以前も似た投稿をした気がしますが。
http://ryu4spanked.blogspot.jp/2014/04/ibtmm_20.html?zx=f255c3f9fb4fa8d7
ようつべにアップされていたTOEFLのiBT対策と思しき動画でspankingが話題になっていました（ｗ
まじめな試験でこんなのが出るとびっくりしますよね。。
ちなみに、スパンキングは、その効果に疑問を出す人もいるが、他のお仕置きに比べると有効な手段（道具）だ、みたいな趣旨のようです。
なお、上のリンク先でも書いていますが、↓こちらの教材のpunishmentというテーマの章でも似たような話題が出てきます。
以下全文（英文、太字は引用者によるｗ）
The topic of this video is the "Spanking".
Here is the READING PASSAGE:
→ Spanking, or the act of hitting children on their bottoms, is a common punishment in many cultures around the world. However, recently child psychologists have begun questioning whether spanking is a good form of punishment. Although a consensus has yet to be reached, there are a number of advantages to using spanking as a disciplinary tool.
One of the most apparent advantages of spanking is that it helps children understand the difference between right and wrong. Spanking helps children remember that an act is not allowed by creating a psychological association between a particular forbidden act and the traumatic experience of being spanked. In establishing this association, children come to understand what is right and what is wrong.
Additionally, spanking is far more effective than other types of discipline. Unlike time-outs, which remove children from a situation and force them to stay in a quiet area, spanking has been shown to be more effective among children between the ages of three and five. After being spanked, children are much less likely to behave in the same way than if they had simply been put in time-out.
Finally, spanking is an understandable form of punishment. It can be used on nearly any young child. In contrast, young children may not understand that time-outs are punishments. For a young child that does not completely understand situations, a time-out can easily be mistaken for something else - children put in a time-out, for instance, might think that they are being removed from a situation for their own safety or because it is time for a nap. As a result, spanking is a valuable tool for parents to use because the child cannot understand it as anything other than a punishment. ←
NOTE: In the official TOEFL iBT you would be able to have access to the reading passage, therefore you my use this reading while you are writing your essay.
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You have 20 minutes to plan and write your response. Here you have timer to use while you are writing your essay:
20 minute response time: www.e.ggtimer.com/20 minutes
Here you the question:
→ Summarize the main points in the lecture, explaining how they cast doubt on the ideas provided in the reading passage. ←
