At the dawn of the world, humans had made a living on hunting and fishing. In a world plagued with famine and drought our ancestors had to struggle to survive against fierce wild animals and the dreadful force of Nature. Migrations were an ordinary aspect of life and sometimes a desperate try to escape death and to find a more prosperous land, rich of food and water. This description gives a clue how life at the time could be tough. It gives also another crucial information, maybe hidden, but that many regard as an earmark of our time.
The day of our ancestors was full of movement. They had to climb upon trees, to run faster than animals, to swim and to jump. We can say that they used their body in a so extensive way, humans have never done after that.
Technological development, cutting edge treatments, robotics, appliances have made our life surely more comfortable but many countries have to pay the price for this condition. Sedentary life has become one of the most critical issue in develped countries, ensuing high cost for the healtcare system, loss of productivity and a soaring increase in cardio vascular diseases. Lack of movement has been scientifically proved to be linked to hearth attack, diabetes and ischemic stroke.
Concerned about those dangerous consequences related to a sedentary style of life, many experts have been proposing their solutions. Some claim that broadcasting sport events like the Olympic games could have a positive effect on lazy people.
On the other hand, oppose this view, pointing out that more effective ways should be employed to tackle this problem.
From my point of view I do not believe that jsut watching sporting events on TV could actually push viewers to abandon their sofa to go and do exercise. More effort is needed. In many cases peopl have to give uo bad habits like smoking or eating junk food and it is not that easy. I think therefore that more serious actions should be taken and that government, school, the mass media should play a instrumental role in inspiring and urging people to be more active.
For example governemtnt could subsidize sport programs and put an higher taxation on soft drinks and junk food, in order to curb the consumption of unhealthy sugar and fat. In addtion to this, children should be made aware of the harmful consequences of the lack of a sedentary life, so that they coul be able to develop positive habits since the first years of their life. Finally, mass media should highlight the benefits of an active life, hosting physicians and fintness experts who can give the audience practical advice on how to improve general health condition.
To sum up, if showing sport events on TC does not have side effects, this cannot be seen as the solution for inactivity and lack of movement. Officials and mass media should join their forces to urge people to leave their comfort zone and to be more active.
- Some people believe that physical fitness of strong individuals and teams is the reason for most sports achievements Others however think that mental attitude is more important Discuss both views and give your own opinion 78
- Nowadays most developing countries receive financial aid from international organizations However many people believe that help in a form of advice and skill is more important and useful than money Discuss both the views and give your own opinion 89
- In many countries plastic containers have become more common than ever and are used by many food and drink companies Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages 67
- Having a good university degree guarantees people a good job To what extent do you agree 89
- Many feel that students today should learn practical skills at school such as car maintenance and managing a bank account To what extent do you agree or disagree Many feel that students today should learn practical skills at school such as car maintenance 78
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 504, Rule ID: MANY_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun regard seems to be countable; consider using: 'many regards'.
Suggestion: many regards
...ial information, maybe hidden, but that many regard as an earmark of our time. The day of...
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Line 7, column 397, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...ent, school, the mass media should play a instrumental role in inspiring and urgi...
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Line 8, column 64, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'a' instead of 'an' if the following word doesn't start with a vowel sound, e.g. 'a sentence', 'a university'
Suggestion: a
... could subsidize sport programs and put an higher taxation on soft drinks and junk...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, finally, first, if, may, so, therefore, for example, i think, in many cases, to sum up, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 7.85571142285 165% => OK
Conjunction : 23.0 10.4138276553 221% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 11.0 7.30460921844 151% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 24.0651302605 150% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 72.0 41.998997996 171% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 8.3376753507 168% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2418.0 1615.20841683 150% => OK
No of words: 502.0 315.596192385 159% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.81673306773 5.12529762239 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.7334296765 4.20363070211 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.53261451539 2.80592935109 90% => OK
Unique words: 292.0 176.041082164 166% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.581673306773 0.561755894193 104% => OK
syllable_count: 753.3 506.74238477 149% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 10.0 4.76152304609 210% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 16.0721442886 143% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.288671976 49.4020404114 98% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.130434783 106.682146367 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.8260869565 20.7667163134 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.47826086957 7.06120827912 78% => OK
Paragraphs: 8.0 4.38176352705 183% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 3.9879759519 201% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 3.4128256513 205% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.129138739303 0.244688304435 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0343588890543 0.084324248473 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0419321454974 0.0667982634062 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0650327576379 0.151304729494 43% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0429867609127 0.056905535591 76% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 13.0946893788 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 50.2224549098 117% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.3001002004 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.68 12.4159519038 86% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.7 8.58950901804 101% => OK
difficult_words: 128.0 78.4519038076 163% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 9.78957915832 107% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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