Task 2 · · 18 samples

The most important aim of science should be to improve people’s lives. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Ideas to explore

  • Link medical research to prevention, diagnosis and treatment, explaining how each can affect people’s health.
  • Use clean-energy research as an example of science improving daily life while addressing pollution and sustainability.
  • Acknowledge that basic research may have delayed applications, then connect its support to responsible long-term benefits.

Suggested structure

  1. Introduce a clear degree of agreement and state the main reasons.
  2. Develop one paragraph on direct improvements to health and living conditions.
  3. Develop a second paragraph on science’s role in long-term social challenges and accessible benefits.
  4. Concede the value of basic research, explain how it fits your position, and conclude with a concise summary.
Useful vocabulary & examples
quality of life
A person’s or community’s general well-being and living conditions.

Medical research can improve quality of life by helping people manage illness.

clean energy
Energy produced with less pollution or environmental harm than conventional sources.

Research into clean energy can support more sustainable transport and homes.

evidence-based decisions
Choices informed by reliable findings rather than guesswork alone.

Scientific research can help communities make evidence-based decisions about food and health.

basic research
Investigation intended to expand knowledge, without necessarily having an immediate practical use.

Basic research may lead to applications that were not obvious when the work began.

Sample answers

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Science is a must for our society to upgrade the levels of their lifestyle. I completely agree with the statement that in this era of science and technology, it’s a compulsory thing to improve lifestyle. To commence with, the benefits of discipline are acting like blessings for us. To get a high salary by using new tools may be one benefit for some workers, but higher pay is not a complete measure of how science impr…

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Science is a must for our society to upgrade the levels of their lifestyle. I completelyagree with the statement that in this era of science and technology, it’s a compulsory thing for improving lifestyle. To commence with, benefits of the discipline are acting like blessings for us. To get a high salary by using the latest tools may be helpful for workers, but science has wider purposes than increasing an individual…

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The first objective of science should be improvement of public lives. The provided statement is correct according to my point of view, public lives get better with development of science feild. When we consider about the world history, many people had been died with some disease conditions which are spread throughout communities. One of best examples of science helping people is modern medicine. In the past, doctors …

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