Prevention is better than cure Out of a countrys health budget, a large proportion should be diverted from treatment to spending

on health education and preventive measures. To what extent do you agree or disgree with this statement?

It is argued that prevention is better than cure. Therefore, a countrys health budget should spend a larger percentage on health education and preventive methods than on cures. This essay will examine the issue in details. In my opinion, the confirmation that Prevention is better than cure has its own reasonable points. Firstly, there are many diseases that are totally beyond our control. We are unable to avoid them by operating preventive therapies. It is the reason why the governments should spend a lot of money on educating their civilians about health protection and prophylactic. Dont let the grass grow under our feet, which is also the reason why the governments should be astute enough to make adequate preparation for their citizens for treating illnesses. Secondly, we know that there are many illnesses that are treated by extremely giant money, which leads to a result that a larger number of money to cure them is spent more than to prevent them. This is very wasteful. Take the H5N1 fever, which used to spread rapidly in Vietnam, for example. At that time, our governments diverted a big proportion of health budget for preventing this epidemic such as demolishing ill domestic birds and propaganda about the bad effects of this disease. These efforts result in a successful consequence in mitigating the spread of this fever. On the other hand, it will be a problem if the governments just focus on health education and preventive measures and forget to concentrate on treatment. My contention is that there are many diseases that cannot be forecasted so that we can avoid it. Therefore, therapeutic medicines and physical therapies to treat diseases is necessary to be invested with a suitable scale. In addition, preventive measures do not always succeed., which means that the illnesses still happen notwithstanding our efforts to restrain them. As a result of it, it is indispensable for the governments to take reasonable notice of cures. In conclusion, what I want to emphasize is that a big percentage should be diverted to health teaching and preventive methods. Besides, treatment is essential to be paid adequate attention to.

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#82 Posted : Wednesday, December 08, 2010 11:31:47 AM WRITING TEST 3 IELTS 5 Some people think that a sense of competition in children shoul be encouraged. Others believe that childdren who are taught to co-operate

Discuss both these view and give your own opinion Groups: Member Joined: 11/13/2010 Nowadays, some children are taught to have a sense of competition while others are encouraged to co-operate with people. Every pedagogy has it own strengths Posts: 3 Location: Vietnam and weaknesses. This essay will take a close look at the issue Firstly, people wonder that what can a child get when they are taught to have a sense of competition. Life gives us many chalenges; we have to compete for Thanks: 1 times everything that we need. When we were young,we tried to have good grades to Was thanked: 4 be admired by classmates, to let our parents proud of us and to get scholarship as time(s) in 3 post(s) well. Many years later, our targets are good jobs, high salaries, success in careers and others; If the children were taught to be competitors, they would become stronger and always have a positive outlook on life. They know that it is no use blaming on themselves. The best way to extricate them from the bad situation is taking the bull by horns. They always try to improve themselves and do their very best to get the best result. However, everything has two sides. The down side of this opinion is children always cope with the pressure. They are mesmerized by the victory and do not want to become a loser. For that reason, they do everything with the scare about failure. Moreover, the children can forget how to work with a team and how to persuade other who have different points of view. Independent characteristic can help them at work but can make them become a lonely person in life Many people, including me, think that children with the co-operation spirit have many chances to reach the success easily. No one is perfect so every person needs help from others. When they work in a team, they know exactly how to connect people to get the best result. Work can be shared and pressure can be mitigated. They get well on people. Fortunately, people who receive their help can become their cronies and help them back certainly. On the other hand, they still have some disadvantages. What the problem is that they are too kind to realize that sometimes they are exploited. Some lazy people do not need help. Actually, they just want to exploit the kindness of others. A co-operative person can have a little

mistake. They want to please everybody and for that reason, they are called brown nose Overall, this is still a complicated problem. People have their contention about how to educate their children. However, we should have a sober consideration and scientific point of view to get the best choice. Back to top 1 user thanked rzo CAPTAIN BEAR on 12/17/2010 for this useful post.

cobephuthuy20042003 #83 Posted : Monday, December 20, 2010 11:17:09 AM Rank: Member of HONOR IELTS 5 - TEST 3 Some people think that a sense of competition in children should be encouraged. Others believe that children who are taught to co-operate rather than compete become more useful adults. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Children nowadays are taught many things about contending and cooperating. Some people encourage children to have a sense of competition. However, there are opinions which believe that teaching children to cooperate with others is better and will make them useful adults. This essay will take a closer look at the issue.

