IELTS WRITING THÁNG 4,5 VA 6

Ielts test on 16-04-2011
People are not paying attention to environmental protection. What is the cause
and suggest solutions to deal with this issue.
Environment is calling our name world-wide, especially with the frequent
occurrence of natural disasters from tsunami to earthquakes. That is the
acknowledged threat to the survival of humankind, but the truth remains that
people seem to be busy with something else, rather than the mission of salvaging
the world before it is too late. Reasons for people’s blatant ignorance of this fact
are various, subjectively and objectively.
Governments are partly to be condemned for their lack of serious effort and
radical law enforcement on environment protection. The fact is people around the
globe are still releasing a huge amount of waste, without being heavily penalized
or get away with this, perhaps by simply lobbying government or bribing some key
figures in the authorities. Also, despite the fact that authorities are urging people
into using environment friendly products and campaigns to keep the environment
clean, ironically, they are, simultaneously, allowing businessmen to produce as
many cars as possible and advertisers to spur consumerism among people, which
is undeniably the catalyst for the booming of air pollution and early exhaustion of
natural resources.
Objectively, economic imbalance between nations is another culprit of people’s
little attention to save the environment. While some nations pass their economic
heights, being willing to voice their protests against any action dirtying the
environment, others are too hectic with the prodding call of poverty and illiteracy
of citizens and find themselves at variance with priorities of developed world. In
this case, any attempt to slow down the development of the latter proves
paradoxical, and for that reason, our environment stays fully exploited. The
painful truth is that the inherent basic instinct of people, after all, is to feed
themselves as much as possible, taking the precedence over doing something for
long-term purpose, say, environmental conservation.

Solutions to this head-aching issue are suggested. Drastic measures implemented
by governments to minimize pollution are the prohibition of natural exploitation
above the limit, discouragement of private means of transportation, and
establishment of international treaties, for instance, Kyoto. Nevertheless, this
means no worth if each citizen, himself or herself, pays no heed. Long-term
remedies, educational programs to raise people’s awareness of environment
protection are strongly recommended. It would be such an effective method to
inculcate in our little children the immediate consequences of environmental
damage, by introducing the environment protection as the mandatory subject at
school and frequently showing videos of environment hazards on television
everywhere. I strongly believe that once these threats caused environment
degradations are deeply embedded in our minds, especially, children’s, our
environment will soon be away from jeopardy and our world will be green again.
Timing: 15 minutes
Ielts test on 28-04-2011
Old buildings or new ones? Discuss.
Ancient buildings are relics of the past and should be preserved, in the view of
some people. Others, however, believe that the appearance of modern buildings
will open a new horizon for the development of a nation. My essay will discuss the
validity of both sides.
The ancient houses are, first, believed to be the reservoir of the glorious past of a
nation. With their existence along each road, it is undeniable that no sooner does
young generation grow up than they become proud of their country’s admirable
old-day history through the image of roof, ceiling and walls. Philosophically
speaking, like a person who clings to the past to reflect, views the present to enjoy
and contemplates the future, a city itself entails an inextricable link of these three
time axes to revise, thrive and fly. Nevertheless, in case of derelict and run-down
old houses, such experience of living in these shelters could be a nightmare to
quite a few people, for instance, Hanoi people who are suffering a low-quality life
in ancient streets. It is a common scene to some that three to four households

have only one toilet system with their wall painting layers bound to peel off and
their ceilings sagging owing to weathering.
Another rationale is that these old houses are symbolic of the unique architecture
and serve as a mental panacea for hurry-sickness city- dwellers. Hardly can the
modern day people recreate such beauties as that by famous architects of
yesterdays who utilized the past materials, and for that reason, some streets
adorned with second-to-none buildings are ideal destinations for the visitors
world-wide to savor themselves in the sense of serene old days. To those who are
sucking in a life of craze, the tiny old houses resemble oases to ease their stress.
Opponents have their points in the belief that as a result of the explosion of
population, so crowded do streets turn out that these old, unsafe and dirty houses
should be demolished to give way to skyscrapers to accommodate an everincreasing number of people who flock to the city in hope of a better life. Also, not
until the cities are paved with modern buildings and wide roads do investors from
other continents pay greater attention, which, in turn, generates a huge amount
of profit for the entire nation.
In the final analysis, each idea has its own reasoning, but in my opinion, the
presence of old houses is essential to the survival of any city for their originality
and unforgettable destinations of travel lovers.
Timing: 17 minutes
Ielts test on 07-05-2011
Nowadays, environmental problems are too big to be managed by individual
person or individual country. In other words, it is an international problem. To
what extent do you agree or disagree? (October 4th, 2003)
Environment is at high risk, which is an undeniable truth when people, today, are
facing an ever-increasing occurrence of natural disasters from tsunami,
greenhouse effect, earthquake to global warming. It is believed that these
consequences are the result of not a single nation, but the globe, and thus, it is
time for the whole world to be responsible for this issue. I strongly agree with this

