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Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 11/11/2017
People in many countries have to spend more and more time away from their home.
Why is this? What are the effects on people themselves and their families?
Essay Plan:
• Agree with the statement. Some reasons can be given, and the effects on
individuals and their families are mostly negative.
• Paragraph 2. Two reasons: (1) men have to leave home to find work to support
their family (2) more working mothers – women work to try to have a better
standard of living
• Paragraph 3. Effects: (1) men often have to endure bad working conditions,
and lose contact with their families (2) women who go out to work have less
influence on the way their children grow up.
• Conclusion: there are some important reasons for this trend and there are
serious consequences.
Essay:
It is true that in many countries a feature of modern life is that people tend
to spend more time away from home. While some reasons can be identified to
explain this trend, the effects on individuals and their families must be
considered as largely negative.
There are two very important factors that influence many people
to be away fromhome for longer. Firstly, contemporary economic realities have
transformed men’s working lives. One INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE of the new global
economy is THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TRADITIONAL WAYS OF LIFE, so that individuals
now have to seek FAR AND WIDE to find work TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY or to
improve their JOB PROSPECTS. Secondly, in the search for a better standard of
living, women are abandoning traditional PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR, so that
DUAL-INCOME FAMILIES and WORKING MOTHERS are becoming THE NORM. The family in
which the mother stayed at home to look after the children IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH
modern ASPIRATIONS for a better lifestyle, which can only be achieved by
working longer hours.
Both factors have important consequences for individuals and
their families. Men who move away to work in another city, or even another
country, often become economic migrants, labouring for A MINIMUM WAGE or being
forced to accept conditions of SWEATED LABOUR. Although they may work to send
money home to their families, like many GUEST WORKERS in the UK or Germany, the
TIES OF KINSHIP with their families are weakened. Women who go out to work
full-time have less influence in SHAPING THEIR CHILDREN’S PERSONALITY during a
child’s FORMATIVE YEARS.As a result, children may develop behavioural problems
in the future.
In conclusion, some reasons for this trend can readily be
identified, and the consequences are FAR-REACHING for individuals and their
families.
293 words
Từ vựng trong sách Topic Vocab chủ đề Family and children
• to support a family
Meaning: to have enough money to be able to look after a familyExample: Young
people often delay marriage because they do not earn enough money to support a
family.
• patterns of behaviour
Meaning: ways of acting and doing things (either positive or negative)Example:
Patterns of behaviour copied from parents often influence the way that children
grow up.
• a dual-income family
Meaning: a family where both the father and mother workExample: Changes in
society have resulted in the dual-income family becoming the most common family
type.
• working mothers
Meaning: women who have a job and also have to take care of their
childrenExample: As more and more women have entered the workforce, working
mothers have to balance the demands of home and work.
• ties of kinship
Meaning: the fact of being related in a family, with links of friendship and
assistance to other family membersExample: In the modern world, people are
always moving to a new place to live, and this has weakened traditional ties of
kinship.
• to shape a child’s personality
Meaning: to decide or influence the form of a child’s personality Example:
Parents are very influential in shaping their children’s personality through
the example that they set.
• formative years
Meaning: A period of a person’s life, usually childhood, that has a big
influence on the person they become later in lifeExample: UNICEF states that
the early childhood years from birth through age 8 are formative years in terms
of intelligence, personality and social behavior.
Từ vựng trong sách Topic Vocab chủ đề Work:
• job prospects
Meaning: the chances of being successful and having more opportunities at
workExample: People with qualifications and experience usually have the best
job prospects.
• minimum wage
Meaning: the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay by lawExample: A
minimum wage is necessary in order to ensure a decent standard of living for
low-paid workers.
Từ vựng trong sách Topic Vocab chủ đề Society:
• economic migrants
Meaning: people who move from their own countries to a new country in order to
find work or to have a better standard of living
Example: As a result of global inequalities of wealth, many economic migrants
have fled to developed countries.
• sweated labourMeaning: hard work that is done for low wages in
poor conditions; the people who do this workExample: Conditions of sweated
labour still exist in many developing countries.
Vocabulary bổ sung (ngoài sách Topic Vocab):
far and wide (expression): over a large area. Example: The
police searched far and wide for the missing child.
the norm (noun): a situation or pattern of behaviour that is
usual or expected. Example: It is the norm nowadays for older people to
continue working after the age of 65.
aspiration (noun):a strong desire to have or do something.
Example: She had aspirations to make a career in politics, and she eventually
became President.
guest workers (noun): people, usually from a poor country,who go
to another richer country to work there. Example: There are many guest workers
from Turkey who live in Germany.
far-reaching (adjective):
likely to have a lot of influence or many effects.
Example: The new law on minimum wages will have far-reaching consequences for
all employees.