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Thanks: 1 times Competition is a good environment for children to learn many helpful things. Was thanked: 42 time(s) If a child takes part in a contest early and frequently, he will become more self-supporting and self-confident than their peers. Besides, they absolutely in 32 post(s) do not want to suffer a defeat as well as always want to be second to none, so they always try their utmost to be a winner. However, if adults force children to esteem competition too much, they may be pressurized and become astute to win at any cost. This will make children lose purity and innocence. That is the most serious consequence for them. The opposite side of competition is co-operation. It also has something to discuss. Firstly, it brings to children a concept of solidarity, which is a vital factor to be in society. Secondly, they know how to make concessions, share and listen attentively when they are in a group. Co-operating will help children profusely if their works subsequently require skills of team-work. Yet, it also has drawbacks. If we let children presume on co-operation too much, they may not be responsible for what they do but lay the blame on others if they find someone working effectively. They are not only little avail in both

society and future but also deterring factors for the others in a group. In conclusion, what I want to emphasize is that competition or co-operation depends on pedagogy. Parents and teachers should balance between these two things to make children develop with their best and have their identity formation, not an outlook of self-deception. It is the best way to be a useful adult in the future. Back to top | Edit by user

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#84 Posted : Tuesday, December 21, 2010 10:16:54 PM

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high school degree, they might face obstacles in finding a suitable job. Their salary is much lower than well-qualified ones and it is always accompanied by physical abuse. Definitely, this trend is not restricted to rich students who have money to travel, but is also evident among poorer students who choose to work for economically independent. My opinion is that young people should take a break before taking university entrance exam. This is a good time for them to know clearly what they aim to do in the future. Students with identified objectives are usually the most effective and motivated ones and taking a year off may be the best way to gain this. Back to top 1 user thanked CAPTAIN BEAR on 12/24/2010 annypham for this useful post.

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#85 Posted : Monday, January 10, 2011 10:36:23 PM WRITING TEST 3, TASK 2, IELTS 5 Some people think that a sense of competition in children should be encouraged. Others believe that children who are taught to co-operate rather than compete become more useful adults. Discuss both sense views and give your own opinion. It is thought that people should encourage a sense of competition in children. However, others suppose that the co-operation which is taught to children is what makes them become useful adults. This essay will examine the issue in detail.

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Thanks: 0 times As far as I am concerned, people have their own reasons for the confirmation that Was thanked: 0 sense of competition had better be stimulated in children. Firstly, competition is a time(s) in 0 post(s) motivation which helps children upgrade themselves to achieve the best results. Therefore, it also helps the society be improved. Secondly, as the technological age advances, the moderner the society is, the more competitive it is. As the result of it, it is essential for children to be taught a sense of competition when they are young so that they can adapt themselves to face competitions in genuine life. Notwithstanding having many good points, competition has its own shortcomings. It makes children become mean and warlike adults. They can do everything to gain what they want. My contention is that how awful the society is if most of their civilians are competitive and selfish people. On the other hand, lets talk about co-operation. The first good point is if children are taught to be co-operative, it will considerably help them in building their

characters, studying and future vocations. The reason is that in the society where socialisation is an inevitable trend, the sense of co-operation plays a vital role. They cannot survive if they do everything alone and too competitively. If children just think about themselves, they will kill themselves by their own sense of competition. Secondly, the children who are taught to co-operate will easily succeed. The reason is that they know how to help others and afterwards are given helps by others. Nevertheless, every coin has two sides. If the society has only co-operative citizens, it will be boring and not have the best sources to develop. Despite the fact that the sense of co-operation has certain drawbacks, I am of the opinion that children should be taught to co-operate rather than compete to become useful adults. In my opinion, it is better for children to improve their sense of co-operation. In conclusion, each confirmation has its own reasons. The children who are taught just co-operationor competition cannot become useful adults. I suppose children should be taught both senses. However, it is indispensable for co-operation to be encouraged more than competition. WORDS: 399

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#86 Posted : Tuesday, January 18, 2011 7:59:23 AM IELTS 7 TEST 1 TASK 2 It is generally believed that some people are born with certain talents, for instance for sport or music, and others are not. However, it is sometimes claimed that any child can be taught to become a good sports person or musician. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. > >>>

