1 . These days many people choose to live or work in other countries, which has been made possible because of the convenience of air travel and modern communications. I believe that this has more benefits than drawbacks.

    1    If a person moves away, it is true that air travel and devices such as Skype mean that communication and contact can be maintained. However, it is likely that a person will only be able to return one or two times a year during holidays, and speaking on skype or via email is not the same as face-to-face contact.

Despite this, there are significant advantages it can bring to people’s lives. Firstly, it means that people have the opportunity to see other parts of the world and the way people live. For example, people from the West often go to work in Asia or the Middle East and visa-versa.     2    

In addition to this, on a wider level it may also benefit other countries.     3    To illustrate, nurses and doctors often move to work in hospitals in other countries when there is a shortage, so this is very valuable to the place they move to.

I would therefore argue that although there are disadvantages of the current trend to live and work abroad, they are outweighed by the advantages. It can enrich people’s lives and lives of the people in the countries that they move to.

There are many things we can do to become better learners. We all have two voices. Our inner voice tells us    1     personal opinions and our outer voice deals with others' opinions and things we have heard. If we listen to our inner voice too much, it can     2     block us from learning. If your inner voice is difficult to control, you can     3     disagree with it. One of the best ways to promote active learning is to ask questions. This helps you     4     gain more knowledge about a topic.     5     In a word, we should never stop being curious, Active learners also    6     try to question the world around them and understand the truth     7     deep within every idea. Finally, as active learners, we should never form opinions about people     8     on the basis of first impressions.