[MASTER THE EXAM] Solve the IELTS Writing test on 24/06/2023

IELTS Writing task 1

Task 1: The table shows the amount of oil produced everyday in Nigeria Chad, Congo and Somalia during a 5-year-period, from 2000 to 2004.

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The chart illustrates the daily oil production comparison among 4 African nations from 2000 to 2005.

A quick look at the graph provided reveals varying production trends across the countries during this period, leading to fluctuations in the region's overall output. Notably, Chad exhibited the highest growth rate in oil production despite its status as the smallest producer for most of the time.

Focusing on the major producers, in 2000, Congo's daily production was 275 thousand barrels (tb/d), almost half of Nigeria's output at 205 tb/d. Over the next 4 years, Congo's production decreased by over a quarter to 203 tb/d while Nigeria's remained relatively stable with some fluctuations, resulting in Nigeria surpassing Congo as the top producer.

Shifting to the less significant producers, Somalia's initial output in 2000 was minimal at just 5 tb/d. However, production surged tenfold in the subsequent 4 years, establishing Somalia as a significant oil producer in the region. Meanwhile, Chad had no oil production until 2003, with an initial capacity of 8 tb/d. By 2004, this figure increased significantly to 50 tb/d.

Lexicon

• Barrel (n): thùng
• Glance (n): cái nhìn
• Indicate (n): cho thấy
• Growth rate (n): tốc độ tăng trưởng
• Major producer (n): nhà sản xuất lớn
• Slip (v): trượt dốc
• A quarter (n): một phần tư
• Broadly unchanged (adj): nhìn chung không đổi
• Amid (prep): trong bối cảnh
• Dethrone (v): tước ngôi
• Output (n): sản lượng
• Negligible (adj): không đáng kể
• Merely (adv): chỉ
• Sizable (adj): đáng kể
• Capacity (n): công suất
• Robust (adj): lớn đáng kể

Analysis

Overview:

There is a significant difference in the trends of the countries (some increasing, others decreasing, some fluctuating), so it is possible to take the total output to say that the overall output of the region fluctuated during the given period. Additionally, Chad, despite being the smallest producer (for most of the period), had the largest growth rate in output.

• Body 1: So sánh xu hướng 2 nhà sản xuất lớn nhất
• Body 2: So sánh xu hướng 2 nhà sản xuất nhỏ hơn

IELTS Writing task 2

Task 2: Nowadays, more and more people decide to have children later in their life. What are the reasons for this? Do the advantages of this outweigh disadvantages?

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In today’s world, it has been observed that people across all social milieu do not have childbearing intentions until much later in their life. This phenomenon stems from several factors and in my opinion, is generally a negative development.

Several factors can be attributed to the decision to delay childbearing but the biggest one has always been financial concerns. Child-rearing is a costly process involving astronimical expenditures from food, education, child care to clothing and many other  miscellaneous expenses. Such spending does not stop when the child reaches maturity but usually continues well until he or she graduates from higher education institutions.

This explains why couples nowadays tend to wait until one or both of them have become well-established in their career since it gives them a sense of financial stability. Loss of freedom, though not as significant, is also another underlying factor. People now have burning desires for novelty. Many aspire to travel the world, meet new people and broaden their horizon, all of which are not achievable should they become parents and thus, many simply decide to postpone the task for the later stage in their life.

Admittedly, having children latter enables parents to be better prepared both in terms of knowledge and finance. Raising a baby is not a simple task since parents needs to be equipped with lots of knowledge such as baby sitting, nutrition, psychology and so on so that they can successfully raise their kids. A strong financial foundation is also required to bring up a well-rounded child. These factors are more strongly present in older parents.

Having said that, mothers having children late in life are often blamed for miscarriages, birth defects from chromosomal issues and the child’s poor overall heath due to their significantly lower fertility rate, hence their poor chance of conceiving a healthy baby. Such problem far exceeds any benefits that having a child late in life can bring about since it can result in a lifetime of suffering for the child, disregarding all the aforementioned advantages.

In conclusion, while the reasons for couples delaying having children are mainly due to financial concerns and a desire for freedom, the drawbacks of this trend outweigh its benefits.

Glossary

• Social milieu (n): tầng lớp xã hội
• Childbearing intention (n): mong muốn có con
• Child-rearing (n): việc nuôi lớn con cái
• Astronimical (adj): to khủng khiếp
• Maturity (n): trưởng thành
• Well-established (n): vững chắc
• Novelty (n): sự mới lạ
• Aspire (v): khao khát
• Well-rounded (n): toàn diện
• Miscarriage (n): ca sảy thai
• Birth defect (n): dị tật bẩm sinh
• Chromosomal issue (n): vấn đề về nhiễm sắc thể
• Conceive (v): thụ thai
• Exceed (v): vượt qua
• Suffering (n): sự thống khổ
• Disregard (v): làm cho mất đi tính quan trọng

Analysis

Quan điểm: Có nhiều nguyên nhân dẫn đến việc ngày nay người ta chọn có con trễ hơn so với ngày xưa và điều này là một xu hướng tiêu cực.

Body 1: Nguyên nhân chính cho xu hướng này là những quan ngại về mặt tài chính. Việc sợ mất đi sự tự do cũng là yếu tố góp phần cho sự phổ biến của xu hướng này.

Body 2: Đúng là việc có con trễ hơn có những lợi ích nhất định. Cụ thể, nó cho bố mẹ thời gian để trang bị kiến thức và chuẩn bị tài chính

Body 3: Dù vậy, việc có con trễ có thể gây ra các vấn đề về như sẩy thai, dị tật, và sức khỏe kém cho đứa trẻ. Những điểm xấu này là quá lớn và khiến cho những điểm tốt nêu ra trước đó không còn có trọng lượng nữa.