothing and medicine in the modern world. [1] The bar chart shows that India had the most elephants which declined from 10,000 to 7,500, while China had the fewest elephants which dropped from 1,000 to 500; Cambodia was the only country where elephant numbers increased from 2,250 to 2,500. [2] The essay argues that while synthetic alternatives exist for some uses, animals are still needed for food due to the variety of nutrients in meat and complex proteins, and for medicine as some compounds cannot be

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    The document summarizes information from two tasks - a bar chart showing changes in Asian elephant populations from 1994 to 2007, and an opinion essay discussing whether animals are still necessary for food, clothing and medicine in the modern world. [1] The bar chart shows that India had the most elephants which declined from 10,000 to 7,500, while China had the fewest elephants which dropped from 1,000 to 500; Cambodia was the only country where elephant numbers increased from 2,250 to 2,500. [2] The essay argues that while synthetic alternatives exist for some uses, animals are still needed for food due to the variety of nutrients in meat and complex proteins, and for medicine as some compounds cannot be

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    American English in Action Name: Thinh

    Unit 5 writing test IELTS 4.0

    Task 1
    The graph below shows the changes in the maximum number of Asian elephants between
    1994 and 2007.
    Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
    comparisons where relevant.
    You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

    The bar chart illustrates the difference in the total Asian elephant number living in nine
    specific countries over a 14-year period, from 1944 to 2007.

    Generally speaking, the number of elephants in every countries suffered a decline over
    this time period, with the exception Cambodia, which the number of elephants saw a growth
    in this country. In addition, India always had the most elephants, and China always had the
    least elephants among the nines.

    More specifically, in 1994, the number of elephants in India was nearly 10000, while
    China had only a tenth of that. From then to 2007, the elephant number of India saw a
    significant drop to 7500, and China’s elephant decreased a half of its number to only 500, a
    difference of seven thousand elephants.

    Myanmar was the country with the second highest number of elephants. In 1994 and
    2007, the number of elephant in Myanmar was slightly less than 5000 and a half and slightly
    over 4500 respectively. While that, Laos, which is the second lowest country in the number of
    elephants, had almost the same number of elephants in the same two years, slightly over a
    thousand.

    One interesting point to notice that, Cambodia was the only country that got an
    increase in the number of elephants over this time period with the number of 250, from 2250
    to 2500.

    Task 2

    In the modern world it is no longer necessary to use animals for food, clothing or medicine. To
    what extent do you agree or disagree?

    Give reasons for your answer and include examples from your own experience.

    You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

    Although the human society and science is developing continuously, we are still referred
    on animals to survive, for their meat, and medical purposes, but a group of people have said
    that using animals for food, clothing or medicine is unessential in modern world. In my
    opinion, I strongly believe that animals are an inseparable part in human lives, on food and
    medicine, but not clothing.

    First, meat provides us a variety of nutrition: proteins, vitamins, and minerals. We can
    not find some of those in herbs, and that is why we need to continue consuming meat. Of
    course, human now can make synthenic vitamins and minerals, but think about how
    inconvenience it is when you have to take addition medicines after meals. Also, proteins can
    not be synthesized due to their complexity. With present technology, it is impossible to do
    that, and if we could, the prices would not be affordable.

    The problem is the same with medicine, which some of the compounds can not be
    synthesized. A prime example for it is alpha-chymotrypsine, which is extracted from cows, and
    still can not be synthesized since it was discovered in 20th century. The need of medical
    treatment is increasing day by day, so if we do not use animals to extract chemical compounds
    for medical purposes, many people may die.

    Although I do not deny the importance of animals in those two purposes above, I am
    against the use of animal leather to make clothes, because of its ruthlessness. Many crocodiles
    and snakes and foxes and rabbits are killed to make luxurious items everday, and how people
    kill them really makes me feel angry and disappointed, because it is unacceptable. It also
    makes some species in danger, and facing extinction. Of course, using sheep fur is acceptable
    bacause it does not harm the animal.

    In conclusion, I disagree that animals are unnecessary to our lives, but using animals for
    clothing is somewhat heartless.

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