READING PASSAGE 1 The Mozart Effect A. Music has been used for centuries to heal the body. In the Ebers Papyrs (one of the earliest medical documents, circa 1500 B.C.), it was recorded that physicians chanted to heal the sick (Castleman, 1994). In various cultures, we have observed singing as part of healing rituals. In … Read more
If you notice, in the opening and closing sections we have written, there is a term used quite a lot, that is: more and less. We write many sentences like: there are many ways, there are many reasons, there are many causes … You can see that at one point, I cannot rely on “many” … Read more
If there is a compliment, there must be criticism. In IELTS Writing, the topic is usually about a “problem”, so it feels like the article must always have something “bad” or “harmful”. Therefore, it is extremely useful to know many harmful expressions in IELTS. Similar to the previous article, we should not say sentences like: … Read more
The art of writing, whether in IELTS or not, is about the author’s wording. In English, each person’s expression is more or less dependent on the “accuracy” of their language. Specifically, no one appreciates a sentence writer: A is good Some people write better than others in that they know how to properly express “good”. … Read more
In IELTS Writing Task 2, sentences like: Smoking is bad. Playing sports is good. Children are watching too much TV. Will definitely ruin your band point brutally. These sentences, as you can see, are “too modest” in length. In Speaking we can say short sentences, but in Writing we have to write long sentences. Why … Read more