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Sample Writing answers

TEST 3, WRITING TASK 2

This model has been prepared by an examiner as an example of a ve叩 good answer.

It if> inιre-af>ingliιommon for pιople- to hold down morιthan onιjob. 白onιa「e, thιdaif> whιn
pιople-ιould 「e-\i on onιf>OUrιιof inιome- to f>atif>fi all the-i「 financial n巴巴df>. I would li\::e- to
ιOnf>id巳r the- 「e-af>onf> for thif> ιhange- and outline- itf> advantage-fl and dif>advantagιs

？ιople- ta\::e- onι对「a wor\:: bιιauf>ιma\::ingιndf> me-巳f haf> bιιom巳 f>Oιhalle-n9in9. In 「eαnt ie-a「S
thιιof>t of living haf> rif>e-n e-r-ponιntia\li, ma\::ing it a rιalιhallιnge- to br巳a\:: e-vιn at th巴巴nd of the-
month. Mditional\i, adve-rtif>ingιompanie-f> 「e-\e-ntle-f>f>li promote- the- idea that morιwealth m巳anf>
morιhappine-f>f>, aιonι咐 that mani pιop＼ιb巳Ii巳V巴， Toe-i mai take- on free-Ianαjobf> or w巴巴比nd
work in thιhopιof imp「oving their lot in lifo.
A pe-rf>on with mo「e- than onιjob maiι叩6「｜巳nιe- f>e-ve-ral be-ne-fitf>. Div巳「f>ifiing iour f>Killf> and
gaining mo「e, e-r-p巳「l巳nιιιan ma问 iOU mor巴巴mploiabl巳 when nιgotiating thιhigh Iiιompe-titive-job
mark时队.voiding pu忖ing all iOUrιggf> in onιbaf>K时 if> alf>o a wif>e- movιaf> iOU havιf>Omιthing to
fall baιK on if onιf>OUrιe- of inιome- 纣opf>.
Toe-re- are- alf>o mani downf>id伪 to thif> f>ituation. Working for mor巳 than onιιompaniιan quiι＼：：Ii
iιave- a p巳「f>On foιling ov巳「worked and burnt out. It alw lιave-5 limit巳d time- for bιing with famili
and friιndf> 0「 doing thingf> iOU e-njoi. What’s mor院 when iOU a「巳 5pre-ad too thin. iOU mai produα
poor-quali叫 WO「忆，

Ov巳「all, I think it if> impo付ant to r巳main balanιιd Having an additional wu「ιιof inιome-ιan bι
.
bιn巳fiιial if iOU kιιp WO「K in itf> plaα， but it if> not worth damaging iOU「 health and 「巳lationf>hipf>
for the- flakιof a 色lightli large-「 bank balanιι．

Here are comments from another examiner:

This is a strong response. The candidate has addressed both questions and provided
a range of extended ideas.

The reasons given for having more than one job include the need to earn more to
keep up with the [cost of living] and the idea, sold to people by adve叫ising , that we
should earn as much as possible [more wealth means more happ的ess].

The pros and cons of having more than one job are well covered. Advantages include
increasing your skills and experience to make you more employable and avoiding
putting [a// your eggs 的 one baske巧 in case you lose one job. Disadvantages include
feeling [overworked] o「 ［burnt ou可. and l伽ited time] to spend with family and friends
and on hobbies, and producing [poor-quality work].

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