Tài liệu ESSAY OUTLINE ( FOR IELTS ) TOPIC 12-1 pdf

ESSAY OUTLINE ( FOR IELTS )

Topic 12: Music -Art- Fashion -Sport
SECTION 1: SPORT

1. Why do you think some people are attracted to dangerous
sports or other dangerous activities? Use specific reasons and
examples to support your answer. – 49.
This person is often
- a risk taker in both sports and business.
- an optimist: they live for the thrill of the moment without a thought to
the many things that could go wrong.
- A fatalist: they might plan for potential problems, but once they have
done everything they can do, the outcome is out of their hands.
2. Some young children spend a great amount of their time
practicing sports. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of
this. Use specific reasons and examples to support your
answer.103
Advantages:
- Better health: good habit of daily exercise.
- Learn how to work hard towards a goal.
- Strengthen their confidence.
- Make friends and learn teamwork.
Disadavantages:
- Their focus is very narrow ->neglect schoolwork.
- They should try out many different activities.
- under pressure from parents or coaches -> health and emotional
problems.
Best: balance for each individual.
3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Playing a game is fun only when you win. Use specific reasons

and examples to support your answer.109
“ it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game”.
- time with friends: tennis.
- Learn new things: Scrable.
- Work as a team: soccer.
-> Enjoy having a good time.
4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Playing games teaches us about life. Use specific reasons and
examples to support your answer. 120
What lessons can games teach us?
- cause –effect relationship: Everything we do causes something else
happen.
- How to deal with other people: teamwork.
- Follow rule to achieve something: learn to make plan, implement
strategies, make adjustment
- Life is coulorful.
5. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Games are as important for adults as they are for children. Use
specific reasons and examples to support your answer.43
Regardless of your age, playing games can help you keep your mind
aleart, learn new things, and build friendship.
6. Some famous athletes and entertainers earn millions of
dollars very year. Do you think these people deserve such high
salaries? Use specific reasons and examples to support your
opinion.133
Why can those figures earn so much money?
- the market determines who get paid what.
- Teachers are paid by tax dollars.
- Sports teams make hundreds of million of dollars every year.
- Earn fabulous profits from radio and television rights, as well as

everything sold at the concession stands.
- The same is true of movies. They are produced by studios that
make profits annually.
- These enterprises can afford to pay their entertainers and sports
figures huge salaries, because those athletes and film stars draw
people to the entertainment.
Why are we willing to pay so much to see a ball game or a movie?
- We want distraction: we want to be entertained.
- We think of education as a right while entertainment seems like a
luxury. We expect to pay for out luxuries.
Do they deserve?
- Disadvantages of atheletes:
- Short careers.
- Atheletes may be too old in their early 30s.
- Many of them gamble early in their lives on making in big in the
sports or entertainment world, and deny themselves a good
education.
- Little chance of a stable career -> need to earn enough money to
support them for a long time.
-> conclusion: it is hard to sympathize with people who do as they
don’t deserve the most value in our society.
7. When famous people such as actors, athletes and rock stars
give their opinions, many people listen. Do you think we should
pay attention to these opinions? Use specific reasons and
examples to support your answer.129
Why we shouldn’t pay attention to these opinion?
- Not just because of who they are: limited knowledge in a specific
focus.
8. Should sports classes be sacrificed in High School so
students can concentrate on Academic subjects?

9. Professional sport involves large sums of money and receives
enormous coverage. Do you think this is justified?
10. Sports now receive too much attention from the public. Sport
personalities are paid much more than they deserve. Agree?
11. Topic44:The dominance of black people in US sport is due to
sociological rather than physiological factors. Discuss.
12. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Attending a live performance (for example, a play, concert, or
sporting event) is more enjoyable than watching the same event
on television. Use specific reasons and examples to support
your opinion. TOEFL
13. Describe your favourite sport. Say:
• whether you like playing it/them or you prefer watching it.
• What in particular you like about the sport.
• Whether you would like to change something about it. Explain
why.
14. Describe the role of sports on humans’ daily life.
15. Evaluate the effects of international sporting events on world
peace.
16. Speculate the development of sports in future.
17. Which sports are popular in your country?
- Football is the most popular one.
- One match consists of 2 teams, each has 11 players: 1 goal keeper,
2 -4 backs, 2-4 half –backs and the left are striker.
- Each match need a major referee, 2 or 3 linemen.
- Each team will try their best to kick the ball into the opponent’s net
and if they are succesful they score a goal. The final score would be
rate of goals each team has scored. One team may be the lose,
winner or ended in a draw.
18. What problems are connected to sport? (e.g. drugs in sport)

- Drug abuse.
- Commercialization.
- Lost of identity.