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Some people think that the best way to improve road safety is to increase
the minimum legal age for driving a car or motorbike. To what extent do
you agree or disagree?

Phân tích
Đây là một chủ đề khá phổ biến liên quan đến “Transportation”. Đã có một số đề thi
IELTS tương tự, ví dụ:

• The only way to improve safety of our roads is to give much stricter punishments on driving
offenses. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

• Some people think that strict punishments for driving offences are the key to reducing
traffic accidents. Others, however, believe that other measures would be more effective in
improving road safety. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Về ý tưởng và cách lập luận 2 đề trên tương tự với cách phát triển bài cho đề “17.1.2019”.
Người viết lưu ý cần đưa ra quan điểm cá nhân rõ ràng ở mở bài và phát triển chứng
minh ý kiến xuyên suốt thân bài.

Dưới đây là một cách tiếp cận và phát triển ý cho đề bài này.

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Cấu trúc

Introduction
Step
Mở bài giới thiệu chủ đề và đưa ra ý
kiến cá nhân không đồng ý với quan
điểm đưa ra ở đề bài.
01
Body 1
Đoạn thân bài thứ nhất bàn luận
rằng người tham gia giao thông lớn

Step tuổi sẽ đưa ra những quyết định

nhanh và sang suốt hơn để tránh

02 được những tình huống nguy hiểm.

Ngoài ra cũng cho phép thanh thiếu

niên có thêm nhiều thời gian để cải
thiện kĩ năng lái xe của bản thân
Body 2
Đưa ra lập luận chứng minh những
phương pháp hiệu quả khác, đó là Step
03
ban hành luật giao thông nghiêm
khắc hơn để răn đe những người
vi phạm, và đầu tư tiền phát triển
phương tiện công cộng

Conclusion
Step
04 Kết bài khẳng định và tóm tắt lại
đại ý của toàn bài viết.

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Bài mẫu
Some people believe that raising the minimum driving age is the best solution to enhance
road safety. I disagree with this idea because I believe that other methods are equally
important and should be taken into account as well.

On the one hand, I agree that increasing the minimum age for getting a driving licence
can be an effective road safety measure. Firstly, since people are often more mature
and have more life experience when they get older, they can make quicker and wiser
decisions to avoid dangerous situations on the road compared to younger drivers. My
father, for example, will never use his phone when driving as he knows that he could
easily lose his concentration and cause an accident. Secondly, raising the minimum
driving age can allow adolescents to have more time to sharpen their driving skills.
They can attend defensive driving courses to learn how to deal with different driving
scenarios, which will help them minimize the risk of accidents when driving in the future.

On the other hand, I think that better road safety can be achieved by other more effective
methods without increasing the driving age. To begin with, more stringent traffic
regulations should be imposed, which would act as a deterrent to would-be traffic law
breakers. In Singapore, people who run red lights are fined heavily, and therefore this
will make them more responsible in order to avoid future punishments. In addition,
governments should allocate financial resources to improving public transport, which
would encourage citizens to drive their private cars or motorbikes less. As a result, these
residents will no longer worry about the risks that they may face when driving their own
vehicles, such as drunk driving or falling asleep at the wheel.

In conclusion, while raising the legal driving age can make our roads safer to some
extent, I believe that governments should also introduce other road safety measures
that are discussed above.

(321 từ)

Estimated Overall Band Score: 8.0

TR 8.0 CC 9.0 LR 8.0 GRA 8.0

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Từ vựng
1. Increasing the minimum age for getting a driving licence: Tăng độ tuổi tối thiểu để
đạt được bằng lái xe
2. More mature and have more life experience: Trưởng thành hơn và có nhiều kinh
nghiệm cuộc sống hơn
3. Make quicker and wiser decisions: Đưa ra quyết định nhanh hơn và thông minh hơn
4. Sharpen their driving skills: Nâng cao kĩ năng lái xe
5. Attend defensive driving courses: Tham gia khoá học lái xe an toàn
6. Stringent traffic regulations: Luật giao thông nghiêm khắc hơn
7. Act as a deterrent to would-be traffic law breakers: Đóng vài trò như một sự răn đe
tới những người có ý định phạm luật trong tương lai
8. Allocate financial resources to improving public transport: Phân bố nguồn lực tài
chính để cải thiện phương tiện công cộng.

Áp dụng luyện tập

Ngoài cách phát triển ý theo bài mẫu trên, người viết có thể phát triển bài này theo
hướng sau:

Đồng ý với quan điểm của đề bài

Cách khác đó là đầu tư tiền cho những cơ sở vật chất về giao thông như: Biển cảnh
báo, giới hạn tốc độ ...etc nhằm giúp cho người tham gia giao thông nhận thức nhanh
hơn.

Thông qua giáo dục. Trường học hay chính phủ nên mở thêm những lớp học trang
bị kiến thức về giao thông cho học sinh, từ đó sẽ giúp họ hiểu biết tốt hơn khi tham
gia giao thông sau này.

Các ý tưởng trên đều có thể được lấy ra để phát triển cho các đề ở mục “Phân tích đề
bài”

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The chart below shows waste collection by a recycling centre from 2011 to 2015.

Bài mẫu
The bar chart illustrates how much waste was collected by a recycling centre over five
consecutive years, starting in 2011.

