WRITING PRACTICE 2

Part 1: Read the following extract and use your own words to summarise it. Your summary should be
between 100 and 120 words.
How can we provide the best health care for our people? This is a question that every responsible society is
attempting to answer. In the wealthier nations, doctors and patients demand that the health care systems
provide the highest standard of service regardless of cost. If certain drugs or procedures are not immediately
available to patients, angry complaints are heard. In the poorer countries, however, the priorities seem very
different. Here an estimated 1.7 million children die annually from treatable infections; from common,
curable diarrhea; and from infectious diseases like measles and whooping cough – diseases that have almost
completely disappeared in the industrial nations. In the developing countries, it is believed; about 80 percent
of all illnesses are the result of contaminated water and inadequate sanitation.
It seems, therefore, that there are two worlds of medicine and that these two worlds have nothing in common
with each other. The industrial world is concerned about illnesses like heart disease and cancer, which are
often still incurable; the developing world is concerned about illnesses that wold disappear if basic health
programs could be afforded. One world seeks to provide that latest, most advanced treanments for the small
section of the population who are ill; the other has difficulty providing, for the majority of its people, things
the industrial world takes for granted – clean drinking water, vaccines, and the drugs essential to medical
care. The immediate prpblems that face these two worlds seem very different. However, when we examine
the challenges and possible solutions, we see almost as many similarities among nations as differences.
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Part 2: The line chart show the changes in working age population of Vietnam from 1960 to 2060 .
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons
where relevant. You should write about 150 words.

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Vietnam’s population will be aging rapidly in coming decades, making deeper reforms in the pension system
now a priority. In Vietnam, the old age dependency ratio, which compares the number of people 60 and
older to 15–59 year-olds, is expected to double in the next 25 years, and replacement rates are around 70
percent, significantly above the 54 percent average for counties in the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD). At the same time, retirement ages are low, with 55 years for women
and 60 years for men, far below the OECD average of 67 years, but also below that of other Asian countries
(between 63 and 65 years on average). Among the policy changes now under discussion in the National
Assembly are raising the retirement ages to 62 for men and 60 for women. While pension reforms are
difficult as they take decades to complete, they should start as soon as possible to ensure long-term
sustainability. Continued monitoring and reforms will be needed to ensure that vulnerable groups are
adequately protected from aging and other risks.

Part 3: Write an essay of 350 words on the following topic

To what extent is physical beauty becoming more important in modern society?
Focus on three aspects: fashion, celebrity role model, diet trend
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