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The first part of the document discusses travel trends between the UK and overseas from 1979 to 1999, highlighting that UK residents traveling abroad consistently outnumbered overseas visitors to the UK, with France being the most popular destination in 1999. The second part presents a debate on whether young people should stay with their families as their parents age, weighing the benefits of parental supervision against the advantages of independence and life skills gained from living alone. Ultimately, the author believes that the risks of living alone may outweigh the benefits.

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The first part of the document discusses travel trends between the UK and overseas from 1979 to 1999, highlighting that UK residents traveling abroad consistently outnumbered overseas visitors to the UK, with France being the most popular destination in 1999. The second part presents a debate on whether young people should stay with their families as their parents age, weighing the benefits of parental supervision against the advantages of independence and life skills gained from living alone. Ultimately, the author believes that the risks of living alone may outweigh the benefits.

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1.

The line graph illustrates the number of people going abroad from the UK and
overseas residents visiting the UK between 1979 and 1999, while the bar chart
gives information about how many UK residents traveled to five of the most
popular countries in 1999.
Overall, visits to and from the UK experienced a similar upward trend, and
visits abroad by UK residents were always higher than visits to the UK by
overseas residents. Besides, the most popular country for UK residents to visit
was France in 1999.
According to the line graph, the number of visitors traveling to the UK was 10
million which was nearly 5 million lower than UK residents visiting overseas.
After that, visits to and from the UK strongly increased to about 29 and 55
million at the end of the period.
Regarding the bar chart, the two most popular countries visited by UK residents
were France and Spain which was about 11 and 9 million. The USA and Greece
had about 4 and 3 million visitors. The least popular country was Turkey which
had only nearly 2 million visitors.
2.
A highly controversial issue today relates to whether young people should stay
at home with their families when their parents become older or not. In this
essay, I am going to examine this question from both points of view and then
give my perspective on the matter.
On the one side of the argument, some people argue that the many benefits of
teenagers staying with families when their parents become older. The main
reason for believing this is that naïve and inexperienced young people in the
absence of parental supervision are more likely to fall prey to bad influence and
dangerous activities, such as drugs or alcohol consumption. As a result, it may
jeopardize their career or lead them astray from moral values. For example,
many young people from various places go to big cities to study at university,
without life experience and then are cheated and fall into social evils.
On the other hand, it is also possible to make an opposing case. It is often
argued that in fact, this provides the opportunities for young people to live a life
on their own terms and make decisions without parental interference. Besides,
living alone not only makes them independent but also self-reliant, which is a
crucial life skill for a successful career. For instance, managing all the
household chores such as cleaning, paying bills, cooking and so on will make
them well experienced at learning and managing diverse activities and will also
boost their confidence.
To sum up, I believe both arguments have their merits. On balance, however, I
feel that although encouraging youngsters to live alone may lead them to learn
various life skills, the negative aspects and risks associated with living alone
can far outweigh the benefits.

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