Exam prompt, 8.03.2025 🆕

In many countries a large percentage of food is being wasted.

What do you think are the causes of this problem?
What measures could best be taken to solve it?

Being on the rise, food waste has grown into a pressing issue all around the world. This worrying trend is largely driven by two major factors and can be alleviated if a set of socio-economic and environmental policies are implemented.

The root causes of ever-rising food waste, to a firm extent, are irrational aesthetic food standards. With the rise of social media presence in our lives, sharing videos and photos of exotic and aesthetically pleasant foods has become a norm, not to mention culinary attitudes shifting towards more intricate food textures and flavors. When such high expectations are not met, perfectly fit for consumption food is discarded, as it is on various TV shows where prominent chefs, in the pursuit of gaining popularity, attempt to showcase a healthy repertoire of culinary skills they possess. Modern influencers and bloggers are another culprit in this case, since they also often promote unreasonable practices, such as excessive purchasing of food and inefficient handling of leftovers in restaurants and cafes, or even at home. Although there are other reasons at play, from ineffective food transportation and inadequate storage facilities to overproduction, they account only for only a minority of cases.

However challenging this situation may be, there are countermeasures that could potentially mitigate it. One of these is fostering the incentivization of mindful distribution of surplus food—simply put, governmental influence on providing tax deductions or other financial bonuses to individuals and enterprises constantly reducing their food wastage can serve as a powerful tool. The other approach, which might be closely related to the one above, is legislative reforms encompassing environmental repercussions of food disposal; once stringent regulations—for example fines and certain restrictions—are to be factored into policies that regulate wastage of food in supply chains, consumers are bound to adhere to them not to run afoul of the law. In some supermarket chains of Germany, such initiatives have gained traction, with edible food being redistributed via apps to combat food insecurity in the disadvantaged regions. To maximize the efficacy of these methods, big-name companies along with renowned celebrities may also be involved, as part of endorsements or marketing campaigns, to aid governing bodies in stimulating public interest and efforts in diminishing food loss, but the costs incurred might not be always affordable.

In summary, having polarized across the world, the problem of food waste can be attributed to harsh standards of food aesthetics and the pursuit of boosting the standing. If authorities are to take a number of severe yet effective measures in the legislative and socio-economic realms, the adverse phenomenon will probably be ameliorated.

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🔼 To come to fruition (to be successfully completed)

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For this idea to come to fruition, public and private sectors should operate hand in hand.

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✔️ A cascading effect (a ripple, domino, knock-on effect)

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When regulations are not in place, it can have a cascading effect on the political fabric of the nation.

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✔️ To tilt the scale toward something (to influence the situation in favor of something)

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The repatriation of museum exhibits would tilt the scale toward a boosted international standing.

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🔼Example:

With employment agencies in place, the jobless can take advantage of a window of opportunity created.

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➡️ an 8.0 band Task 1 report
➡️ Band 7.0+ structures for Task 1 (maps, processes, diagrams)
➡️ Q&A (tips by a double 8.5-holder)

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Substitutе tools 'so' and 'the other' ✔️

➖ Task 1️⃣

China and Russia topped the list in all the years. While the Asian country saw no change to the end, standing at a high of 87%, so was the other, at 86%.

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The trend, however, is bound to entail worsened wellbeing and therefore long-term health implications. Simply put, the former effect, one that takes a heavy toll on the young's mental well-being due to lack of socialization, is totally detrimental, if not deterred, and so is the other, which might lead to mental disorders.

P.S. The perks of such chunks are conciseness, grammatical prowess and a smoother flow.

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✔️ To run out of the road and to hit a dead end

🔼Both expressions can be used metaphorically in Task 2 implying that something is no longer viable or reaches its limits

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With such expenses recurring, the initiative is, however, bound to run out of the road.

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➖the final nail in the coffin (an event or action that causes the failure or the end of something)

Yet, another metaphor for Task 2.

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If this human interference is not to be dampened, it can the final nail in the coffin for the already-endangered local wildlife.

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➡️ As you see, ONLY key features have been selected🔼

➡️ Lexis is just within the scope, with no extra show-off🔼

➡️ INTERPRETATION is very appropriate without off-track explanations🔼

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Task1️⃣

To be expected, projected, forecast, anticipated, set and on track to 7%, for example.

Task2️⃣

To that end, for that reason, Because of this - a natural way to paraphrase

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🛫A prepositional clause, also serving as an adverbial phrase

How to use it⁉️

- One of these reasons is that, in pursuit of financial gains, people invest heavily in cryptostocks, because this way they expect to have high returns in the near term.

- One of these reasons is that, in pursuit of financial gains, people invest heavily in cryptostocks, mostly for high returns from this source in the near term.

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7.0+ elements are highlighted ⚡️

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💣 Without Body 3, T/R would be limited to 7.0, for sure.

➡️ one of the most important questions to answer in Ag/Dis essays is 'What would happen without your view?'

➡️ that is one of the very questions that examiners seek an answer to in your script, so without it, the odds are slim ❌

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