idea.


First, each person is an active agent to protect the environment. With each tree
erected by an individual, greenness is widespread and environment will be saved
eventually. What would happen actually in case that people of a nation are trying
their utmost to protect the environment while others lift no hand to do this and
even unremittingly release industrial waste in hope of fast-growing
industrialization? That is the reason why so as to rescue our beloved environment,
governments of all nations are required to implement a joint-effort by following
international regulations and setting up global treaties to limit the amount of
pollution discharged by each country, for example, Kyoto.
Second, in the context of industrialization, the economy of each country is
reaching its heights, especially in the third world countries with their overheating
economies. Hence, rarely would these governments prioritize environmental
pollution, while caught in the economic race with other countries, if the radical
international intervention was not imposed. Another example is that the
radioactivity from nuclear plants, as a consequence of the unexpected earthquake
in Japan, is infectious, threatening the survival of people domestically and species
across the nation. The issue would be much exacerbated as other neighboring
nations are ignorant of this, and by this, they are, in fact, harming their own
destinies as well. The action to lend technological support by developed nations
to developing ones, for instance, the environment -friendly assembly line, is one
of effective remedies to reduce pollution caused by the untreated industrial
waste.
Finally, when it comes to the issue of the overwhelming disappearance of
endangered animals which leads to ecological imbalance, by no means can a
nation combat radically devoid of global support. Specious fishes in the ocean
across different countries in a continent are culled uncontrollably by a group of
people in a specific location for sake of profit. It is by dint of international drastic

law on prohibiting the exploitation of rare species that our natural animal
kingdom is less intimidated. According to social surveys, annually, international
teams of conservationists have caught global thieves who endeavored to kill these
animals for illegal trading.


Put it simply, without the world’s attempt, the environment is definitely in danger,
as a result of pollution and vast disappearance of key animals to balance our
ecology.
Timing: 17 minutes
Ielts test on 19-05-201
Television injects violence in children, and programs with violent scenes should
be banned? Agree to what exend?
According to social studies, violence among children is escalating day by day,
which keeps the entire nation on alert, especially their parents. Some people cite
the best solution to this thorny issue is to eliminate all violence-related programs
on television while others perceive it as a drastic answer.
On one hand, it is undeniable that with a view to attracting an increasing number
of viewers each year, programmers try to modify their movies, shows and
documents dotted with sensational scenes, particularly violence one. Studies have
shown that some kids who used guns and threatened others at school confessed
that they just imitated naively their heroic actions on television. In this case,
television programs are partly to blame. Nevertheless, would it be totally
equitable when the reasons are traced to other sources, say, internet, newspaper
and others, apart from television? Internet is a typical example of having such viral
influence which affects adversely kids’ behavior due to belligerent online games
while newspapers and picture books are fraught with images with guns, whips and
other means, even in the hands of sexy teenagers.
In addition, the lack of parental caring, environment and moral education are
culprits of spiral violence among children. Born and growing up in families where

their parents often resort to barbaric actions in teaching children, the latter are
vulnerable to see this behavior as acceptable whereas educators, instead of
endeavoring to engender in children moral codes, are too busy with academic
teaching and cast this mission on the parents who are unfortunately in the circle
of rat race. Children are not spared the social effects when they are living in the
society in which the unemployment rate is on the rise, leading to a corresponding


