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Thanks Britney for your encouraging comment . Thanks for your star as well. (But what? my STARS still stay the same j/k)
Let''''s move on to the next topic of "Environment õ?" population õ?"Polution - Animal". This topic specifies on:
- Population -urbanisation.
- Animal -zoo
- Environment

Topic 5 Environment õ?" population õ?"polution- Animal​

Section 1: population -urbanisation.​

1. In general, people are living longer now. Discuss the causes of this phenomenon. Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay.
2. Factors affecting population growth and effects of population control programme.
Factors affecting population growth:
- the level of medical care available.
- The availability of food
- Attitudes to family size.
- The rate of death amongst children and adults -> inconfident that their children will survive.
Aims of population control programme:
- reduce child mortality by better medical care available
- Effect: In long term, giving parents more confidence that their children will survive.
- Make family planning information and services accessible.
- Encourage the idea of small families
3. In the late twentieth century, the proportion of the world''''s population living in cities has increased substantially. People have moved in ever-growing numbers from rural to urban areas. As migration from rural areas to cities continues, it is inevitable that the infrastructure in these cities will collapse. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
4. The world is experiencing a dramatic increase in population. This is causing problems not only for poor, undeveloped countries, but also for industrialised and developing nations. Describe some of the problems that overpopulation causes, and suggest at least one possible solution. 101 hints õ?"165
Consequences:
- In poor countries it is difficult to provide enough food to feed even the present number of people. In ad***ion, education to limit the number of children per family is not always succesful.
- Poorer countries usually have a lot of unemployment too, and an increase in population simply majes the situation worse.
- The environment also suffers when there are too many people living on the land.
- In rich, industrialised and developing countries it is very difficult for governments to provide effective public services in overcrowded cities.
- Moreover, there is usually a great deal more crime, which is often due to high rates of unemployed. Further large increases in population only cause more overcrowding, unemployment and crime.
Solution:
- Everywoman who is pregnant, but who does not want to give birth, should be allowed by law to have an abortion.
- Governments must educate people to limit the size of family.
- In China, couples are punished financially if they have more than one child. This may seem cruel, but the õ?oone õ?"child õ?"policyõ? is beginning to have an effect in the worldõ?Ts most populous nation. Eventually, similar policies might also be neccesary in other crowded nations such as India, for example.
5. Some governments say how many children a family can have in their country. They may control the number of children someone has through taxes. It is sometimes neccesary and right for a government to control the population in this way. Do you agree or disagree? õ?" cambridge 2 õ?"165.- Reasons for government to control the population:
- In the past, populations were partly regulated by frequent war and widespread disease, but in recent years the effects of those factors have been diminished.
- Countries can be faced with a population that is growing much faster than the nationõ?Ts food resources or employment opportunities and whose members can be condemned to poverty by the need to feed extra mouths.
ùfă Population control as a means of raising living standard.
Solution:
- The best approach would be to work by persuasion rather than compulsion.
- Clearly, this whole area is a very delicate personal and cultural issue. Many people feel that this is not a matter of the state. They feel this is one area of life where they have the right to make decisions for themselves.
- This could be done by a process of education that points out the way a smaller family can mean an improved quality of life for the family members, as well as less strain on the countryõ?Ts, perhaps very limited, resources.

Section 2: Animal - Zoo​

1. To what extent is the use of animals in scientific research acceptable? Should we use animals in scientific experiments? Animal 2.doc
- Most scientific research has to rely on the results of animal experiments. Other alternatives, such as computer modeling, that could replace animals are very limited. Some people think that using animals in scientific experiments is immoral and cruel.
- In my point of view, only animals can fulfill the requirements of scientific experiments in a real world. For example, some medical universities use dogs as a substitute to allow students to be trained in their surgical techniques. Most people understand that we cannot use humans in experiments because it may be harmful and dangerous for humans. In other laboratory experiments, scientist often use animals like rats, frogs and rabbits to observe the results because only these animals have a similar organs as humans. Therefore, we can not deny that animals contribute a lot to the development of science.
- Although it seems impossible to replace animals in scientific experiments, we should not give up on these matter. Furthermore, we should try our best to reduce the use of animals in scientific experiments. In ad***ion, we should try to reduce pain and distress of the animals during the experiments. For example, we can anaesthetize them before doing any experiments.
- *****mmarize, we should put more effort into finding the better alternatives than using animals in experiments. In the mean time, we could improve our abilities to reduce the suffering of the animals in the experiments.
2. Many people have a close relationship with their pets. These people treat their birds, cats, or other animals as members of their family. In your opinion, are such relationships good? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer.152 õ?"unneccesary.
3. Some people think that human needs for farmland, housing, and industry are more important than saving land for endangered animals. Do you agree or disagree with this point of view? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL45
Disagree:
- there is a delicate balance of nature. Of one small part is removed, it will effect all the other parts.
- Our environment has been affected by the absence of certain animals. Certain flowers are pollinated by butterflies which migrate from CAnada to Mexico. Some of the breeding grounds of these butterflies was destroyed. Now these flowers are disappearing from certain areas. We will no longer be able to enjoy their beauty.
- The quality has been changed. America used to be covered with giants trees. Now we have to visit them in one small park. Rain forests around the world are being cut down to make room for humans. We will never be able to see or study this fragile ecosystem.
- I would encourage us humans to look for other altanatives for our farmlands, housing and industries. We have alternatives, the animals do not.
4. Topic13: Are our zoos cruel to wild animals? Discuss.
5. We should not keep marine mammals in captivity. Agree? Click here
6. Topic14: Zoos are sometimes seen as necessary but not poor alternatives to a natural environment. Discuss some of the arguments for and/or against keeping animals in zoos. Animal 1
Zoos are common places for people around the world. Animals are kept in zoos for several positive reasons: entertainment, education and conservation. On the other hand, zoos also cause some problems for animals, such as restrictions in their freedom or the destruction of the õ?owildõ? character of animals. This essay will discuss advantages and disadvantages about keeping animals in zoos.
Firstly, zoos are entertaining and interesting places for children. Virtually all children like to see animals in zoos. These are good places for families to relax. Zoos are not only interesting places for children, but they also give a chance for people who live in big cities get close to nature.
The next point is the scientists can research animalsõ?T lives when they are kept in zoos easier than they are still living in forests. Scientists can study animalsõ?T relationships, their life cycle, or their habits. In ad***ion, researchers can learn how animals take care of each other such as how mothers look after their offspring. Moreover, researchers have acknowledged the importance of how to breed animals, which can reduce animal extinction.
Furthermore, endangered animals such as tigers, lions can be kept in captivity. Some animals that risk extinction might still exist because they are kept in safe from hunting.
However, zoos are not suitable for animals because they are kept in the limited area, in limited food for a long time. They may lose their freedom and their socialization with other animals. Besides, some animals have lost their õ?owildõ? character. For example, tigers might lose their hunting skills; platypuses might die because they are not used to live in limited areas.
Also, zoos cost a lot of money for land, animalsõ?T food and labours. This may charge expensive entrance fees for people who want to go into zoos.
In summary, zoos are interesting places to people of all ages and zoos are also safe places for some species of animals. Yet, zoosõ?T owners should look after all animals and give them enough food and suitable captivity, as this will give being better advantages for animalsõ?T lives.
7. Topic18: Zoos are both necessary and entertaining. -above
8. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A zoo has no useful purpose. Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer. TOEFL above

(to be continued)
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Topic 5 (continued)