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People believed that some children possess talents since they are born, for example music or sport while others do not. However, there is another debate Thanks: 0 times which claimed that any child will become a good sports person or musician if they Was thanked: 2 time(s) in 2 post(s) are taught to. This essay will take a closer look at the issue. It can be denied that people are born talented. The typical instance is Mozart, a mussical genius. He could listen to music and play piano when he was four years old. He started composing music at the age of five and wrote symphonies when he was six. Although Mozart passed away, he left many good symphonies for people

to enjoy. However, there are only a few geniuses in thousands of people around the world. Therefore, we can easily find out that children can acquire good skills if they are taught seriously. Practice makes perfect and some people believe in this. Firstly, there is a saying " Only one percent is natural talent and the rest is praticing". Therrfore, whether children can be good at any fields or not depends on how frequently they practice. Not only are children taught but also they have to like to learn these kinds of music or sport. It is very essential because the passion will help them to develop their talents. Secondly, we can recognize that all famous people succeed because of both good training and natural talent. Therefore, if children want to be successful, the only way is trying to pratice as much as possible. In conclusion, what I want to emphasize is that children should be taught particular skills and they will really be good in some fields such as music or sport. WORDS : 283

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#87 Posted : Monday, January 24, 2011 8:43:31 PM WRITING TEST 1, TASK 2, IELTS 7 22000 WORDS IDIOMS

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It is generally believed that some people are born with certain talents, for instance for sport or music, and others are not. However, it is sometimes claimed that any child can be taught to become a good aports person or musician. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Thanks: 0 times Was thanked: 0 TASK 2: time(s) in 0 post(s) People generally suppose that some people are born with their latent talents, for example sport or music while others are not. However, there is another debate which claims that we can teach children to play sport or music well. This essay will examine the issue in detail. In my opinion, we cannot deny the fact that natural talents play a vitally important role in making good sports or musicians. In the past, when the society was not as

developed as now, a few children were taught to play sport or musical instruments. Therefore, in the contemporary society, people who had innate talents would become famous. Take Mozart, for example. He could listen to and understand music at the age of 3, play the piano and organ when being 4, compose music when being 5 and compose symphonies when being 6. My contention is that notwithstanding the fact that his fathers teaching was very momentous, what made him become genius was his talents. If it had not been for his excellent inborn abilities, he could not have become an outstanding symbol of music all over the world. On the other hand, it does not mean that the people who do not possess any born talent do not stand a chance of becoming eminent sports players or musicians. There is a saying, Practice makes perfect, which I usually use as an attitude of my life. The people who are not born with certain good abilities still can play sport or musical instruments out of the world if they are patient enough to follow their training. Year in year out, their abilities will be upgraded and their dreams of becoming celebrities in sport or music is totally possible. It is also the reason why nowadays many parents send their children to musical or sports institutions with the hope that their children will be given good training at the very early ages to play sport or music well despite not possessing latent talents. Personally, I am in favor of the idea that both born talents and training play significant parts in making a person become famous in sport or music. If a person is born with latent talents, good training can illuminate their abilities and help them not be sunk. Otherwise, a person who is not lucky enough to own natural abilities can be a genius with effective teaching and working hard. In conclusion, we should depend on our specific conditions and take time for reflection to give our children the astute ways of teaching to improve their abilities. WORDS: 424

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#88 Posted : Saturday, April 02, 2011 9:24:25 AM Ielts 7 - Test 3 - Task 2 Nowadays, many adults time are taken entirely by jobs. The reason for that is job satisfaction which is an essential factor of individual wellbeing.

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Job satisfaction may be created by a variety of elements. Firstly, mony is what people nowadays are trying to earn as much as they can from their jobs. It has given a chance for them to have a comfortable life. It is argued that money can

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not buy the happiness but it can help you to have the best things in life. Secondly, it is the social standing. The person who has a stable job will be appreciated more than the others who do not. Although our forefathers had a good advice Clothes do not make a man but almost all their children have done against. What I want to emphasize is that employees try their best to work to raise their social standing both at work and in life.Thirdly, the craving of having some work to do is a motivation for people to enjoy their jobs. It would be a tragedy if you were at home without doing anything from day to day. However, the economic realities conjure up images that many people have little choice in the kind of job they can get. In some cases an employee is working in a job that suits neither their skills nor their personality. Some jobs seem to be repetitive and boring rather than to job satisfaction. In conclusion, people will have the optical illusion about job satisfation when they get a job. Therefore, they should consider carefully to make a judicious decision.

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#89 Posted : Thursday, May 05, 2011 11:46:12 PM http://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/2011/05/ielts-writing-task-2museums-essay.html#comments IELTS Writing Task 2: 'museums' essay

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Some people think that museums should be enjoyable places to entertain people, while others believe that the purpose of museums is to educate. Discuss both views and give you own opinion. People have different views about the role and function of museums. In my opinion, museums can and should be both entertaining and educational.

