Tài liệu ESSAY OUTLINE ( FOR IELTS ) TOPIC 7-1 ppt

ESSAY OUTLINE ( FOR IELTS )


Topic 7. Food –Drink -health-Welfare
SECTION 1: DRINK

1. What’s your country’s 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 traditionally a complete description of a makeshift
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 to
support 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’s 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 to support 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’s health. Studies have shown that
people with a wide range of socila contacts get fewer colds and have
fewer complaints than those who don’t. 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’s 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 condition as early as possible. There is also an economic
argument for doing so. Statistics demonstrate the cost effectiveness
of treating a condition 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