Section 3: Environment​

1. Problems and solutions
õ? Rain forests:
- solution: governments in rainforest countries need to plan and work together. They should also protect certain areas and plant new forest.
õ? energy:
- at the moment, 94% of the worldõ?Ts energy comes from fossil fuels. Thereõ?Ts enough coal for the next 300 years, but oil is only enough for next 50 years. What happens then? Well, one answer is nuclear energy. But after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, many people think nuclear power isnõ?Tt safe.
- The green solutions: they all use natural energy already in the environment:
- Wind energy
- Solar energy
- Wave energy
- Geothermal energy (from hot rocks under the Earth)
õ? Acid rain:
- solutions: Industrial countries should control their levels of pollution. This is already happening in some parts of Europe.
õ? Widelife:
- Animals are a part of the environment, too. Millions of them are killed or treated cruelly by man every year. There are five main groups:
- Animals used for scientific research: rabbits.
- Animals killed for sport; foxes.
- Animals killed for fur, skin: crocodies.
- Animals õ?" their environment are in danger: glorillas.
- Animals kept in cruel con***ions on farm: chicken, cows.
- solution: groups like Greenpeace have already helped to stop whale hunting. Now, they want to stop fur hunting, too -> they believe in animal rights. Animals shouldnõ?Tt suffer. The cruelty must stop.
2. Why is protecting environment important?
õ? We need a healthy environment in order *****rvive so we must protect it. We need to protect the environment now to help prevent health problems, to maintain the ecosystem and to preserve the earth for our children.
õ? Pollution from factories and cars can cause damages to the environment. Moreover, pollution cause health problems, particularly for children and the elderly who have weaker immune system. We need to ensure that there are controls on the amount of pollution when possible so as to prevent health problems caused by breathing dirty air.
õ? We also need to pay attention to the ecosystem. Trees, plant life, and people all depent on each other. An unhealthy environment can have harmful effects on the ecosystem. For example, if a plant dies because of changes to the environment and that plant is food for an animal, that animal wonõ?Tt have any food. If human uses that animal as a food source there could be big problems.
õ? If we do not respect our environment now, it will continue to get worse and our children will suffer the consequences. They wouldnõ?Tt have the same quality of air to breath or natural beauty to admire. That would be sad.
õ? Without clean air to breath, a healthy ecosystem and a future for our children the human race would not survive. Thatõ?Ts why protecting our environment is important.
3. "Action such as recycling cannot be left up to the good will of the individual. It must be forced on us by government." Discuss this statement and suggest how governments can encourage people to be more aware of environmental issues. - ideas
How can the government encourage/force us to recycle? 3
õ? new laws
õ? introduce fines
õ? provide special collection services for different types of rubbish
õ? promote recycling through a media campaign
õ? teach children about recycling and environmental issues at school.
Why should we recycle? 1
õ? too much rubbish - nowhere to put it
õ? using up important resources too quickly
õ? rubbish causes pollution, e.g. plastic which is not biodegradable.
What are the disadvantages of government legislation to encourage/force people to recycle? 4
õ? people wouldn''t need to think about the environment - they just follow the law
õ? may be an expensive policy
õ? checking and fining people who don''t recycle would be expensive to do, so the government might have to raise taxes to pay for it
Why don''t people recycle without government law? 2
õ? it''s easier not to recycle - people are naturally lazy
õ? people are not aware of environmental issues
Where do people recycle a lot? 5
õ? Germany, for example.
How much should the government fine people who do not recycle? 3 - add to the other ideas above
õ? High fines to make people do it.
Who should check if people are recycling? The police? 4
õ? very difficult point - police are too busy
õ? maybe local council officials
4. To what extent is the continuous use of fossil fuels acceptable given the evidence of global warming?
5. Topic15: To what extent should economic planning be influenced by the need of environmental conservation?
6. Many parts of the world are losing important natural resources, such as forests, animals, or clean water. Choose one resource that is disappearing and explain why it needs to be saved. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your opinion. TOEFL123
- what are examples for the loss of such important resources?
- forests.
- Animals
- Clean water
- Why they are being lost?
- due to human beingsõ?T activities like: exploration for natural resources.
- Polluted environment
- What is the obvious example? Give evidence
- Our trees.
- Hundreds of thousands of arces of trees disappear in countries all around the world.
- what is the reason?
- Trees are used for fuel.
- Trees are destroyed to build housing developments and shopping centers.
- Why this resource is important?
- Trees are essential to our survival. They are a major part of the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process in which green plants use carbon dioxide to produce oxygen, and oxygen is something all of us need. The fewer trees there are, the more this affects our ability to breath.
- Trees are also important in the development of many medicines. Many drugs come from the leaves of certain trees, along with other herbs and plants.
- Trees are important to soil conservation. This is why youõ?Tll usually see trees lining a field. Tree roots help keep the soil in place, and are also a factor in water distribution deep beneath the ground.
- Trees provide so much pleasure.
- What can be done to protect this disappearance?
7. The environment is the most important issue in the world today. Discuss.
8. The United Nations should be given a stronger role in global economic management in order to ensure that the worldõ?Ts resources are used wisely.- British Council.
In the twentieth century, many countries have been developing their economies and improving the standard of their people. The õ?o Tiger economiesõ? of East Asia provide a very good example of this. At the same time, it is true that there are some environmental problems with development, such as air and water pollution, and the cutting down of large areas of rain forest in some countries.
I do not think the UN is the best organisation to take on a management role to try and find a balance in such matters. It has become clear in recent years that the UN is not very good at managing its own affair. Some people sent to work for UN seem to have more interest in their own advancement than in serving the greater cause of mankind. As a result there have been serious problems with waste and inefficiency in the work of the UN.
I would argue that problems of development and of conservation have to be solved by the countries concerned. As standards of living rise in the developing economies, people in those countries will start to fight against pollutiion and demand a better standard of living. These countries will eventually follow a path like that of the developed countries and issues of conservation will become increasingly important.
The best role that the UN can play is to help countries get together to sort out problems of mutual interest which cross national borders. There are also special global problems, such as the hole in the ozone layer, where the UN can provide a forum for countries to seek common solutions. But this is a very different matter from giving the UN a stronger role in global economic management.
9. Topic43 :The forests are becoming smaller and the planet is more polluted everyday.õ? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of economic development. (250 words) economic
Whatõ?Ts the connections between bad sides of economic development and environmental issue?
- First, and most importantly, economic development of many countries makes massive problems, which damage the environment.
- For example, if some countries have a good economy, they will want to spread the prosperity to outside countries. Therefore, sometimes they have to cut down a forest to build buildings or factories. As a result, the forests are now becoming smaller.
- Moreover, there are many kinds of industries, such as chemical or petroleum industries that cause the planet to be polluted everyday.
So we should not overlook these problems while we are developing an economy.
10. To what extent should industry be made to pay for environmental pollution?
11. To what extent can individuals ensure that the environment is protected from pollution?
12. Some people believe that the Earth is being harmed (damaged) by human activity. Others feel that human activity makes the Earth a better place to live. What is your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL30
13. Human beings are rapidly destroying the planet earth õ?" cuc 28
14. What are activities of human beings which destroy the planet earth?. British Council
- Pollution
- Polluted the air and land.
- Cars and factories are very dirty -> dangerous for people, wildlife and the environment.