It is clear that the total amount of waste collected each year followed similar trends and
only fluctuated slightly. Additionally, while waste paper was the most collected type of
recyclable waste, the opposite was true for garden waste during the period.

In 2011, paper was the most collected type of waste, at just under 60 tons, while about
50 tons of glass was collected. Meanwhile, there was approximately 35 tons of discarded
tin collected, and 32 tons of plastic waste.

The amount of collected waste paper hit the lowest point of approximately 40 tons in
2013 before rising to over 70 tons in 2015, which was the highest figure for all observed
years. Meanwhile, the figures for the other types of waste all witnessed fluctuations
throughout the period, with 52 tons of glass, 39 tons of tin and 35 tons of garden waste
being collected in the last year.
(169 từ)
Estimated Overall Band Score: 8.0

TA 9.0 CC 9.0 LR 7.0 GRA 8.0

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Speaking

Part 1
Hometown
Where are you from?
Well, I come from Hanoi, the capital of my country Vietnam. It’s a small yet very beautiful
city with a population of more than 7 million people.

What do you like about your city?

There’re many awesome things about my city. Well, people in my town are really friendly
and helpful. They’re always willing to give you a hand when you need help. Also, Hanoi’s
cuisine is very diverse with a lot of delicious dishes such as Pho and Spring rolls.

Do you want to live here in the near future?

To be honest, although it’s quite ideal for me to live in my city now, I still want to move
to another city in some developed country in the world. So I’m studying IELTS to make
that dream come true.

Patience
Are you a patient person?
Yes I am. But I used to be a super hot-tempered kid who always got annoyed if someone
kept me waiting even for 10 minutes.

Have you ever lost your patience?

I sometimes lose my patience when I’m stuck in the traffic for hours after a hard day’s
work or I’m constantly interrupted by my family members while working in my room.

When do you need patience the most?

Occasionally, not being able to keep your patience can cause undesirable results, for
example, for studying English, you need to build up your knowledge day by day, sometimes
you have to take some rest. So, I think I need to be patient when I learn a new language.

Từ vựng
1. Cuisine: ẩm thực
2. Diverse: đa dạng
3. Make my dream come true: biến giấc mơ thành hiện thực.

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Part 2

Describe a good law in your country

• What the law is
• How you first learned about the law
• Who the law affects
And explain why it is a good law. (what would happen without it?)

Today I’m going to talk about a law that I find very effective in my country. It is about
banning people from throwing garbage in public places.

A few days ago, I heard the news broadcast on VTV1 Channel that this law had been
enacted after the Environmental Protection Conference last month. It says that no
one is allowed to litter in public sites, especially tourist attractions. If anyone is caught
throwing rubbish in such places, he or she must pay a fine of about 1 million to 5 million
VND, which is a huge amount of money. In case a person is reported to have broken
the law, the one who reported may receive a bonus of 5 million, of course, with proper
evidence only.

After this law came into force and some people were reported. The strict punishment
and strong criticism from the media as well have discouraged citizens from throwing
rubbish everywhere they went. Also, the stunning views and natural landscapes of
some famous tourist attractions in Vietnam have been protected. There are also fewer
complaints from tourists about so much litter such as used cans and bottles appearing
on the beach. And the most important thing is citizens’ awareness of protecting the
environment has greatly improved.

That’s all I want to share!

Từ vựng
1. Fine: khoản tiền phạt
2. Break the law: phạm luật
3. Come into force: có hiệu lực
4. Natural landscapes: phong cảnh thiên nhiên
5. Awareness of protecting the environment: ý thức bảo vệ môi trường

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Part 3
What are the necessary qualities for someone to become a judge?
Gợi ý: Thông thạo luật lệ, có tư duy phê phán, có long vị tha (altruism)
I think there are many essential characteristics of a good judge. First, a judge should be
fair. Because he is the representative of justice, I suppose fairness is the first quality that
matters. Besides, he needs to be wise to apply the laws properly and suitably according
to different cases. Sometimes, it’s important that the judge understands the real story
behind what is told.

What are the necessary qualities for someone to become a lawyer?

Gợi ý: Thông thạo luật lệ, có tư duy phê phán, có tài ăn nói và đối chấp, có khả năng
thuyết phục đám đông
In my opinion, a lawyer needs to be honest and have a deep understanding of the laws.
To be more specific, a lawyer should always provide the exact information on their
clients’ situation, then give them the best advice on what they should do. A lawyer also
needs to understand the law thoroughly so that he can protect his clients’ rights or
reduce the severity of their sentences.

Are there any circumstances that the law should be broken?

Gợi ý: Đối với những tình huống khẩn cấp liên quan đến mạng người hoặc đối với những
người có hoàn cảnh khó khăn và không may phạm luật lần đầu
I think in some cases, the law can be broken. For example, in my country, it is against the
law to run a red light, but ambulances are allowed to do so. So I think that it is necessary
to violate the traffic laws if a person is carrying a patient whose life is being threatened.

Từ vựng
1. The representative of justice: Đại diện của công lý
2. To run a red light: Vượt đèn đỏ

Estimated Overall Band Score: 8.0

FC 8.0 P 8.0 LR 8.0 GRA 8.0

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