Preparation for Cambridge Proficiency Exam (CPE)

CPE (C2)

2019. jan 11.

The importance of music

Music has always been of paramount importance throughout history for mankind. In the essay, let me draw attention to the significance of music from professionals’ and music teachers’ perspectives briefly. (Opening paragraph)

The reality is that music means a living for professional performers. Local bands give little concerts at smaller venues which are pervaded by the air of intimacy . However, most of the time, these little pop groups cannot make suffice income from their CD sales to scrape a living, which means they have to fight a losing battle for their survival. Those people who have enough talent to be employed at a classical orchestra are not in a better position either as it is especially effortful for them to find an ideal job prospect. Additionally, the payment is ...

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music writing essay

2019. jan 02.

Fashion

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Undoubtedly, in our materialistic 21 ^stcentury, fashion is hailed as one of the most important things for many generations. It would come as no surprise that fashion is renowed for its circular change, so according to numerous people, it does not change but it only rapidly transforms.

On one hand, it can be stated that people’s outfit can speak volumes about their owners. It is also true that 1 ^stimpressions may matter a lot and many people tend to make snap judgements about others’ look simply by their appearance. They think that they can tell everything at a glance . On the other hand, as the idiom says: “handsome is as handsome does.”

As for me, I have always admired those who are devoted to their appearance, wear glitzy, immaculate attire , have well-manicured ...

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fashion writing appearance

2018. okt 05.

Practical Everyday English- Lesson 2

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I have recently come across a good book titled as Practical Everyday English by Steven Collins , which wants to make the advanced student memorise new expressions. In order to do so, I have decided to write a short story with most of the phrases that every single lesson contains. Hopefully, this task will function as a mnemonic.

Family matters

As for me, I have a little daughter who likes to be made a fuss of her; she takes after my husband in that respect, I guess. As she is only 15 months old, she has just started to walk. She falls if she treads on one of her toys, so she can’t walk so steadily yet. But I bet she will be able to run much quicker than we do soon.

My husband takes after his mum from personality as he is very well-balanced and capable of coping ...

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Everyday Practical English Steven collins Lesson 2

2018. okt 03.

Practical Everyday English-Lesson 1

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Cooking

I normally wake up at 6:30 as my husband’s alarm clock goes off at 6:15. At around 6:45, I put my trousers on and I do my cardigan up . As I have quite a number of household chores, I start cooking at 7:00 before my baby gets up. I have to tell you that I don’t really enjoy cooking every day, but this is one of the tasks that mothers have to do, right? I know that many people opt for ordering from take-away restaurants or any ...

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cooking Steven Collins Practical Everyday English lesson 1

2018. sze 10.

Human sounds

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When it comes to taking a CPE exam, the candidate may face some challenging picture descriptions when (s)he has to use some descriptive verbs which refer to distintive sounds. The following table might help you with this demanding task. :)

human sounds
1. to hum	to make a continuous, low sound
2. to murmur	to make a low, continuous background sound
3. to burble	to make a continous, murmuring sound
4. to burble	(of a baby) to make a contented, pleasant sound
5. to babble	to talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way They babbled on about their holiday.
6. to chatter	...

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vocabulary words sounds human sounds

2018. okt 30.

Letter to the Editor

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Dear Editor,

Having seen the topic of growing old in the last issue of your magazine (issue No. 21.), I felt that I must share my opinion with you on that highly polarizing matter.

Admittedly, the majority of people would like to stay youthful, healthy, beautiful and energetic forever; however, sadly, it is impossible. In my humble opinion, aging does not necessarily mean only negative concepts like being ill perpetually, looking totally unattractive and feeling absolutely pessimistic or disillusioned.

As a matter of fact, I know many elderly whose appearance is neat, and they really enjoy their retirement ages as they say it is the period of their life when they have enough time for everything they want to. They are not forced to work, they can manage their time ...

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letter to the editor growing old

2018. sze 12.

Synonyms

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I've just bumped into it on the net. Hope you'll also find it useful. :)

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vocabulary words synonyms

2018. sze 10.

14 words every day for CPE

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It is a good idea to invent sentences with the newly-learnt vocabulary.

1. pivotal point	critical point
2. stroke of genius	outstandingly brilliant idea
3. distortion	exaggeration
4. to distort the truth	to exaggerate reality
5. backup	help/support
6. to barge forward	shove forward
7. hallmark	a mark stamped on articles of gold, silver, or platinum by the British assay offices, certifying their standard of purity.
8. exuberant learning	enthusiastic learning
9. intriguing person	interesting man/woman
10. ...

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2018. sze 27.

Writing a proposal

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Proposal: How to reduce poverty

Introduction
As requested by the editor, I am submitting the following proposal on gathering some of the possible ways of reducing the extent of poverty all over the world.

Assisting the poor

1. Reducing the gap

I am inclined to believe that if the poor are helped, the gap between the rich and them can significantly be reduced. In my proposal, I attempt to suggest some working ways that may help people in need.

2.More donations should be collected
Millions of people are in totally desperate circumstances which may threaten their health, life, financial and emotional security. Given that charity organisations were organised on a regular basis to the wealthy and ordinary people alike, a considerable amount of money could be ...

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2018. sze 06.

Desert Island

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Writing task:

A TV company is looking for people who would be willing to spend half a year on a desert island with a dozen of other people. The participants’ everyday life will be filmed and broadcast on TV. The contestants will have to survive without electricity, phones and other modern devices. You are the director of the TV company, and you get the following application via e-mail:

from: sarahtaylor@gmail.com

to: channel3@desertislandrealityshow.com

Subject: application for The Desert Island Reality show

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to you because I saw your eye-catching commercial on Channel 3 approximately two days ago. No sooner had a caught a glimpse of it than I knew I would have to be one of your enthusiastic participants on the ...

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