TOEFL iBT Independent Writing Drills Hospitals should be free. Smartphones should be free of charge.

Drills

Drill 1 Which of the following answers do you think is more appropriate as an answer to the following question.

Question: Agree or disagree? Hospitals should be free.

 

Answer A: I agree with the idea that hospitals should be free. There are people who cannot go see a doctor because they do not have the money, and I feel sorry for them. If hospitals are free, they can get treatment, so I want hospitals to become free of charge. How happy they would be if we really did that! Also, I think that the number of crimes will go down if hospitals become free. I saw a movie in which a father commits a crime to make doctors give his daughter treatment that he could not pay for. I am scared. To reduce the number of such criminals, we must make hospitals free, too. This is killing two birds with one stone. Therefore, I believe that hospitals should be free.

 

Answer B. Unfortunately, not all people can afford to get enough healthcare due to economic problems, but everyone has the right to live. Therefore, hospitals should be public and provide treatments for free. Although tax money will be necessary for this public service, the medical cost will go down in the long run because of early treatment and education. Also, it is proved that well-provided social security reduces social and health problems such as mental diseases, suicides, and crimes. Concern about decline of the quality of the service is baseless. Healthcare workers are dedicated to saving lives, and thus putting them in the nonprofit organization will help them maximize their performance.

 

Drill 2 Discuss the following statement, write a single-paragraph essay on it including sentences with the structures below. Then show your essay to each other and write comments.

Writing Topic: Smartphones should be free of charge.

 

●want O to do  ～ 「Oに～してほしい」 hope that S will ～　「Sが～すると信じて～するとよいと思う」wish that S would ～「Sは～しないと思うが～したらよいのにと願う」

●人 who ～「～ であるところの人」   物 which ～ 「～ であるところの物」the reason why ～「~する理由」

 

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