- 2 serious pollution problems are:
- Acid rain: this happens when gases and chemicals mix with water in the air. The mixture travels for hundreds of miles and finally falls back to earth. Because õ?oAcid rainõ? contains a lot of chemicals - It kills fish and trees.
- The Greenhouse effect: gases and chemicals are the reason for this problems, too. Some of them stay in the air like a blnket around the world. Because of this blanket, the Earthõ?Ts climate is changing and getting hotter.
- Desserts: soil erosion:
- More people -> fewer trees -> greater use of land -> thinner soil -> erosion -> famine.
- Water: in the developing world, clean water is rare -> dig deep wells.
- Rain Forest: in the last 40 years, half of the worldõ?Ts forests have dissappeared. If this continues for the next 40 years, millions of specis of plants and animals will become extinct. And thatõ?Ts just the beginning.
- Why is the crisis happening?
- Because developing world farmers donõ?Tt have enough land for places growing food and places living.
- Rich countries depend on rain forest products.
- Modern life in the developed world depends on rain forest products. These includes:
- Mineral
- Wood
- Medicine
- rubber
- effects of the crisis:
- the worldõ?Ts rainforests are facing a total disaster. Some scientists says itõ?Ts even worse than the effect of nuclear war.
- The rainforest fires in Africa are so big that they appear in sattellite photos. But itõ?Ts not just a question of diappearing of tribes, trees and species.
- Itõ?Ts a question of climat, too. Out planet needs healthy rainforests to contrl its temperature. Without them, the greenhouse Effect will just get worse and worse.
- Used most of the Earthõ?Ts oil, gas and coal.
- Completely killed more than 500 kinds of animals, birds and plants.
- 2030: 25% of animals, birds, fish and insects may be extinct.
- Reasons:
- Pollution: millions of animals die every year because man has polluted their natural home or habitat.
- Hunting: man hunts and kills millions of animals every year.
- Environment itself:
- smaller: man cuts down more trees, build more road, uses more land for farming ->fewer jungles, fields and forest for wild life.
- Made and used atomic bombs.
- Grown in numbers from 1 billion ( 1830) to more than 6 billions today.
- natural resources: water source, biological source, energy resources are harmed by humanõ?Ts exploration:
- strip mining devastate whole regions, leaving bare and useless ground.
- Deforestation removes old growth trees that canõ?Tt be replaced.
- Too much fishing may harm fish populations to the point where they canõ?Tt recover
- Overpopulation:
- Many areas suffer too much development
- Economic development
ùfă pollution to environment:
- traffic congestion.
- polluted air (emission from factories)
- polluted water (waste from companies and communities)
- Waste present everywhere: barrels of industrial waste, radioactive waste.
- What have human beings done to make the earth a better place?
- rescue and build the explored resources.
- Rehabilitate the earth.
- In the last 20 years there has been a Green revolution.
- Today, many scientists and world leaders realize that the earth is in danger.
-> It is really very simple: Either we stop killing the Earth or we will kill ourselves. We need a cleaner, healthier planet.
15. A company is going to give some money either *****pport the arts or to protect the environment. Which do you think the company should choose? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL
Why protect the environment important?
- prevent health problems.
- Maintain the ecosystem.
- Preserve the Earth for our children.
- The earth planet is now in danger w.r.t environment.
- Click here
16. Forests are the lungs of the earth. Destruction of the world''s forests amounts to death of the world we currently know. To what extent do you agree or disagree? õ?"BC
17. Topic16: Damage of the environment is an inevitable consequence of worldwide improvements in the standard of living. Discuss. Click here
18. Descibe an environmental problem that Vietnam has.
- The disappearing of forests.BC
- Deforestation rates in Vietnam have been high with net annual loss of forests estimated at 100 000 - 125 000 ha in recent years.
Reason:
- Local demands for industrial wood
- Improved market prices as part of the process of economic rationalisation.
- Trees are used for fuel.
- Trees are cut down illegally by criminals for profits.
- Forest fires in the south of Vietnam in recent months. The recent fire in Uminh (camau) forest rain in Vietnam caused more than 6000 ha destroyed completely.
- Trees are destroyed to build housing developments and shopping centers, giving places for growing foods and providing living space for new õ?" added population.
Why this issue is important?
- Forest is the major habitat for animals, birds, plants
- Trees are essential to our survival. They are a major part of the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process in which green plants use carbon dioxide to produce oxygen, and oxygen is something all of us need. The fewer trees there are, the more this affects our ability to breath.
- Trees are also important in the development of many medicines. Many drugs come from the leaves of certain trees, along with other herbs and plants.
- Trees are important to soil conservation. This is why youõ?Tll usually see trees lining a field. Tree roots help keep the soil in place, and are also a factor in water distribution deep beneath the ground.
- Trees provide so much pleasure.
19. What do you think can be done to solve this problem?
- Serious efforts are being made to establish forest plantations in Vietnam with a parallel program of plantings as scattered trees in home gardens, and along dykes and roadsides. have already proven to be the driving forces towards the reforestation of barren land and private tree planting in home gardens and on marginal lands alongside roads and dykes.
- Better management in forests: the forestry team need better training.
- Lauch effective campaigns to enhance massõ?T awareness of the importance of protecting the forest.
- Find other alternatives from the tree õ?"plant areas to build buildings: tall building should replace one õ?"two floor house.
- This issue must be taken into account when developing the industry.
20. What do you think that ordinary people can do to help protect the environment?
- Take part in the process of popularizing the neccesity of protecting the environment in the mass.
- Plant trees more in surrounding living region.
- Each action must show respect to the environment protection:
- Never throw waste into wrong places
- Never make harm to the green trees.
21. Do you worry about the state of the environment in the world? Why/ Why not?
- Natural resources: water source, biological source, energy resources are harmed by humanõ?Ts exploration:
- strip mining devastate whole regions, leaving bare and useless ground.
- Deforestation removes old growth trees that canõ?Tt be replaced.
- Too much fishing may harm fish populations to the point where they canõ?Tt recover
- Overpopulation:
- Many areas suffer too much development
- Economic development
ùfă pollution to environment:
- traffic congestion.
- polluted air (emission from factories)
- polluted water (waste from companies and communities)
- there are many kinds of industries, such as chemical or petroleum industries that cause the planet to be polluted everyday.
- Waste present everywhere: barrels of industrial waste, radioactive waste.
22. Speculate on the effects of environmental change on the lives of future generations.
23. To what extent is environmental damage irresistible?
24. What do you think is the most serious problem in the world?
õ? Why do you think so?
õ? What can we do as individuals to solve this problem?
25. What types of noise pollution do you hate the most?
End of topic 5.
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When i was at the age of 16, I sat for IELTS exam(just 4 fun cuz my parents wanted that). At that time , I had no such useful documents , there4 I only got 6 for the essay writing part (frankly, i havent understanded why they (the examiners) were so generous to me) . 4 years passed and my certificate''s been invalid. I''ve intention of retaking it in the next 2 years and I feel more self-confident when u share your materials with us
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Thank you embemuathu. I am glad that you find my work useful.
For your information, in composing this document I did refer to:
- Almost all IELTS reference book available by year 2002
- Some TOEFL reference book
- Some books of essay collection.
- Documents in British Council
- All relevant IELTS +Toefl websites I managed to find
- Websites relevant to answering questions relating to Vietnam
- Handout documents for AUSAID student
- Handout documents in Mrs. Duc''''''''''''''''s class
- And any useful documents I had by that time.
Having this material would save you guys time searching documents, surfing net, & organizing your documents. you can use this as the syllabus of your studying.
I spent lots of time doing this (more than 1 month working intensively), but in the end it seemed to be of no use because just before taking exam I got the information that I didn''''''''t need to sit for IELTS.
Anyway, now when sharing with all of you this work I no more feel that my time was used wastefully!

