Hướng dẫn làm bài ĐỀ THI IELTS 24/05/2018

Report Plan:

• Paraphrase: show>compare; water used>water usage; different>various
• Summary/overview paragraph:  (1) highest percentage – food industry (2) service industry – percentage of total water use almost doubled
• Paragraph 3:  decline of water use in 3 sectors – compare the food industry, manufacturing and building, give figures
• Paragraph 4: contrast the increase in water use in the other sectors – households and service industry, give figures.

Essay Plan:

• Introduction: refer to the opinion.  Partly agree.
• Paragraph 2:  agree with more reporting of good news.  Positive impact on public morale – example, new cancer treatments
• Paragraph 3:  tragic news must still be fully covered by the media. (1) people should know about civil wars, natural disasters (2) e.g. environmental issues – there is more bad news to report than good news.  Media must act as a watchdog.
• Conclusion:  more publicity for positive messages; full coverage must continue for reporting bad news.