Lời giải ĐỀ THI IELTS 20/12/2018

Lời giải Task 1:

The bar chart illustrates how many hours men and women in employment in Australia worked on average each week in 2007.

Overall, it is clear that the highest percentage of men and women worked between 31 and 50 hours per week.  A higher proportion of men than women worked more than 30 hours weekly. 

A similar percentage of men and women worked up to 10 hours, at 12% and 10%, respectively.  In contrast, while about 15% of men worked between 11 and 30 hours, the proportion of women working these hours was more than double this figure.

Although almost 40% of women worked from 31 to 50 hours, the figure for men was higher at 47%.  There were lower proportions for those working longer hours.  20% of men worked between 51 and 70 hours, compared with 16% of women. A small proportion, about 5%, of both genders worked over 70 hours per week.  However, the figure was again slightly higher for men than women.

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Lời giải Task 2:

It is true that some students choose to live with their parents while studying at university. I partly agree with such a choice, although there are some disadvantages.

There are a number of reasons why young people should live with their parents when they are pursuing their studies.  Firstly, it is expensive to study full-time, and most students in the UK, for example, are forced to take out a student loan.  In the worst case, some students have to work their way through university, and their performance inevitably suffers.  Living at home means that they do not have to pay for accommodation, and they are able to economize.  Secondly, less mature students need the discipline imposed by parents, to ensure that they attend their classes and do not fall behind with their studies. 

Although these benefits are considerable, it must also be admitted that there are some advantages to studying away from home.  Perhaps the main one is that students are able to escape the distractions of family life, and thereby establish study routines and form friendships with other students who find themselves in the same situation.  Learning to live, as well as to think, independently is one of the formative experiences of a university education.   Another aspect is that students who live away from home tend to become more involved in the huge range of extra-curricular activities which social life at university offers.  These help to develop interests and talents, such as sports, music or drama.

In conclusion,  I would agree in part that students should live with their parents while studying, though they will miss out on some of the richness of university life as a result.

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Vocabulary from education:

  • to work your way through university
    Meaning:  to have a job when you are at college/university in order to help to pay for your studies.
    Example:  He had to work his way through university because his family was too poor to pay for his tuition fees.
  • to impose discipline
    Meaning:  to make someone obey the rules of a college, a home etc
    Example:  Parents should impose discipline on their children to respect certain rules of behaviour.
  • to fall behind with your studies
    Meaning: to improve more slowly in studying than other people, so that you fail to learn the course material at the necessary speed
    Example: Irregular attendance at classes is one of reasons why some students fall behind with their studies.
  • extra-curricular activities
    Meaning: not part of the usual course work or studies in school or college
    Example: Most UK universities offer a wide range of extra-curricular activities such as sport, music and drama to help students enjoy university life to the full.

Other vocabulary:

  • to pursue their studies [expression]:
    Meaning:  to continue studying
    Example:  Peter and Mary have got jobs at McDonald’s, but they plan to pursue their studies part-time.
  • to take out [phrasal verb]:
    Meaning:  to obtain an official document or service
    Example:  John took out an insurance policy on his car.
  • to economize [verb]:
    Meaning:  to use less money than you normally use
    Example:  Japan has introduced hydrogen cars to reduce air pollution and to economize on fuel costs.
  • distractions [noun]:
    Meaning:  things that take your attention away from what you are doing
    Example:  I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
  • formative [adjective]:
    Meaning:  having an important and lasting influence on the development of something or someone’s character
    Example:  The time that he spent growing up in New York was the most formative period of his life.
  • to miss out on [phrasal verb]:
    Meaning:  to fail to benefit from something useful or enjoyable by not taking part in it
    Example:  Of course I am coming to your party – I don’t want to miss out on all the fun.