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Topic 6: Family ?"children- women​

section 1: children​

1. It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.20
- Growing up in the country means a certain amount of isolation. You are in a small town or on a farm and not with a lot of people. Even more important, the people you meet every day tend to be just like you. Most will be the same race as you, have the same background as you, and will have gone to the same scholls as you.
- In the city, you meet with a variety of people. There are different races and different cultures. You get a more interesting mix.
- there isn?Tt the sense of community in the city that you have in the country because city people tend to come froma lot of different places and move around a lot. People in the city can live in the same apartment building for twenty years and never get to know their neighbors.
- In the country, everybody knows everybody. For a child, this meas the country is more secure. A child can get lost or hurt in the city and have no one to turn to. In the country, everyone is a neighbor. People in the country feel connected to each other.
- A child growing up in the city has the advantage of a lot of interesting and exciting places to visit. He or she can go to the zoo, museums, art galleries and concerts. There are a lot of restaurants with different kinds of food. It?Ts easy to see every new movie that come out. Children in the country don?Tt have a lot of these activity nearby.
- All in all, I think a childhood in the city is better because it prepares you more for what real life is like.
2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents or other adult relatives should make important decisions for their older (15 to 18 year-old) teenage children. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your opinion. ?"51.
- Agree:
- no one knows me as well as my parents. No one wants the best for me like my parents. It is natural that I should allow my parents to make important decisions for me, concerned education, social life and future career.
- They are much more wise and deep thinker.
- They are experienced.
3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A person?Ts childhood years (the time from birth to twelve years of age) are the most important years of a person?Ts life. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer.106
Are childhood years of a person the most important years in his/her life?
- Agree: these are the years that form us. These years determine what kind of a person the child will become.
- Why?
- The time when we learn about relationships.
- Our parents and siblings, then about rest of the world.
- Learn how to respond to others based the treatment wê?Tve given.
- If we are loved ->know how to love others.
- Form our ideas about our own self ?" worth from the way others treat us during these years. They can convince us we are worthless, or they can teach us we deserve love and respect.
- The years when we begin our formal education.
- Acquire the basic skills ?"reading, writing, working with numbers ?"use throughout out lives.
- Learn how to analyze information and use it.
- Develop our moral sense of what?Ts right and wrong.
- Develop our self ?" discipline to live according to our morals.
4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? There is nothing that young people can teach older people. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your position.99
- What can older people teach young people?
- Is there anything that young people can teach older people?
- Technology.
- Youth culture: popular music is generally youth ?" oriented.
- Youth ?" related social issues: AIDS and school ?" violence.
5. As part of a class assignment you have to write about the following topic. In some countries children have very strict rules of behaviour, in other countries they are allowed to do almost anything they want. To want extent should children have to follow rules? You should write at least 250 words.children.doc
- It would be unwise, indeed foolhardy, to impose the same rules of behavior on all children in every part of the world.
- Acceptable rules if behaviour can vary greatly from one country to another, with factors such as age and family values influencing what is deemed to be acceptable in that particular society. Even the *** of a child can greatly influence these rules.
- A basic factor that must be considered is the age of the child.
- Other factors which must be considered include maturity and household rules
- Whatever the situation, rules of behaviour do need to be imposed on children. In all societies rules are an integral part of life and if imposed from an early age a child will develop a more disciplined approach to life and as a result develop into a well balanced adult to deal with an ever more complex world.
6. What are the important qualities of a good son or daughter? Have these qualities changed or remained the same over time in your culture? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL54.
- Obedience
- Loyalty
- Respect
7. Children learn best by observing behavior of adults and copying it. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
8. Some people think that children should begin their formal education at a very early age and should spend most of their time on school studies. Others believe that young children should spend most of their time playing. Compare these two views. Which view do you agree with? Why?85
- Should children begin their formal education at a very early age?
There are many things that could affect the outcome of the argument.
- What kind of school is it?
- It could be a school where children sit at their desks all day long memorizing dates and facts.
- Or it could be a scholl where the teacher helps the children learn what they want to learn -> better.
- What kind of play we are talking about?
- The child could be alone all day long watching television, which could make him or her bored and lonely.
- The child could e involved in group activities with neighborhood children of the same age, which could help him or her learn how to get along with others.
- At which age should children begin their formal education?
- 6 years old -> why?
- What role does ?oplay?take towards a child?
- Learn how to get along with others.
- What is more important to a child, eduction or playing? Why?
- Both are important.
- What is the best balance?
- An ideal school with proper break in which children can play.
9. It is very important that children should study hard at school. Time spent playing is time wasted. Do you agree? children.doc
Why education is very important for children?
- It is believe that if children study hard at school, they will have many opportunities to find a good job.
What is the disadavantages of studying hard?
- Health: strain is the cause of bad health effects such as high blood pressure, heart attacks and eyesight problems.
- Communication: they may not communicate with their families and friends -> difficulties with their colleagues and their bosses.
f Children should manage time: how long should children study and play.
10. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should be required to help with household tasks as soon as they are able to do so. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL107.
What are the advantages for children of doing household tasks?
- Household tasks build skills -> make life a lot easier.
- Family happier: parents less busy -> family relax together; parents won?Tt feel like the servants to their ?ocouch potatô? offspring.
- Responsibility, better organization and time management skills -> more likely to be succesful in life.
11. "When teenagers under the age of 18 commit crimes, their parents should be held responsible." Write an essay discussing this statement and suggest ways to combat teenage crime.
12. The government should provide more financial assistance to parents who use childcare. Childcare ?"available
What is the advantages of using childcare?
- Firstly, childcare centres may assist children in their early development.
- They give children an opportunity to mix with other children and to develop social skills at an early age.
- Indeed, a whole range of learning occurs in childcare centres.
- Moreover, parents and children need to spend some time apart.
- Children become less dependent on their parents
- Parents themselves are less stressed and more effective care-givers when there are periods of separation.
- In fact, recent studies indicate that the parent-child relationship can be improved by the use of high-quality childcare facilities.
- In ad***ion, parents who cannot go to work because they don''t have access to childcare facilities cannot contribute to the national economy.
- They are not able to utilise their productive skills and do not pay income tax.
- In fact, non-working parents can become a drain on the tax system through dependent spouse and other rebates.
- In conclusion, government support for childcare services assists individual families and is important for the economic well-being of the whole nation.
13. What are some of the qualities of a good parent? Use specific details and examples to explain your answer. TOEFL149.
- Love us in any circumstance: marriage, religion, ... -> uncon***ional love
- Trust: trust each other.
Respect their children. Treat them as individuals. Accept our differences.
SECTION 2: FAMILY AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
14. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer.2
What parents can teach us?
What are disadvantages of parents in the position of teachers?
- They may be too close to their children emotionally: sometimes limit a chold?Ts freedom in the name of safety.
- They may expect their children?Ts interest to be similar to their own.
- Different generations -> disadvantage of parents: narrower views of life, can?Tt keep up with rapid social and technological changes.
What is the real teacher of onê?Ts life:
- Our parents
- Our teachers.
- Our peers.
- Books and newspaper and televisions.
They are all valuable.
15. Some people think that the family is the most important influence on young adults. Other people think that friends are the most important influence on young adults. Which view do you agree with? Use examples *****pport your position.87
- what role does family play in young adult?Ts life?
- A family is permanent, while friends come and go. They give you support throughout your life
- Your parents are your role models. They will encourage you to do your best to push yourself, and to improve your self. A family is amitious for you.
- Your family teaches you about love.
- What is their friends?Ts role?
? Which is more important?
* Relevant questions for interview section:
1. Do you have any brothers or sisters? What are they doing at present?
2. Where does your father or mother work?
3. Do you live with your family? Why?
4. What do you and your family do together?
5. Describe the role of the family in your life
- give motivation -> life is more meaningful: have people to care for.
- Give lifetime support ->confidence.
- Lifelong friends: never betray, always love me and want the most beautiful thing for me.
6. Speculate on how life would be without any family.
- Lack of motivation.
- Lack of orientation.
- Life is less meaningful.
7. Descibe the most interesting member of your family. Say:
? His/her relationship to you.
? What this persons does.
? How you feel about this person
And explain what makes this person interesting.
8. A person who has the most influence in your life. (please write your own answer for this question )
Who is the person? It is very my father that makes the most important influence in my life. He hasn?Tt only helped me form my own character but also given me strength to lead a better life. Moreover, he indeed made a great contribution to all my achievements up till now. For me, he is an ideal Father.
How does this person influence on you?
- He was the person who make great contribution to my academic performance.
- From his view, a succesful person must be an well educated person. That?Ts why he always encourage us, his four children, to study and study more. He made us awared that intellectual is the most precious thing any person can possess, much more than money.
- He worked hard for earning enough money for providing us the best con***ions for our studying. Take my self as an example. When I just entered my high school, and appeared to have good ability for computer science subject, he had no hesitation to buy me a good computer despite the fact that our family was not well?"off at that time and computer was not cheap at all.
- Four children in the same age group is indeed a heavy burden for any parents. Although he is only a normal electrical engineer with moderate salary but he managed succesfully rearing us. All of us have successfully entered into best universities and performed really well in our academic results. Anyone looking at our family would admire my father for his effort of bring up us.
- What?Ts more, he serves as a pattern of a good person for us to follow:
- He is a soulful man not only in family but also in his relationship towards friends as well as colleagues..
- He knows how to tackle his lifetime thorny problem. Take his youth time as an example. His rule was always doing the best in given con***ions.
9. Describe the role of the family in tra***ional Vietnamese society.
The long turn should include:
- The roles and responsibilities of the various generations.
- The benefits to children, the elderly etc. of a family like this.
- Any disadvantages.
- And describe any changes to the tra***ional family structure that have occurred or are in the process of occurring.

