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Đề bài: “Some people think the money spent in developing the technology for space exploration is not justified. There are more beneficial ways to spend this money. To what extent do you agree or disagree?”
Sample Writing
With the current pace of technological progress, space exploration has been gaining more and more traction in many countries. However, some people view this development only as money squandering. From my standpoint, while space exploration plays a certain part in humankind’s development, it should not take precedence over other domains that are more integral to our daily life.
On the one hand, investments in space exploration can be justified because it holds the ultimate key to the human race’s long-term existence. This problem arises from the fact that the Earth’s living conditions have constantly been under acute threats from the ever-increasing global population and the non-stop tempo of socio-economic growth. Consequently, the Earth’s natural conditions will be too harsh for human life, which necessitates the need to seek for other planets to live in. However, terraforming a planet requires tremendous research, experimenting and prior infrastructure construction to lay the groundwork for life on a new planet. Therefore, spending money in space exploration early will equip humankind with sufficient preparation in terms of both knowledge and willpower for living on a different planet.
On the other hand, I still contend that there are other more urgent fields that require huge financial support. While space exploration is more about the long-term value, current alarming issues right now such as education, epidemics or climate change should also receive meticulous attention so that human life can sustain long enough until a suitable planet is successfully detected. To be more specific, governments should allocate subsidies to education in order to build up high-quality human resources for sustainable future development, even for the sphere of space exploration. Another field in need of pecuniary resources is healthcare as the recent COVID-19 epidemic has corroborated public healthcare as a matter of survival for the long-run economic progression.
In conclusion, my stance is that although expenditures on space exploration are still for a good cause, the priority should be current problems facing humankind on the Earth namely education and healthcare. Therefore, the government needs to be in concert with the citizens to achieve the optimal money distribution between space exploration and other urgent sectors.
Vocabulary highlight:
– gain traction (v): trở nên phổ biến
– money squandering (n): sự lãng phí tiền bạc
– take precedence over (v): trở nên quan trọng hơn, trở thành ưu tiên
– integral to (adj): gắn bó mật thiệt với cái gì
– under acute threats: bị đe doạ rất nghiêm trọng
– tempo (n): tốc độ, nhịp độ – necessitate (v): đặt ra sự cần thiết cho việc gì
– terraform (v): cải tạo hành tinh để con người sống được
– lay the groundwork for (v): tạo ra nền tảng chuẩn bị cho cái gì
– willpower (n): tinh thần để thực hiện điều gì
– meticulous attention (n): sự quan tâm kĩ lưỡng
– subsidy (n): trợ cấp chính phủ
– sustainable development (n): phát triển bền vững
– pecuniary resources (n): nguồn lực tài chính
– corroborate (v): chứng minh
– a matter of survival (n): vấn đề sống còn
– economic progression (n): sự phát triển kinh tế
– for a good cause: có mục đích tốt
– in concert with: làm việc, hợp tác cùng với
