Trong chuyên mục Giải đề IELTS Writing Task 2 tuần này, bạn sẽ cùng thầy Nguyên Dũng từ The IELTS Workshop khám phá cách xử lý đề bài về chủ đề The most important aim of science should be to improve people’s lives trong IELTS Writing Task 2 nhé.
1. Phân tích đề bài
1.1. Đề bài
The most important aim of science should be to improve people’s lives. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
(Mục tiêu quan trọng nhất của khoa học nên là cải thiện chất lượng cuộc sống của con người. Bạn đồng ý hay không đồng ý với quan điểm này ở mức độ nào?)
1.2. Phân tích đề bài
Dạng bài: Opinion
Từ khóa:
- Most important aim = main purpose = primary goal
- science
- improve
- lives = quality of life = standard of living
Phân tích yêu cầu đề bài:
- Đề yêu cầu bạn đưa ra quan điểm cá nhân về nhận định mục đích quan trọng nhất của khoa họ là cải thiện đời sống người dân
- Bạn cần trả lời Đồng ý hay không đồng ý để rồi phát triển bài dựa trên lập trường đó
- Trong bài mẫu này, mình sẽ viết theo phương hướng đồng ý hoàn toàn
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1.3. Dàn bài chi tiết
Intro:
- Paraphrase lại đề bài
- Đưa ra quan điểm
Body 1:
- The funding for scientific research is from the people; it creates a contractual relationship ß science is extremely expensive (staff payment + material usage) à have to get funding from government grants à grants are sourced from taxpayers’ money à science should serve the taxpayer
Body 2:
- Making people the main beneficiary creates an ethical anchor for science ß science in its nature is amoral à lacks a concept of right and wrong à the pursuit of knowledge could be pushed far out of proportion and ultimately harm humanity at large without the human presence in mind à Eugenics and human experiments è Should have humans’ good as the center
Conclusion:
- Chốt lại quan những luận điểm đã nói trong bài và quan điểm
2. Bài mẫu
There has been an ongoing debate on what the primary purpose of scientific advancement should be, with some saying that people’s lives should be its primary beneficiary. From my perspective, I thoroughly agree with this stance, and I will elaborate further in this essay.
In a more practical sense, as the main source of funding for scientific advancements is from the people, it is only natural for it to serve in their best interest. The entire research process, starting from the generation of the initial ideas to publishing the results to the general masses, is an extremely time-consuming and expensive procedure. As such, an enormous level of funding is needed to actually pay the staff members along with acquiring the equipment and materials for large-scale projects like these. The monetary resources required do not magically materialize out of thin air but often come in the form of governmental research grants, which are in actuality, the direct allocation of taxation revenue that the government collects from citizens each year. Based on this deduction, it is only logical to argue that it is the citizens who actually pay for the research being conducted each year, and their investment should be repaid through scientific innovations that serve their interests.
Moving to a more philosophical lens, keeping the benefit of humanity is an important ethical anchor in the endless pursuit of knowledge. Science, by itself, has no morality; it does not care about good or bad, nor does it differentiate between the should and the should not, with the only thing that it truly cares about being the discovery of new knowledge to add to the human library. Due to this innate lack of ethics, when this unending chase is pushed to its extreme, truly heinous methods that cross ethical lines might be employed in the name of science and progress, as illustrated by history. Research topics such as live human experimentation have been subjected to constant criticism from the public due to their inherent disregard for human autonomy as highly sentient creatures, and viewing them as disposable test subjects. Another instance of practices that violate core human beliefs is the act of eugenics: selectively restricting reproduction to those deemed genetically superior to create a “better” human race. Though selective breeding is not a new concept, when applied to humans, it is thoroughly disturbing as it not only takes away their fundamental rights to freely choose their partners and reproduce, but also classifies people into labels such as superior or inferior, which is extremely dehumanizing. Thankfully, both of these methods face immense backlash not only from the scientific community but also from the people at large, as they go against the good of humanity, proving that keeping humans’ interests as the core principle of scientific research is the most essential part so that innovations do not deviate and become malicious towards humanity.
In conclusion, improving people’s lives should always be the most important purpose that science strives towards, as it not only ensures that they receive the proper funding from the populace but also guarantees that scientific progress does not ultimately come back to harm humans.
Sample 8.0 by Nguyen Dung – IELTS Teacher at The IELTS Workshop
3. Từ vựng (Vocabulary)
COLLOCATIONS
- Endless pursuit of knowledge: the continuous and unrelenting quest to discover new information
Sự theo đuổi tri thức không ngừng nghỉ - Cross ethical lines: to violate established moral boundaries
Vượt qua ranh giới đạo đức - In the name of science: justified or done under the pretext of scientific progress
Nhân danh khoa học - Fundamental rights: basic entitlements inherently belonging to all humans
Quyền cơ bản / quyền căn bản - Face immense backlash: to receive overwhelming negative reactions
Đối mặt với làn sóng phản đối dữ dội - Direct allocation of taxation revenue: the immediate distribution of tax-collected funds toward a specific purpose
Phân bổ trực tiếp nguồn thu thuế - Come back to harm: to ultimately return and cause damage to its original source
Quay lại gây hại / phản tác dụng - Core principle: the most essential foundational belief guiding something
Nguyên tắc cốt lõi - Innate lack of: a natural and inherent absence of something
Sự thiếu hụt bẩm sinh về - Selective breeding: the deliberate process of allowing only certain individuals to reproduce based on desired traits
Nhân giống có chọn lọc / lai tạo có chủ đích
VOCABULARY
- Materialize: to actually come into existence or become real
Trở thành hiện thực / xuất hiện trong thực tế - Allocation: the distribution or assignment of resources for a specific purpose
Sự phân bổ / phân phối nguồn lực - Amoral: lacking any moral principles or sense of right and wrong
Vô đạo đức / không có quan niệm đạo đức - Heinous: utterly wicked or deeply criminal in nature
Tàn ác / ghê tởm / cực kỳ xấu xa - Sentient: capable of feeling and conscious experience
Có ý thức / có khả năng cảm nhận - Eugenics: the practice of attempting to improve genetic qualities through selective breeding
Thuyết ưu sinh / khoa học cải thiện gen di truyền - Dehumanizing: stripping someone of their human qualities or dignity
Phi nhân tính hóa / tước đoạt phẩm giá con người - Autonomy: the right to self-governance and independent decision-making
Quyền tự chủ / quyền tự quyết - Backlash: a strong negative reaction from a large group of people
Phản ứng dữ dội / làn sóng phản đối - Deviate: to depart from an established course or accepted standard
Đi chệch hướng / lệch khỏi chuẩn mực
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