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Topic 6 (continued)

SECTION 3: WOMEN​

1. Descibe the role of women in a typical family in Vietnam
õ? the tasks women usually perform in the home.
õ? Whether men have different responsibilities to women
õ? What roles male and female parents take in bringing up children
How satisfied males and females are with the current situation.
2) Topic51:"Fatherhood ought to be emphasized as much as motherhood. The idea that women are solely respondible for deciding whether or not to have babies leads to the idea that they are also responsible for bringing the children up." To what extent to you agree or disagree? here
Why fatherhood should be emphasized as much as motherhood in the raising of children.
- If the decision to have babies is shared by both parents, then the responsibility for raising children is more likely to be shared as well. The role of father should have the same importance as that of mother.
- Fathers are important to children as male role models.
- Tra***ionally, Japanese fathers are expected to teach their children about the real world and the importance of work.
- More and more women are working outside their homes to make ends meet despite the fact that they are still raising a family.
- As more and more women elect to have both family and career they need more help from their husbands.
- For example fathers should share household chores with mothers in such areas as cooking, cleaning and laundry.
- Women also need psychological support from men since the raising of children &endash; especially younger children&emdash;can be exhausting.
- In conclusion, the father''s role and the mother''s role should be equally emphasized because not only does shared parenting ease the burden, but also gives children a broader perspective on behaviour.
3. The position of women in society has changed markedly in the last twenty years. Many of the problems young people now experience, such as juvenile delinquency, arise from the fact that many married women now work or are not at home to care for their children.To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? TheCambridge 2 õ?"163., Cuc 22. here
How disadvantages of working women toward juvenile?
õ? Most working married women have no time for their children.
- As a result they are no longer an authority for their offspring.
- Their jobs take 8 hours of their day or sometimes even more, so children are not able to communicate with their mothers and do not receive information and knowledge from them.
- Consequently Children do not want to obey their parents'' rules. They trust and believe more in their friends than their parents and therefore get involved in more trouble than if they had listened to their mothers.
õ? Second, the personal values of married women who work change so they care more about their jobs than their children.
- In response, children protest and do bad things to attract their mothers'' attention.
õ? Work brings money and personal satisfaction for the married women but it affects children''s education so they are more likely to be involved in criminal action.
Why this is not a direct cause of the indisputable increase in juvenile õ?" related problems during this period?
- It is now accepted that young women should find work on leaving school; indeed to rely totally on their parentsõ?T financial support is no longer an option in many families.
- Likewise, once they get married, the majority of women continue working since the financial pressures of setting up a house and establishing a reasonable standard of living often require two incomes.
- Twenty years ago it was common for women to give up work once they had children and devote their time to caring for their children.
- This is no longer the general rule and the provision of professionally run child care facilities and day nurseries have romoved much of the responsibility for child rearing that used to fall to mothers.
- However, these facilities come at a cost and often require two salaries coming into a family to be afforded.
- the increase in the number of working mothes has not resulted in children being brought up less well than previously.
- By giving mothers the opportunity to work and earn money children can be better provided for than previously.
- There is more money for luxuries and holidays and a more secure family life is possible.
- Of course there are limits as to the amount of time that ideally should be spent away from home and the ideal scenario would be for one of the parents (often the wife) to have a part õ?" time job and thus be available for their children before and after school.
- It is important to establish the correct balance between family life and working life.
4. Fathers are just as capable as mothers of taking care of children, so men should share parenting work more equally with women. Agree/ disagree?
5. Many people believe that women make better parents than men and that this is why they have the greater role in raising children in most societies. Others claim that men are just as good as women at parenting Write an essay expressing your point of view. Give reasons for your answer. ParentCambridge 2 õ?" 157.
õ? I believe that child õ?" rearing should be the responsibility of both parents and that, whist the roles within that partnership may be different, they are nevertheless equal in importance.
- In some countries, it has been made easier over the years for single parents to raise children on their own.
- However, this does not mean that the tra***ional family, with both parents providing emotional and role õ?" models for their children, is not the most satisfactory way of bringing up children.
- how we define õ?~responsible for bringing the children upõ?T.
- At is simplest, it could mean giving the financial support neccesary to provide a home, food and clothes and making sure the child is safe and receives an adequate education. This could be the basic definition.
- Another possible way of defining that part of the quotation.
- That would say it is not just the fatherõ?Ts responsibility to provide the basics for his children, while his wife involves herself in the everyday activity of bringing them up.
- Rather, he should share those daily duties, spend as much time as his job allows with his children, play with them, read to them, help directly with their education, participate very fully in their lives and encourage them to share his.
The economic and employment situation in many countries means that jobs are getting more, not less, stressful, requiring long hours and perhaps long journeys to work as well. Therefore it may remain for many a desirable ideal rather than an achievable reality.
6) Topic: Most high level jobs are done by men. Should the government encourage a certain % of these jobs to be reserved for women?
You should spend no more than 40 minutes on this task. You should write a minimum of 250 words. õ?" Cuc 11
õ? Most of the jobs in society that are high-paying, powerful, and demand a lot of responsibility are held by men. I do not believe this situation arose because women are incapable of doing high-level work. I believe society could benefit if more women were in postions of power and therefore I think the government should reserve a percentage of these jobs for females.
Why should government encourage a certain % of high level jobs for women?
õ? This situation is not because of the incapability of women
õ? Firstly, the problem of unfair employment distribution appears to come from social convention and not competence or true ability.
- At a young age most girls are not encouraged to pursue political office, business success, or professional prestige .
- On the other hand, boys are told to do these things.
- As a result, men hold the high level jobs but this does not mean they are very good at what they do.
- If the government set a quota for hiring women to do high level work, such as working in the government itself, then perhaps women would be more inspired to be ambitious in their life plans and contribute to a less-than perfect society.
õ? Regulations in the workplace for hiring women would not be a new thing.
- Although not written or made into law, there seems to be rules for who can and cannot have high-level jobs.
- For instance, if a man and a woman both competed for the presidency of a company or even the country, and both were equally qualified and had the same experience and background, there is little doubt who would get the job.
- Even more, if the man was less qualified and less experienced than the woman, the man would still probably get the job because of his ***.
- Therefore, to legislate a percentage of high level jobs for women would work to fight the unwritten ***ist rules of the workplace.
- A quota system would break down some barriers in the short-term. ***ism in the workplace will not just magically disappear.
- Why should not?
- The injustice and discrimination could be reversed.
- This is to say that some qualified men might be denied a job while some unqualified women would be given one.
- Also, the problem of ***ism at work could be worsened instead of being overcome. People would doubt whether a women with a high level job was "truly capable"--men might feel bitterness and resentment, while women might think less of themselves and begin to depend on government "charity".
- Furthermore, there is the problem of defining what is a high-level job and determining an appropriate percentage. ( Final statement that supports my opinion again.)
7) Women will play an increasingly important role in the work place of the future. -Preparation and practice õ?"152.
Why women will make up a large percentage of the workforce?
- Due to the recession in the developed world, companies are reluctant to take on full õ?" time workers, who usually expect health care, a pension scheme and redundancy payments when dismissed.
- Instead, many employers prefer to hire people at an hourly rate. These employees tend to be women.
- A lot of women canõ?Tt commit themselves to a forty õ?" hour week as they have children to look after. This is particularly true for single parent families, where the woman have to look after the children herself.
- There may also be the perception that a woman is only working *****pplement her husbandõ?Ts income and so full õ?"time work is not as important.
- It is also be true to say that increasing ***ual equality has meant that more women are reaching management positions.
- This in turn would mean that the number of women also increase in lower positions, as women would be keen to employ other women.
- If this is the case, this trend must be expected to continue.
It seems likely that the number of working women will continue to increase over the nect few years as companies continue to seek a workforce that would be eaily dismissed and is more flexible in their working hours. Athough this may be a good thing in terms of ***ual equality, it is a major setback in terms of worker rights.
8. When mothers go out to work, their families suffer.
9. Have the changing roles of women good for women and society? õ?"cuc 25
Both women and society have been disadvantaged by womenõ?Ts emancipation. She supports this argument by showing that the changing role of women has caused:
- regression of womenõ?Ts con***ions to 19th century level
- after having been freed of work outside the home in the 19th century, women are now doing both paid employment and housework again.
- lowering of the breadwinnerõ?Ts wage.
- Collapse of family solidarity.
- Men neglectful of their families.
- Juvenile deliquency.
- High unemployment.
- Women to be dissatisfied with homemaking but still performing similar tasks in the new employment area õ?"service.
- Women to accept inappropriate and unpleasant jobs.
- Women to deny their feminine nature.
- Casual attitude to ***, resulting in:
- Baby hunger.
- Infertility.
- ***ual transmitted diseases.
- Abortion.
End of topic 6.
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Followed is our next topic (topic 7): Food ?"Drink -health-Welfare