climb in crime rate. In a word, without close supervision of parents and educators
and a crime-free ambience in places children live, it is undeniable that they will be
easily injected with any flow of thinking and action, especially from uncut sources
on the internet, television and through unhealthy real life experience.
Other effective remedies to this dilemma are that programs on television should
be censored before being publicly shown along with the limitation of age in
watching any violence-related movies. More importantly, it is time for government
to set limit on themselves for the fact that they often let advertisers and
producers promote sensational programs for the sake of profit, rather than
educational one. It would be ironic to expect kids to be exempt from violence
when each day, their eyes are awake with aggressive actions from celebrities on
television’s advertisement.
Timing: 18 minutes
Ielts test on 28-05-2011
Academic subjects or moral teaching at school? Discuss.
The task of educating children to become useful people is far from easy, especially
when parents and educators desire for a comprehensive education for them.
Some people believe that to be specialized in each educational task, school should
be exclusively responsible for arming children with academic knowledge to be
ready for job market while others hold onto the idea that moral teaching is also
the mission of school. Each idea has its own validity
It is first argued that academic teaching is the main duty of schools while teaching

children to behave well is the job of parents. It is by dint of dividing clear
responsibilities for both parents and schools that teachers feel less burdened to
focus on their specialized task that is to equip children with necessary knowledge
to become confident in dealing with challenges in work places. Parents, in the
meantime, who stay by their children’s side, from the childhood to adulthood, can
understand them more than ever. For that reason, their guidance to follow social
moral codes to make sure their kids get along with others is sensible. Others,
however, point out the fact that so busy with parents are nowadays with their


own career pursuit that some of them make light of inculcating proper codes of
behavior in their children whereas some of them are factually not yet good
examples for their kids to learn. How could parents who are drunkards or
gamblers be fully qualified for teaching their children to behave ethically?
Nowhere can kids find their orientation in their thought and behavior more
effectively in their teachers’ advice and instructions at school.
Another reason, nevertheless, in support of the former idea is that moral teaching
is the subject children should be imbued through their practical experience in the
later life. What their teachers impart about morality at school is sometimes
theoretical and proves burdensome for them who are already exhausted in the
completion of homework at school. Yet, no sooner do kids graduate from their
schools than they begin to undergo extreme depression when faced that fact that
they can hardly find themselves at ease with other people from all walks of life
despite their wealth of knowledge. The truth is to achieve the common goal, there
needs more than academic knowledge itself, but rather teamwork, leadership and
others which they were unfortunately deprived if this policy ran into reality. At the
same time, to lessen the curriculum overload in all these subjects, teachers can
flexibly mix moral and academic teaching. For instance, through the lessons on
literature, moral behavior can be highlighted, and by that way, kids can deeply
remember and naturally absorb moral behavior.

All in all, each view has its own reason, and my belief is that the harmonious
combination of these subjects might be the best choice.
Timing: 20 minutes
Ielts test on 11-06-2011
Governments should only use their spending on public services and not waste
money on the arts (E.g music and painting). To what extent do you agree or
disagree?
How to allocate fairly government’s budget for a variety of social demands from
health care, infrastructure to other mental ones such as arts remains
controversial. Some people insist on that that money should be earmarked more


for public services and less for arts while others believe each area should receive
an inequitable amount of spending for its unique value contributed to social
development. I partly agree with the latter view for the following reasons.
Admittedly, public services are of immediate benefit for the entire society. The
issues of health care, education, and infrastructure are always top concerns of any
government that wants to recruit high-skilled labor, strong workforce and modern
facilities. To countries, say, Vietnam, Cambodia still struggling with abject misery
after wars, a big amount of spending for music and painting proves infeasible.
However, the need for arts is rising these days for their long-term worth,
especially during the time the country is beyond the peak of economic
development and gears itself towards sustainable growth. With music, painting
and other kinds of arts gaining their popularity, people’s spiritual life is
continuously enriched. Such cities, say, Florence, Paris and Madrid are always
unforgettable destinations of millions of visitors for their spectacular artistic
creations and lure them into a different world where people are away from
worries and let their creativity take off. These cities are also homes to various
well-known art geniuses from Picasso, Leona De-Vinci to Gaudy who led art
revolutions, partly by dint of their governments’ greater appreciation of this field

and bigger expenditure on it. America and Britain are, too, other examples of
nations where music industry overwhelms other key ones for their greatest
generation of profit, which again derives their governments’ frequent organization
of musical shows and festivals to attract audience world-wide.
In a word, governments should pay more attention to key sectors when their
nations are in the embryonic stage of growth, but once they escape the life of
poverty, arts should have bigger says for their mental, educational and economic
merits.
Timing: 21 minutes