Tài liệu ESSAY OUTLINE ( FOR IELTS ) TOPIC 3-1 doc

ESSAY OUTLINE ( FOR IELTS )

Topic 3: Economic issues
retirement - commercial - Employment -Other economic issues

SECTION 1: RETIREMENT

1. In some countries the average worker is obliged to retire at
the age of 50, while in others people can work until they are 65
or 70. Meanwhile, we see some politicians enjoying power well
into their eighties. Clearly, there is little agreement on an
appropriate retirement age. Until what age do you think people
should be encouraged to remain in paid employment? Give
reasons for your answer.
• advantages of early retirement:
- the young people have chances to work.
- Secondly, young people are more efficient than the old, because
they are young and strong.
- Thirdly, young people have many new ideas about products.
- Finally, young people react more quickly than old people.
• Disadvantages of early retirement:
- One point is that old people have lots of experience.
- What is more, they can train young people.
- Moreover, if old people can continue to work, they will feel happy.
2. Businesses should hire employees for their entire lives. Do
you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to
support your answer. TOEFL36.
What is important consideration in today employment?
- Job performance, speed and change due to harsh competition.
- Performance: skilled workers, match with the tasks.
- Need to produce goods or services quickly -> need young people

who are willing to put in long hours, be aggressive and will push
themselves to do their job faster.
- Have to be innovative. Changing workforce -> bring in new ideas.
- skilled workers do not want to be tied down to one company, they
want the flexibility to improve their opportunities.
- Loyalty is not practical today.
SECTION 2: COMMERCIAL
3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Advertising can tell you a lot about a country. Use specific
reasons and examples to support your answer. TOEFL –
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4. Some people say that advertising encourages us to buy
things we really do not need. Others say that advertisements tell
us about new products that may improve our lives. Which
viewpoint do you agree with? Use specific reasons and
examples to support your answer. TOEFL117
What is the purpose of ad.?
- encourage customers to buy things they don’t need.
- Their primary goal is profit.
In which way can ad. persuade customers buy things they don’t
need?
- Begin with children: they want to be like everyone else, they want to
have what everyone has.
- Throughout our life: Advertisement define ourselves by what we
own rather than by who we are. It encourages a competition of false
values and shallow measurements of what matters in our lives.
What is the advantage of ad.?
- Enhance economy.
- People buy products -> other people have jobs.
- Keep us informed about new products that may actually help us in

some way.
5. As the number of commercial is on the increase on our TV,
many viewers feel annoyed and claim that commercials should
be banned. Do you agree with this idea?
SECTION 3: EMPLOYMENT
5. What are some important qualities of a good supervisor
(boss)? Use specific details and examples to explain why these
qualities are important. TOEFL18
- justice: treat all her employees fairly.
- Know how to give clear and understandable directions: not change
too constant.
- Delegating authority well: know how to use the skills of her
employees to best advantage.
- Know how to evaluate her employees on a reasonable set of
criteria.
- Sets the standards for her employees by her own behavior.
6. The idea of having a single career is becoming an old
fashioned one. The new fashion will be to have several careers
or ways of earning money and further education will be
something that continues throughout life.
Why does each person need have several careers or ways of
earning money and lifetime education?
- The enormous changes in technology
- No matter what their field of expertise, people are no longer able to
cope with today''s fast changing workplace unless they upgrade their
skills through further study.
- Many jobs have become obsolete in recent years.
- For example, robots have taken over factory assembly lines in the
automobile industry
- Bank employees have lost jobs because now people use ATMs or

their home computer for ordinary bank transactions.
- Similarly, travel agencies and retail stores have gone online and the
people who used to do these jobs have been faced with a mid-life
career .
- The marketplace has become global.
- Competition has increased, and small businesses have been
swallowed up by large corporations that are often multinationals.
- Many industries that once flourished in North America, like the
textile industry or the shoe industry, now only distribute foreign-made
goods here.