Topic 7. Food ?"Drink -health-Welfare​

Section 1: Drink​

1. What?Ts your country?Ts drinking habit?
Tea - An Indispensable Drink for the Vietnamese
As you walk along the streets, somewhere near a lamp post, under the shade of a tree, or next to a door, there is a low table with glass pots containing different kinds of candies, roasted ground nuts, and sugar coated cakes. Usually next to these treats, there is a humble tea cozy with a tray of cups. Around the table are several small wooden stools. This is tra***ionally a complete description of a make-shift tea shop, which is a very popular part of Vietnamese street life.
This drink is considered indispensable to every inhabitant of the city. Tea is drunk every day from the early morning until late at night. People drink tea at their homes, at their work places, and even in tea shops on their way to and from work.
Whenever the Vietnamese feel thirsty, they are likely to look for this drink. It is drunk in both the summer and the winter months. In the winter, a sip of hot tea makes you feel warm inside and better able to cope with the cold temperatures outside.Unlike northerners, whose preference is for a cup of hot steamy tea, people in the south like to drink their tea cold, tending to add ice cubes.
How do we make a good tea cosy?
The owner skillfully lifts the cap of the tea cozy, takes out the tea pot, and then pours the hot tea into a small cup. The owner then hands the cup of steaming tea to the customer

