Lời giải ĐỀ THI IELTS 14/02/2019

Lời giải Task 1:

The table compares how much was spent on different foodstuffs in Italy in the years 1992, 2002 and 2012.

Overall, it is clear that Italian consumers spent more on beef and chicken than on other foodstuffs. Expenditure on most food items increased over the period.

In 1992, spending on beef was slightly higher than on chicken, at 45 million and 38 million euros, respectively. While the amount spent on chicken rose over the period, reaching a peak of 56 million euros in 2012, expenditure on beef fell to 43 million euros in 2002 before rising to 54 million euros in 2012.

Spending on butter/margarine was relatively stable at around 8 million euros during this period. However, there was a steady increase in spending on potatoes, from 11 million euros in 1992 to 18 million euros in 2012. In contrast, the amount spent on coffee decreased from 9 million euros at the start of the period, to 7 million euros in 2002 and 2012.  Finally, expenditure on milk fluctuated at 13 million, 10 million and 14 million euros in 1992, 2002 and 2012, respectively.

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Lời giải Task 2:

It is true that technology gives most people a chance to see historical objects and works of art on a computer screen. I partly agree with the view, therefore, that museums and art galleries are no longer necessary.

It is very expensive to maintain a museum or art gallery, and governments often have to provide funding for these institutions. If national or local authorities have to allocate resources to keep these cultural facilities open, then less money is available to spend on health, education and social services. Faced with such a choice, some countries opt for a mixed funding model for the arts in order to reduce costs. Therefore, I believe that it is an unaffordable luxury to retain these wonderful public collections. Their artefacts and paintings can all be accessed freely and almost instantly at the touch of a key on a computer keyboard.

While I agree that museums and art galleries are not essential in this computer age, I would be sad to see their disappearance. Firstly, the buildings which house their collections are themselves part of our tangible cultural heritage. For example, the National Gallery in London is a striking and impressive historic building. Secondly, the feeling of awe on seeing the size of the great dinosaur skeletons in the Natural History Museum in New York would be impossible to experience by simply looking at an image on a laptop or cell phone.  It would be an immense loss if such places were to close their doors to the public.

In conclusion, although these cultural facilities have unique aesthetic qualities, now that people can access their treasures thanks to the digital revolution, the expense of keeping them open cannot be justified.

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Vocabulary from government:

  • to provide funding for
    Meaning: to give money to enable something to be done
    Example: Providing funding for health care must be a priority of governments.
  • national or local authorities
    Meaning: government organizations acting at a national level or within a smaller, local area
    Example:Tackling crime is a responsibility of both national and local authorities.
  • to allocate resources to
    Meaning: to make money and materials available to do something
    Example: If governments allocate more resources to improving public transport, this will reduce the problem of traffic congestion in cities.

Vocabulary from society:

  • social services
    Meaning: a system that is organized by the government to help people who have financial or family problems; the department or the people who provide this help 
    Example: Governments should assist poor families through the provision of adequate social services.

Vocabulary from art:

  • a mixed funding model for the arts
    Meaning: a model in which some money to support the arts is given by the government and some money is provided by private individuals or commercial organizations.
    Example: I would argue that a mixed funding model for the arts is the best way to support artists, musicians and writers by combining public and private money to provide funds and even donations.
  • the aesthetic qualities of something
    Meaning: The qualities related to beauty and understanding the beauty of something.
    Example: One advantage of studying the arts is that students learn to appreciate the aesthetic qualities of paintings, literature and music.

Vocabulary from housing and architecture:

  • tangible cultural heritage
    Meaning: refers to physical artifacts produced, maintained and transmitted intergenerationally in a society
    Example: Tangible cultural heritage includes buildings and historic places, monuments, artifacts, etc., which are considered worthy of preservation for the future.

Vocabulary from technology:

  • the digital revolution
    Meaning: the advancement of technology to the digital technology available today
    Example: The digital revolution has fundamentally changed the way that people work, communicate, behave and even think.

Other vocabulary:

  • collection [noun]:
    Meaning: a group of objects, often of a similar type, that have been collected. 
    Example: John is very enthusiastic about his collection of stamps from South America.
  • artifact [noun]:
    Meaning: an object that is made by a person, often an object of historical or cultural interest
    Example: The British Museum has many artifacts of ancient Egyptian civilisations, such as gold jewellery and objects used in cooking.
  • to house [verb]:
    Meaning: to be the place where something is kept
    Example: The gallery houses 2000 paintings by modern artists.
  • awe [noun]:
    Meaning: feelings of being very impressed by something
    Example: Seeing the Eiffel Tower in Paris for the first time, she stood silent for several minutes in awe.