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You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Present a written argument or case to an educated non-specialist audience
on the following topic.
A number of different medical traditions are now widely known and used:
Western medicine (using drugs and surgery), herbal medicine, acupuncture (using
needles at certain points of the body), homoeopathy (using minute doses of
poisons), and so on. How important is the patient's mental attitude towards
his/her treatment in determining the effectiveness of the treatment?
You should write at least 250 words.
You should you your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your
arguments with examples and relevant evidence.
提示
你可以按照下面的提纲写作：
Different medical traditions (a list of examples is given)
Patient's mental attitude: the way the patient feels about the
treatment
Effectiveness of the treatment: how much better does it make the
patient?
在写作之前，请问自己以下的问题：
Do I think the patient's attitude is important?
What examples can I give where the patient's attitude was important, or
irrelevant?
在文章中你必须：
Describe some of the different ways people feel about medical treatment
(hopeful, hopeless, trusting, skeptical……).
Say if in your opinion the feelings affect the treatment or not.
Give examples to support your argument about why the treatments were
effective or ineffective.
范文(在阅读此范文之前你至少已经花了一些时间写作)
A wide range of medical treatments is available today. Patients may wonder
which will be the most effective, and whether their own mental attitude to the
type of treatment might affect its success. This essay will consider the second
of these questions. - Topic words used. Task of essay explained.
Many people visit their doctor or go to hospital with complete trust in the
expert care offered by conventional services. However, some people do not get a
satisfactory result. For example, the drugs they are prescribed may have
unpleasant side-effects. Their initial positive attitude towards their treatment
does them little good. - Idea in both paragraphs: that people may not get what
they expect; with examples.
Similarly, those patients who trustfully choose alternative treatments over
traditional medicine may find themselves disillusioned. Less rigorous
qualification standards among alternative practitioners may mean that some
healers give ineffective or damaging advice. The result, again, is that a
patient who entered treatment with confidence leaves that treatment
disillusioned.
On the other hand, patients may try a style of treatment with some
skepticism. A person used to conventional medicines and drugs may be suspicious
of treatments based on diet and lifestyle changes. Yet if they follow such
programs, they may in fact notice improvements in their conditions, in spite of
their skepticism. Equally, a patient opposed to conventional medicine may have
an accident and be saved by the effective treatment of conventional emergency
services. - Idea: that something you don't like can still help you.
In conclusion, it appears that the mental attitude of the patient is not
the most significant factor in determining the outcome of the treatment.
Patients who enter treatment confidently may leave disillusioned while those who
begin treatment skeptical of the results may find themselves surprised with what
they have gained. Patients should seek the advantages which each style of care
can offer. - Main argument of essay is stated.
Remember: this sample answer is one of several satisfactory ways to answer
the question. Other essays which respond to the writing task would also be
acceptable.
Source: Prepare for IELTS, by Vanessa Todd & Penny Cameron, 1996, UTS,
Australia. For non-profit educational use only.
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发表于 2016-7-10 15:24:43