Section 2: health​

1. People do many different things to stay healthy. What do you do for good health? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL135
? Our health is the only thing we really have in the world. You can take away our money, our house, or our clothes and we can survive. Take away our health and we will die. That is way I eat healthfully, exercise regularly and keep up my social life.
? Eating healthfully is important to maintain one?Ts health. I try to avoid foods high in fat like french fries or cookie?. I also try to limit the amount of animal protein I consume. I never eat more than a few ounces of fish or chicken a day and I rarely eat meat. I eat a lot of vegetables and fresh fruit which are full of fiber and vitamins. It is important to know how to cook these foods so the nutrients are not lost in the cooking process.
? Your muscles must continue to be strong *****pport your body as it grows older. Esercise helps the bones build density and helps you maintain your posture. A regular exercise program of cardiovascular training and weight training is an important part of keeping your health.
? Friends are an important of one?Ts health. Studies have shown that people with a wide range of socila contacts get fewer colds and have fewer complaints than those who don?Tt. laughing is also an important part of health. I like to lauhg with my friends and I always feel better when I am with them than when I am alone.
? By eating properly and exercising regularly, I can keep my body at an appropriate weight and can maintain my health. By spending time with my friends, i can keep my mind as well as my body happy. It?Ts all a part of my recipe for healthful living.
2. Prevention is better than cure. Out of a country''s health budget, a large proportion should be diverted from treatment to spending on health education and preventative measures. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement -Cambridge 2 ?"159., Cuc 20?
Of course it goes without saying that preventing is better than cure. That is why in recent years, there has been a growing body of opinion in favour of putting more resources into health education and preventive measures. The argument is that ignorance of for example, basic hygiene or the dangers of an unhealthy diet or lifestyle needs to be combatted by special nationwide publictity campaigns, as well as longer ?" term health education.
Obviously, there is a strong human argument for catching any medical con***ion as early as possible. There is also an economic argument for doing so. Statistics demonstrate the cost effectiveness of treating a con***ion in the early stages, rather than delaying until more expensive and prolonged treatment is necessary. Then there are social or economic costs, perhaps in term of loss of earnings for the family concerned of unemployed benefit paid by the state.
So far so good (up till now everything has gone on track), but the difficulties start when we try to define what the proportion of the budget should be, particularly if the funds will be diverted from treatment. Decisions on exactly how much of the total health budget should be spent in this way are not a matter for the non ?" specialist, but should be made on the basis of an accepted health service model.
This is the point at which real problems occur ?" the formulation of the model. How do we accurately measure which health education campaigns are effective in both medical and financial terms? How do we agree about the medical efficacy of various screening a programmes, for example, when the medical establishment itself does not agree? A very rigorous process of evaluation is called for, so that we can make informed decisions.
3. Health: spend large sums of money or medical research or directed towards treating patients - Insight into Ielts ?" 184.
There is always some controversy over whether it is important to spend large sums of money on medical research or whether more of this money should be directed towards treating patients. Obviously some medical research is essential. Without it, we would have no vaccinations against diseases such as polio, no drugs such as antibiotics and no treatments like x-rays or radiotherapy. Nevertheless, the field of medical research is very competitive and this has financial disadvantages. Take, for example, the current research being conducted on the HIV virus. In this field it is arguable that money is being wasted in that scientists throughout the world are working independently towards the same ultimate goal ?" to find a cure for AIDS ?"and with the same hope of becoming famous in the process. Surely it would be more productive and less costly if these scientists joined forces and an international funding.
4. Students can become very tired both emotionally and physically when they are preparing for an examination. How can they look after their health while they are studying? -question2.
5. People?Ts access to good health care should not depend on social factors such as their level of income or social status.
? All people should have access to adequate health care. It is difficult to argue against this proposition. In theory most people would agree with it. But in practice it is more difficult to find countries where it is actually true.
? Health care systems, such as in the United States, where a large proportion of the population cannot afford health insurance, are most undesirable in social terms. People are not cared for properly if they suffer a serious accident or become seriously ill. Yet in the same country the very best in medical services are available to those with the capacity to pay. Are we at the point where we accept that the life of a rich person is worth more than that of a poor person?
? Governments have a responsibility to provide basic health services to all the population. However, governments always have limited resources, and they have a responsibility to use these in an efficient and effective manner. For example, it is difficult to justify governments spending money on expensive medical procedures such as cancer research, if this diverts resources away from the primary objective of equal access to health care for all. The argument then turns on what kind of health care system should be supported by governments.
? Preventive health care is one area where government needs to take the lead. Money spent on preventing disease is more than repaid by money saved in not having to treat that disease at a later time. Public health programs to eradicate diseases such as typhoid and smallpox are a good example where the benefits flow on to all people, regardless of income or social status. More recently, governments sponsored fluoridation programs have played a major part in reducing the incidence of tooth decay, with significant improvement in general health and enormous savings in dental bills for ordinary people.
6. Nowadays doctors can become very rich. Maybe they should not focus on profitable activities such as plastic surgery or looking after rich patients and concentrate more on patients health, no matter how rich they are?
7. How important is the patient''s mental attitude towards his/her treatment in determining the effectiveness of the treatment? ?" Prepare for Ielts ?" 123.
A wide range of medical treatments is available today. Patients may wonder which will be the most effective, and whether their own mental attitude to the type of treatment might affect its success. This essay will consider the second of these questions.
Many people vistit their doctor or go to hospital with complete trust in the expert care offered by conventional services. However, some people do not get a satisfactory result. For example, the drugs they are prescribed may have unpleasant side ?" effects. Their initial positive attitude towards their treatment does them little good.
Similarly, those patients who trustfully choose alternative treatment over tra***ional medicine may find themselves disillusioned. Less rigorous qualification standard among alternative practitioners may mean that some healers give ineffective or damaging advice. The result, again, is that a patient who entered treatment with confidence leaves that treatment disillusioned.
On the other hand, patients may try a style of treatment with some scepticism. A person used to conventional medicines and drugs may be suspicious of treatments based on diet and lifestyle changes. Yet if they follow such programs, they may in fact notice improvements in their con***ion, in spite of their scepticism. Equally, a patient opposed to conventional medicine may have an accident and be saved by the effective treatment of conventional emergency services.
In conclusion, it appears that the mental attitude of the patient is not the most significant factor in determining the outcome of the treatment. Patients who enter treatment confidently may leave disillusioned while those who begin treatment sceptical of the results may find themselves surprised with what they have gained. Patients should seek the advantages which each style of care can offer.
8. A number of different medical tra***ions are now widely known and used: Western medicine (using drugs and surgery), herbal medicine, acupuncture (using needles at certain points of the body), homoeopathy (using minute doses of poisons), and so on.
9. Health: should parents be obliged to immunise their children agaist common childhood diseases? Or do individuals have the right to choose not to immunise their children? Answer: Insight into Ielts ?" 185.
For:
- preventative medicine has proved to be the most effective way of reducing the incidence of fatal childhood diseases. -> lives have been saved and the diseases have been reduced to almost zero.
+ in previous centuries children died from ordinary illnesses such as influenza and tuberculosis and because few people had immunity, the diseases spread easily. Diseases such as dysentery were the result of poor hygiene but these have long been eradicated since the arrival of food sanitation and clean water. Nobody would suggest that we should reverse this good practice now because dysentery has been wiped out.
- Serious disease such as polio and smallpox have also been eradicated through national immunisation programmes. In consequence, children not immusnised are far less at risk in this disease ?" free society than they would otherwise be. Parents choosing not to immunise are relying on the fact that the diseases have already been eradicated. If the number of parents choosing not to immunise incresed, there would be a similar increase in the risk of the disease returning.
- Immunisation is not an issue like seatbelts which affects only the individual. A decision not to immunise will have widespread repercussion for the whole of society and for this reason, I do not believe that individuals have the right to stand aside. In my opinion immunisation should be obligatory.
Ideas against:
- the issue of whether we should force parents to immunise their children against common diseases is, in my opinion, a social rather than a medical question. Since we are free to choose what we expose our bodies to in the way of food, drink, or religion for that matter, why should we question of medical ?otreatment? be any different?
- Medical researchers and governments are primarily interested in overall statistics and trends and in money ?" daving schemes which fail to take into consideration the individual?Ts concern and rights. While immunisation against disease such as tentanus and whooping cough may be effective, little informetion is released about the harmful effects mof vaccinations which can sometimes result in stunted growth or even death.
- The body is designed to resist disease and to create its own natural immunity through contact with that disease. So when children are given artificial immunity, we create a vulnerale society which is entirely dependent on immunisastion. In the envent that mass immunisation programmes were to cease, the society as a whole would be more at risk than ever before.
- In ad***ion there is the issue of the rights of the individual. As members of a society, why shouldwe obliged *****bject our children to this potentially harmful practice? Some people may also be against immunisation on religious grounds and their needs must also be considered.
- For these reasons I feel strongly that immusnisation programmes should not be obligatory and that the individual should have the right to choose whether or not to participate.
(to be continued)
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Topic 7 (continued)

