Lời giải ĐỀ THI IELTS 07/11/2019
Lời giải Task 1:
The bar chart compares the daily salt consumption of males and females in the USA in 2000 according to various age groups.
Overall, it is clear that the bodily intake of salt was higher among males. The age group 19-25 consumed more salt per day than people in other age categories.
Daily salt intake increased steadily from the age of less than 6 to the ages 19-25. Under the age of 6, boys consumed 2,000 milligrams of salt per day compared with 1,750 milligrams for girls. The older age groups all consumed more than the recommended daily amount for adults (2,500 milligrams) of salt. Among boys, the figure rose from 3,250 milligrams for ages 11-13 to 3,500 milligrams for 15-18 year-olds. The salt intake for girls, however, was slightly lower.
The consumption of salt reached a peak for ages 19-25, at 4,250 milligrams for boys and 4,000 milligrams for girls. The daily intake then declined steadily, falling among the over 60s to 2,750 and 2,500 milligrams for males and females respectively.
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Lời giải Task 2:
It is true that in many countries, imprisonment is the most common punishment for those who commit crimes. While this removes some dangerous and possibly violent criminals from our streets, I completely agree that providing better education would be more effective by preventing crime in the first place.
It is wrongly believed by policy makers that the conviction and imprisonment of criminals is the best way to tackle rising crime rates. As a result, for instance, the USA now has more prisoners than farmers, but this has not reduced the number of offences which are committed in that country. There are two reasons why everyone should question the effectiveness of a policy of imprisonment to act as a deterrent. Firstly, without adequate training facilities, criminals who serve a prison sentence will often simply return to a life of crime when they are released back into society. Secondly, prisons are often places where criminal contacts and knowledge are shared among offenders, so that they serve as schools of crime, not education.
On the other hand, I completely agree with those who argue for the need for education in order to discourage criminal behaviour. One place where this could be done is in schools. In the UK, for example, former offenders are sometimes used by the police to give talks to pupils on the dangers of drug-trafficking or becoming involved in other crimes. Another opportunity for education to combat crime is in prisons themselves, to prevent re-offending by helping prisoners to reintegrate back into society. Gaining qualifications and skills, criminals have a better chance of rehabilitation and to make a fresh start in life.
In conclusion, I believe that education is a better way than imprisonment to prevent crime and to stem the growing number of criminals.
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Vocabulary from crime and punishment:
- to convict a criminal
Meaning: to find an offender guilty and to punish them
Example: Once the courts have convicted a criminal, the punishment should be severe.
- to act as a deterrent
Meaning: a measure which makes somebody less likely to do something
Example: Longer prison sentences would act as a deterrent and would be one useful measure to tackle rising crime.
- to serve a prison sentence
Meaning: to carry out confinement in prison as a punishment
Example: They are serving long prison sentences for their part in the assassination.
- to release back into society.
Meaning: to give freedom to prisoners who have finished their sentences.
Example: He was released back into society after serving two years of a five-year sentence.
- drug trafficking
Meaning: importing and selling illegal drugs
Example: Some people argue that legalising drugs would put an end to the evil of drug trafficking and the violence associated with it.
- to reintegrate back into society/ the community
Meaning: to restore someone through education or therapy
Example: There is an increasing focus among policy-makers and practitioners on identifying programs and strategies that will help prisoners successfully reintegrate back into their communities without re-offending.
- a chance of rehabilitation
Meaning: a chance of helping someone to have a normal life after serving a prison sentence
Example: We should give ex-offerders a chance of rehabilitation and teach them how to become useful members of society.
- to make a fresh start
Meaning: to try something new after making mistakes in one’s life
Example: I believe that people should have the opportunity to make a fresh start after they are released from prison.
Other vocabulary:
- a policy maker [noun]:
Meaning: someone who creates ideas and plans, especially those carried out by a business or government
Example: Policy makers in the USA must choose between spending on the military and improving public healthcare.
- offence [noun]:
Meaning: an illegal action
Example: The new law makes it an offence to carry guns.
- to re-offend [verb]:
Meaning: If someone who has been convicted of a crime re-offends, they commit a second crime
Example: Currently, almost half of adult prisoners re-offend within a year of release.