On the one hand, it can be argued that the main role of a museum is to entertain. Museums are tourist attractions, and their aim is to exhibit a collection of Thanks: 96 times interesting objects that many people will want to see. The average visitor may Was thanked: 95 become bored if he or she has to read or listen to too much educational content, time(s) in 45 post(s) so museums often put more of an emphasis on enjoyment rather than learning.

This type of museum is designed to be visually spectacular, and may have interactive activities or even games as part of its exhibitions. On the other hand, some people argue that museums should focus on education. The aim of any exhibition should be to teach visitors something that they did not previously know. Usually this means that the history behind the museums exhibits needs to be explained, and this can be done in various ways. Some museums employ professional guides to talk to their visitors, while other museums offer headsets so that visitors can listen to detailed commentary about the exhibition. In this way, museums can play an important role in teaching people about history, culture, science and many other aspects of life. In conclusion, it seems to me that a good museum should be able to offer an interesting, enjoyable and educational experience so that people can have fun and learn something at the same time. (253 words, band 9)

Several languages are in danger of extinction because they are spoken by very small numbers of people. Some people say that governments should spend public money on saving these languages, while others believe that would be a waste of money. Discuss both these views and give your opinion. It is true that some minority languages may disappear in the near future. Although it can be argued that governments could save money by allowing this to happen, I believe that these languages should be protected and preserved. There are several reasons why saving minority languages could be seen as a waste of money. Firstly, if a language is only spoken by a small number of people, expensive education programmes will be needed to make sure that more people learn it, and the state will have to pay for facilities, teachers and marketing. This money might be better spent on other public services. Secondly, it would be much cheaper and more efficient for countries to have just one language. Governments could cut all kinds of costs related to communicating with each minority group. Despite the above arguments, I believe that governments should try to preserve languages that are less widely spoken. A language is much more than simply a means of communication; it has a vital connection with the cultural identity of the people who speak it. If a language disappears, a whole way of life will disappear with it, and we will lose the rich cultural diversity that makes societies more interesting. By spending money to protect minority languages, governments can also preserve traditions, customs and behaviours that are part of a countrys history. In conclusion, it may save money in the short term if we allow minority languages to disappear, but in the long term this would have an extremely negative impact

on our cultural heritage. (258 words)

Some people believe that studying at university or college is the best route to a successful career, while others believe that it is better to get a job straight after school. Discuss both views and give your opinion. When they finish school, teenagers face the dilemma of whether to get a job or continue their education. While there are some benefits to getting a job straight after school, I would argue that it is better to go to college or university. The option to start work straight after school is attractive for several reasons. Many young people want to start earning money as soon as possible. In this way, they can become independent, and they will be able to afford their own house or start a family. In terms of their career, young people who decide to find work, rather than continue their studies, may progress more quickly. They will have the chance to gain real experience and learn practical skills related to their chosen profession. This may lead to promotions and a successful career. On the other hand, I believe that it is more beneficial for students to continue their studies. Firstly, academic qualifications are required in many professions. For example, it is impossible to become a doctor, teacher or lawyer without having the relevant degree. As a result, university graduates have access to more and better job opportunities, and they tend to earn higher salaries than those with fewer qualifications. Secondly, the job market is becoming increasingly competitive, and sometimes there are hundreds of applicants for one position in a company. Young people who do not have qualifications from a university or college will not be able to compete. For the reasons mentioned above, it seems to me that students are more likely to be successful in their careers if they continue their studies beyond school level. (271 words, band 9) WWW Back to top | Edit by user

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WRITING TASK 2 TEST 4 IELTS 7, PAGE 102. It is believed that graduate students in universities should be provided knowledge and skills, which are necessary in the workplace. Others think that the main function of a university is that it should be to give approach to knowledge for its own sake, irrespective of the course is useful to an employer or not. I completely agree with the former. This essay will take a closer look at the idea.

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Nowadays we live in a knowledge-based economy where independent thinking and problem solving combined with some soft skills like team-work, Thanks: 0 times communication, etc. are the most important skills. Many graduated students do Was thanked: 2 not have skills and professional competence enough for their careers. One of the time(s) in 2 post(s) main reasons of the issue is that they have not been taught needed skills in university. Obviously, students go to university to gain knowledge and to develop thinking skills that will be vital for their future careers. If a university cannot provide these requests for students, it is definitely a big mistake. Providing knowledge and needed skills for graduates, on the other hand, helps them get a job easily because they can quickly get along with working conditions and colleagues as well. Moreover, these skills make them more flexible to adapt to circumstances. It could benefit our country that usually gives a financial support to universities. Furthermore, companies will not waste time training for new employees about In conclusion, it is necessary for graduates to be given the knowledge and needed skills when they are still in university. And last but not least, it is universities basic function.