Task1

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Parents should discourage their children from pursuing careers in competitive fields where success is not likely, such as professional sports or entertainment.

Use examples and details to explain your answer.

Task2

Reading:

Leftover Baked Goods

The student center café often has baked goods like cookies and pastries in the display cases late at night, around closing time. I think after the café closes each night, these baked goods should be left out in the student center lounge for students to eat. The café doesn’t sell day-old baked goods, so I assume they’re ending up in the trash, and putting them out for students would save them from being wasted. Also, it could actually help increase sales at the café, since if students sampled the pastries and liked them, they’d be more likely to buy them at the café.

Sincerely,

Juliette Kinsbergen

The man expresses his opinion about the proposal described in the letter. Briefly summarize the proposal. Then state his opinion about the proposal and explain the reasons he gives for holding that opinion.

Task3

Reading:

Nurse Plants

Young, developing plants are typically weaker than mature plants. Especially in harsh environments, young plants may be vulnerable to damage, and some resources they need for growth and survival may not be plentiful. In such cases, young plants may benefit from growing near certain older, more developed plants of another species that help them. Mature plants that serve this role are known as nurse plants . Nurse plants support the growth of young plants by providing shelter that protects the young plants from environmental threats. An additional benefit is that nurse plants supply resources that the young plants need to survive.

Explain how the example from the professor’s lecture illustrates the concept of nurse plants.