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Một số bài thi mẫu trong Ielts Writing Part 2

TOPIC : Some people believe government should spend money on building train and
 
subway lines to reduce traffic congestion. Others think that building more and wider
 
roads is the better way to reduce traffic congestion. Discuss both views and give your
 
opinion.
 
The methods of mitigating traffic congestion have been a heated topic of controversy. Some
 
people argue that the construction of larger roads is the answer for the problem. However, I
 
contend that such a solution is ineffective in the long term, while the option to construct railways
 
and subways is a far better measure.
 
There is a common fallacy that governmental spending on building larger roads could sustainably
 
address the problem of traffic congestion. An increase in road size could reduce the traffic
 
intensity in the short term, but larger roads also mean that the citizens are encouraged to
 
purchase more individual vehicles. This leads to the fact that the roads, albeit larger, would soon
 
be filled with intense traffic again. For instance, traffic jams returned to Shanghai’s main streets
 
not long after they were expanded in the early 1990s. In brief, if this solution is implemented,
 
traffic jams would still persist in the long run.
 
Rail and subway systems, however, could ensure that traffic congestion is properly addressed.
 
Unlike cars and buses, trains are capable of transporting hundreds of people simultaneously and
 
thus would meet the transport demand of a vast number of passengers. Moreover, trains do not
 
have to go through intersections and traffic lights, and dedicated lines ensure their travel is hardly
 
interrupted. In other words, trains are always on time regardless of the level of traffic. This level
 
of punctuality would encourage many people to choose railways and subways as their primary
 
means of transport, and the number of individuals vehicles would decrease accordingly. As a
 
result, traffic congestion could be tackled successfully.
 
The existing data provides a concrete foundation to conclude that building more and larger roads
 
in an unsustainable measure, while train and subway lines would be a much more effective
 
solution for the problem of traffic congestion.
 
 
 
Các từ vựng tốt:
 
 Mitigate: To mitigate something means to make it less unpleasant, serious, or
 
painful. (FORMAL) ...ways of mitigating the effects of an explosion...
 
 Ineffective: If you say that something is ineffective, you mean that it has no effect on
 
a process or situation. Economic reform will continue to be painful and ineffective...
 
 Measure: When someone, usually a government or other authority, takes measures
 
to do something, they carry out particular actions in order to achieve a particular
 
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result. (FORMAL) The government warned that police would take tougher measures
 
to contain the trouble...
 
 Sustainable: You use sustainable to describe the use of natural resources when this
 
use is kept at a steady level that is not likely to damage the environment. Try to buy
 
wood that you know has come from a sustainable source.
 
 Intensity: Intensity is used to describe something that is very great or extreme in
 
strength or degree. The attack was anticipated but its intensity came as a shock.
 
 Albeit: You use albeit to introduce a fact or comment which reduces the force or
 
significance of what you have just said. (FORMAL). Charles's letter was indeed
 
published, albeit in a somewhat abbreviated form.
 
 Persist: If something undesirable persists, it continues to exist. Contact your doctor if
 
the cough persists...
 
 Demand: If you demand something such as information or action, you ask for it in a
 
very forceful way. Mr Byers last night demanded an immediate explanation from the
 
Education Secretary...
 
 Intersection: An intersection is a place where roads or other lines meet or cross.
 
...at the intersection of two main canals.
 
 Dedicated: You use dedicated to describe something that is made, built, or designed
 
for one particular purpose or thing. Such areas should also be served by dedicated
 
cycle routes.
 
 Interrupt: If someone or something interrupts a process or activity, they stop it for a
 
period of time. He has rightly interrupted his holiday in Spain to return to London...
 
 Punctuality: doing something or arrive somewhere at the right time and are not late.