Nowadays, there is a trend that reports of media focus on 1.

prevalent (adj): phổ biến

problems and emergencies rather than positive 2. by and large: nhìn chung
development. Some people think it is harmful to 3. to commit a crime: phạm tội
individuals and to society. To what extent do you agree or 4. badly lit streets = đường tối
disagree? (Vietnam, 2019.07.20) đèn (light – lit – lit)
5. violent criminals: tội phạm bạo
It is true that these days news related to various issues and lực
emergencies is relatively 1. prevalent. Although in certain 6. to raise people’s awareness:
contexts this trend can be positive, 2. by and large, I would nâng cao nhận thức của mọi
argue that its negative impacts are more significant. người
7. driving while intoxicated (viết
On the one hand, a focus on bad news and emergencies tắt DWI): lái xe trong tình trạng
might be helpful to some extent. When people read news say xỉn.
about 3. crimes being committed, they may be terrified, but 8. speeding (n): chạy quá tốc độ
at the same time, they may become more cautious. For 9. to obey the rules: tuân theo
example, people may avoid walking alone late at night on 4. các quy tắc
badly lit streets, especially women, to avoid 5. violent 10. overwhelming coverage of bad
criminals. In addition, reports of nasty accidents like car news: quá nhiều tin xấu
crashes could help in 6. raising people’s awareness of road 11. does more harm than good:
safety. Knowing how bad the consequence of 7. driving hại nhiều hơn lợi
while intoxicated or 8. speeding is, they might 9. obey the 12. unnecessarily pessimistic: bi
rules. quan không cần thiết
13. refugee (n): người tị nạn
However, 10. overwhelming coverage of bad news on the 14. prejudice: thành kiến, định kiến
media 11. does more harm than good. On an individual 15. political unrest: tình trạng bất
level, people are more likely to become 12. unnecessarily ổn chính trị
pessimistic about life and become less friendly. For instance, 16. to blame sb for sth: đổ lỗi cho
when reading too much news about 13. refugees carrying ai đó vì điều gì
out crimes, people tend to have a 14. prejudice against all 17. deplorable situations tình
refugees, claiming that they are a threat to their country. huống tồi tệ
From a social perspective, an emphasis on bad news can lead 18. to lose faith in their
to 15. political unrest. This is because citizens may 16. authorities: mất niềm tin vào
blame the government for 17. deplorable situations or poor chính quyền
decisions, and then they will 18. lose faith in their 19. demonstrations or riots
authorities. Consequently, there may be more 19. against the government: các
demonstrations or riots against the government. cuộc biểu tình và bạo loạn
chống chính phủ
In conclusion, it is true that problems and emergencies have 20. widespread media coverage
received 20. widespread media coverage. While this việc truyền thông đưa tin rộng
tendency may be considered advantageous in some ways, I rãi
believe it brings about more detrimental effects.

(Band 8.5, 274 words, written by Jay Nguyen IELTS)

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Vocabulary Meaning Dịch

1. prevalent (adj): that exists or is very common at a phổ biến
particular time or in a particular place
2. by and large overall, generally nhìn chung
3. to commit a crime to do sth wrong or illegal phạm tội
4. badly lit streets dark streets (light – lit – lit) đường tối đèn
5. violent criminals those who commit violent crimes tội phạm bạo lực
6. to raise people’s to make people pay more attention on sth nâng cao nhận thức
awareness: của mọi người
7. driving while
(viết tắt DWI): the crime of driving a lái xe trong tình trạng
intoxicated vehicle after drinking too much alcohol say xỉn
8. speeding (n): the traffic offence of driving faster chạy quá tốc độ
than the legal limit
9. to obey the rules to follow the rules tuân theo các quy tắc
10. overwhelming (overwhelming (adj): very great or very quá nhiều tin xấu
coverage of bad strong; so powerful that you cannot
news resist it or decide how to react;
coverage (n): the reporting of news and
sport in newspapers and on the radio
and television)
11. does more harm to be damaging and not helpful hại nhiều hơn lợi
than good
12. unnecessarily (pessimistic: expecting bad things to bi quan không cần
pessimistic happen or something not to be thiết
successful)
13. refugee (n): a person who has been forced to người tị nạn
leave their country or home, because
there is a war or for political, religious
or social reasons
14. prejudice an unreasonable dislike of or thành kiến, định kiến
preference for a person, group, custom,
etc., especially when it is based on their
race, religion, sex, etc.
15. political unrest (unrest: a political situation in which tình trạng bất ổn
people are angry and likely to protest or chính trị
fight)
16. to blame to blame sb for sth: to think or say that đổ lỗi cho ai đó vì
sb/sth is responsible for something bad điều gì
17. deplorable ~ bad situations tình huống tồi tệ
situations
18. to lose faith in mất niềm tin vào
 their authorities chính quyền
19. demonstrations or các cuộc biểu tình và
riots against the bạo loạn chống chính
government phủ
20. widespread media coverage (n): the reporting of news and việc truyền thông đưa
coverage sport in newspapers and on the radio tin rộng rãi
and television