Section 3: Welfare​

1. Topic33: A government''s role is only to provide defence capability and urban infrastructure (roads, water supplies, etc.). All other services (education, health, social security) should be provided by private groups or individuals in the community. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion ?" prepare for ielts ?"124.
- Governments can only provide a limited range of services for citizens. Certain types of service, however, must be provided by governments, whereas both governments and private groups or individuals can share the responsibility to provide other services.
- A government must provide those services which are essentila to a country. These include defence capabilities and social security. Private enterprise and the profit motive should not form part of these essential services. On the other hand, some services could be provided by either governments or private groups or both. Education and health care are examples of such services. A government must provide at least a basic level of education and health care so all citizens can have access to them. Private enterprise, though, could also provide services in these areas for those who wish to pay for them.
- Urban infrastructure is another area where governments and private groups or individuals can share responsibility. Governments must build and maintain a system of roads, but toll roads can be built and road maintenance carried out by private contractors. Similarly, other infrastructure, such as water or electricity supply, can be operated by private companies.
- *****m up, there are some services such as defence and social security which must be provided by government. Other services, for examples water supply or education, could be provided by both government and private enterprise. Consequently, it is not true to say that a government?Ts role is only to provide some services while others should be provided by the private sector. In fact, both government and private groups can share in the provision of most services.
2. In Britain, when someone gets old, they often go to live in a home with other old people where there are nurses to look after them. Sometimes the government has to pay for this care.
Who should be responsible for our old people? Give reasons.
- Their children.
- Government.
3. What should a government do for a country to become successful?
- Human resources.
- Consolidate the national solidarity.
- Purify the government leadership.
4. Although abuses of the system are inevitable, social welfare payments are essential to protect the rights citizens have to a guaranteed income in a democratic society. Discuss ?" 202 exercise ?"120.
Social welfare is an essential element of an advanced society. Good systems are always abused, but that does not mean they are faulty. In my opinion, the two main reasons why welfare payments are necessary are as follows:
- first of all, critics forget that there are many forms of welfare besides payments to the unemployed. Their negative opinions harm those who are capable of earning a wage, such as single-parent mothers, the disabled, and the sick. Moreover, the unemployed have the right to an income, too. They are not always at fault for not having a job, and in most cases the tax they have paid in the past entitles them to assistance.
- The second reason is that crime increases when people have no means of support. The desperately poor inevitably turn to crime, which is not only dangerous but costly. Policing the streets is more expensive than providing welfare. A policeman?Ts wage is four or five times higher than a ?odolê? payment.
- Certain members of society believe that people should look after themselves. They point out that welfare increases depandency on others and destroys dignity. This may be true, but in the case of the unemployed, the relief payments are usually temporary. It is surely the fault of the government if there are long ?" term unemployed. Welfare critices also believe that it is the responsibility of a victim?Ts family to provide financial assistance. However, it is too expensive to provide complete help for a severely disabled person.
- To conclude, it is vital to understand the need for welfare in a modern democratic society. Without welfare payments the poor are destined to become poorer. The first duty of a government is to provide a financial safety net for all disadvantaged persons, and that includes those without work.
5. The welfare state makes people less self-reliant: above question
6. A much debated issue these days is whether citizens should take out private health insurance or not
- A much debated issue these days is whether citizens should take out private health insurance or not. The cost of providing free medical care for both the wealthy and the poor is far too great for any government, and most people agree that if you can pay for insurance, you should. In this essay, I will argue that all who can afford it should be insured, but free medical care must be made available for those too poor to do so.
- The most important reason for encouraging people to take out private health insurance is the cost to the government of health care. Free health cover for people who are able to pay for it is a waste of public money. Of course, people will only pay health insurance premiums if they know that they are getting good value for their money. If they get sick, they should pay very little or nothing at all. In ad***ion, the privately insured are entitled to special benefits such as having the choice of their own doctors, and being able to avoid long waiting lists for hospital beds.
- On the other hand, those who really cannot afford to pay private insurance premiums, which are often very high, are still entitled as citizens to the best medical care available - they cannot be expected to pay their own medical bills. However, if they are working, they should still pay a percentage of their wage (say 1 to 2%) as a tax which pays towards the cost of providing ?~freê?T medical services.
- In conclusion, most people should privately insure their health, but it is unreasonable *****ppose that all citizens can afford it. Therefore, a safety net in the form of a basic free health care system must exist for the very poor and the unemployed. (301 words)

Section 4: food​

1. Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer. TOEFL3
? The twentieth century has broght with it many advances. With those advances, human lives have changed dramatically. In some ways life is worse, but mostly it is better. Changes in food preparation mehtod, for example, have improved our lives greatly.
? The convenience of preparing food today is amazing. Even stoves have gotten too slow for us. Microwave cooking is much easier. We can press a few buttons and a meak is completely cooked in a short time. People used to spend hours for an oven-cooked meal, and now we can use that time for other, better things. Plus, there are all kinds of portanle, prepackable foods we can buy. Heat them in the office microwave, and lunch at work is quick and easy.
? Food preparation today allows for more variety. With refrigerator and freezers, we can preserve a lot of different foods in our homes. Since technology makes cooking so much faster, people are willing to make several dishes for even a small meal. Parents are more likely to let children be picky, now that they can easily heat them up seome prepackaged macarani and cheese on the side. Needless to say, adults living in the same house may have very different eating habits as well. If they don?Tt want to cook a lot of different dishes, it?Ts common now to eat out at restaurants several times a week.
? Healthful eating is also easier than ever now. When people cook, they can use new fat substitues and cooking sprays to cut fat and calories. This reduces the risk of heart disease and high cholesterol. Ad***ionally, we can buy fruits and vegetable fresh, frozen or canned. They are easy to prepare, so many of us eat more of those nutritious items daily. A hundred years ago, you couldn?Tt imagine the process of taking some frozen fruit and ice from the freezer, adding some low ?"fat yogurt from a plastic cup and some juice from a can in the refrigerator, and whipping up a low ?"fat smootine in the blender.
? Our lifestyle is fast, but people still like good food. What new food preparation technology has given us is more choices. Today, we can prepare food that is more convenient, healthier, and of greater variety than ever before in history.
2. Some people prefer to eat at food stands or restaurants. Other people prefer to prepare and eat food at home. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples *****pport your answer.13
? Some people like to eat out at food stands and restaurants, while other like to prepare food at home. Often it depends on the kind of lifestyle people have. Those with very busy jobs outside the house don?Tt always have time to cook. They like the convenience of eating out. Overall, though, it is cheaper and healthier to eat at home.
? While eating in restaurant is fast, the money you spend can add up. When I have dinner at restaurant with a friedn, the bill is usually over twenty dollars. I can buy a lot of groceries with that much money. Even lunch at a fast ?" food stand usually costs five or six dollarss for one person. That?Ts enough to feed the whole family at home.
? Eating at home is better for you, too. Meals at restaurants are often high in fat and calories, and they serve big plates of food ?" much more food than you need to eat at one meal. If you cook food at home, you have more control over the ingredients. You can use margarine instead of butter on your potatoes, or not put so much cheese on the top of your pizza. At home, you can control your portion size. You can serve yourself as little as you want. In a restaurant, you may eat a full plate of food ?obecause you paid for it?.
? It is true that eating out is convenient. You don?Tt have to shop, to cook, to clean up. But real home cooking doesn?Tt have to take up a lot of time. Ther are lots of simple meals that don?Tt take long to make. In fact, they?Tre faster than eating out, especially if you think of the time you spend driving to a restaurant, parking, waiting for a table, waiting for service, driving home.
? Both eating at restaurants and cooking at home can be satisfying. Both can taste good and be enjoyed with family and friends. I prefer cooking at home because of the money and health issues, but people will make the choice that fits their lifestyle best.
Interview
1. Describe your favourite restaurant.
? Moca Restaurant - location
? The food:
? The service:
? The decoration:
? The price:
? The feature:
? The strength:
? Why suitable for foreigner:
2. Tra***ional food:
? Which Vietnamese tra***ional dish do you particularly like?
- Sticky rice cakes are a Vietnamese tra***ional dish that must be part of Tet meals. As a matter of fact, every Vietnamese family must have sticky rice cakes among the offerings placed on the altar to their ancestors.
? Do you know how to make the dish?
- Banh chung is made of glutinous rice, pork meat, and green beans paste wrapped in a square of bamboo leaves, giving the rice a green colour after boiling.
- Making sticky rice cakes is a very meticulous job. To obtain the best cakes, rice has to soak in water for an entire day. The pork meat must include skin and fat, the green beans must be of the same size, and the bamboo leaves must be fresh.
- Squaring off and tying cakes with bamboo strings requires skilful hands.
- Sticky rice cakes are available at any time of the year, although one is sure to enjoy them with relatives and friends during Tet. During Tet, rice cakes are served with gio lua and hanh muoi?" lean meat pie and salted sour onions.
3 Are Vietnamese peoplê?Ts eating habits changing? Can you give an example of such changes.
- Increasing number of people come to restaurant
- Improved standard and More dishes than before due to upgraded living standard.
- Rarely the whole family can gather due to business.
4. Do you think people in your country prefer eating tra***ional food to international one? Why? Why not?
- Tra***ional one.
- not many opportunities for trying international delicacies.
5. Speculate on a world in which people ate all the same kinds of food.
- not very favourable.
- Prefer a variety of delicacies.
- One part of each country?Ts culture ?"one part of the country.
5. How is your country?Ts tra***ional culture reflected in the eating habit of the people?
- Agriculture culture reflected in dishes.
- Close ?"knit relationship between family members.
- Tra***ional role of women.
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