TOEFL integrated writing
HOA BUI (JASSIE)
The reading passage mainly discusses about the bad effects of drinking alcohol. However, according to the lecture, the professor disagrees with the writer’s opinion which points out negative influences of alcohol in causing health problems, gaining weight and leading to bad social behaviors.
First, the lecturer mentions that alcohol helps dealing with health issues, which challenge the fact, that drinking causes health problem stated in the reading passage. He believes that reasonable drinking behavior might help decrease 40% the risk of heart attack and stroke. The professor also claims that alcohol raises good cholesterol named HDL and reduces the blood clots, which are a main reason for illnesses mentioned above. On the other hand, it is clearly said on the passage is that alcohol can be a primary cause of cirrhosis of the liver, heart issues, strokes, and different cancers such as mouth, liver and breast cancer.
Second, the speaker says that reasonable drinking might bring a healthy weight. He provides some facts according to a variety of researches that moderate drinkers have lowest BMI. In particular, alcohol helps speed up metabolism and makes calories burned more than calories stored as fat. Nonetheless, the reading specifies that alcohol have more calories per gram than proteins or carbohydrates. Thus, it eventually leads to gain weight, which is totally different with the lecturer’s opinion.
Finally, the reading material blames alcohol for bad social behaviors while the professor claims that it has created a positive change on social communication life. He reinforces his idea by giving a few facts. Some studies showed that moderate drinking has facilitated social skills and helped people raise their sociability. Another interesting truth is drinkers usually believe that they are more popular and have more opportunities to get married than non-drinking people. The writer, in contrast, holds a total opposite idea. To be more
The reading passage mainly discusses about the bad effects of drinking alcohol. However, according to the lecture, the professor disagrees with the writer’s opinion which points out negative influences of alcohol in causing health problems, gaining weight and leading to bad social behaviors.
First, the lecturer mentions that alcohol helps dealing with health issues, which challenge the fact, that drinking causes health problem stated in the reading passage. He believes that reasonable drinking behavior might help decrease 40% the risk of heart attack and stroke. The professor also claims that alcohol raises good cholesterol named HDL and reduces the blood clots, which are a main reason for illnesses mentioned above. On the other hand, it is clearly said on the passage is that alcohol can be a primary cause of cirrhosis of the liver, heart issues, strokes, and different cancers such as mouth, liver and breast cancer.
Second, the speaker says that reasonable drinking might bring a healthy weight. He provides some facts according to a variety of researches that moderate drinkers have lowest BMI. In particular, alcohol helps speed up metabolism and makes calories burned more than calories stored as fat. Nonetheless, the reading specifies that alcohol have more calories per gram than proteins or carbohydrates. Thus, it eventually leads to gain weight, which is totally different with the lecturer’s opinion.
Finally, the reading material blames alcohol for bad social behaviors while the professor claims that it has created a positive change on social communication life. He reinforces his idea by giving a few facts. Some studies showed that moderate drinking has facilitated social skills and helped people raise their sociability. Another interesting truth is drinkers usually believe that they are more popular and have more opportunities to get married than non-drinking people. The writer, in contrast, holds a total opposite idea. To be more