[英语考试]政府类雅思作文

,government,made by group one,【考试题目】2011.3.5Some people think governments should spend money on measures to save languages with few speakers from dying out completely. Others think this is a waste of financial resources. Discuss both views and give your opinion.,standpoints,summarize,With the increasing efforts of the international community to save those languages used by few speakers, there has arisen a debate as to whether governments should take measures to save them. In my opinion, it is worthwhile for governments to spend money saving languages with few speakers, or languages facing extinction.,Points of view(from model essay),any effort made to preserve a language is well worthwhile.cannot be abandoned to their fate.the efforts are nothing but a waste of money.,Points of view about government investment,Ideas:ease the burden of tuition fees and raise literacy rate or standards of literacyimprove the funder of staff and facultycreate a high level of uncertainty in international planning and are very costly to the foreign investors.improve the basic facilities of school, such as: lab equipment, computer systems, or libraries.improve the universal access to healthcare services, ensure social equality, develop publicly-funded service.,中文政府投資正方觀點（範文以外）,可以減輕支付學費的負擔，提高文化普及率有利於為人們的醫療服務提供必要的保障，有利於留住有經驗和有技術的人才；改善醫療條件，并保障人們的醫療人口過多和過分擁擠造成住房緊張，因此政府應通過劃地政策、城市發展規劃、住房補貼的措施，對房地產進行調控有利於促進和平穩定，促進各個領域的交流，緩和緊張關係,中文政府投資反方觀點（範文以外）,政府對政府的投資在某種程度上助長了血腥和貪污的政權，錢被濫用，出現詐騙和貪污如果政府控制所有的醫療行業，那麼服務業就很可能缺少市場觀念，醫療服務和教育設施質量不高如果政府控制醫療教育行業，那麼醫療和教育的革新和發明就沒有太多的動力住房分配體系會嚴重降低私人投資的熱情，房屋建設的投資少，很難減輕住房壓力當政府對房屋市場的完全控制會導致單調的城市景觀，不夠滿足居民對生活條件的高要求,The collections of argument(from model essay),each language is loaded with an enormous cultural heritage, reflecting the knowledge, thought and faith of its speakers. preserving such languages from extinction, which needs a considerable sum of money, let alone substantial human resources, does not bring real benefits.preserving a language is not conducive to the world peace. when people are marooned in their own world, they become less receptive to and tolerant of things and values different from theirs, a situation which can easily rub salt against wounds and thus gives rise to,The collections of argument,These people point out the fact that it cost billions of dollars to send astronauts to the moon , but all they brought back were some worthless rocks.The first point to note is that government funding for education is of great benefit to families with children and the society as a whole.In the event of the need for urgent or emergency treatment, government spending enable sufferers to receive immediate health care services.,【考试题目】2011.3.5Some people think governments should spend money on measures to save languages with few speakers from dying out completely. Others think this is a waste of financial resources. Discuss both views and give your opinion.,Para.1: 引出话题，并简单提出不同观点。,Para.1: 引出话题，并简单提出不同观点。,Para.1:,Of the thousands of languages in use now, some are used by a huge number of people, like English and Chinese, while some others only have very few speakers. With the increasing efforts of the international community to save those languages used by few speakers, there has arisen a debate as to whether governments should take measures to save them.,Supporters of governments efforts to save the languages verging on extinction hold that any effort made to preserve a language is well worthwhile. As is known to all, each language is loaded with an enormous cultural heritage, reflecting the knowledge, thought and faith of its speakers. When we preserve a language which is dying out, we preserve the cultural diversity; when we lose a language, we lose a cultural heritage. Rare animals cannot be wiped out just because they are few in number, and old buildings of historical value cannot be pulled down owing to its bad condition. In the same vein, languages with few speakers cannot be abandoned to their fate,Opponents to governments measures to save the languages from the brink, however, claim that the efforts are nothing but a waste of money. First, preserving such languages from extinction, which needs a considerable sum of money, let alone substantial human resources, does not bring real benefits. The money spent in unrewarding activities, if invested in more significant undertakings such as poverty alleviation, AIDS combating, scientific researching, etc., will be greatly beneficial to man. Moreover, preserving a language is not conducive (有益，有助于) to the world peace. After all, when people are marooned (孤立) in their own world, they become less receptive (容纳，接受) to and tolerant of things and values different from theirs, a situation which can easily rub salt against wounds (在伤口撒盐) and thus gives rise to antagonism (对抗，敌对) and even hatred (世仇，深仇大恨).,有利有弊,自己倾向的一方,给出自己建议,In my opinion, it is worthwhile for governments to spend money saving languages with few speakers, or languages facing extinction. A language is a cultural heritage, which is invaluable and certainly merits preservation at any cost; what our world needs is diversity, not monotony.,Government funding is indeed essential for language preservation, but it should be based on the premise that peoples basic requirement are satisfied.The preservation of minority languages depends upon not only the financial support of the government, but also the joint efforts of mass media, schools, people and society as a whole.,fate,名人名言：culture means the widening of the mind and of the spirit. ruthbenedict to possess a second language is topossess a second soul _Charlemagne,Of the thousands of languages in use now, some are used by a huge number of people, like English and Chinese, while some others only have very few speakers. With the increasing efforts of the international community to save those languages used by few speakers, there has arisen a debate as to whether governments should take measures to save them. Supporters of governments efforts to save the languages verging on extinction hold that any effort made to preserve a language is well worthwhile. As is known to all, each language is loaded with an enormous cultural heritage, reflecting the knowledge, thought and faith of its speakers. When we preserve a language which is dying out, we preserve the cultural diversity; when we lose a language, we lose a cultural heritage. Rare animals cannot be wiped out just because they are few in number, and old buildings of historical value cannot be pulled down owing to its bad condition. In the same vein, languages with few speakers cannot be abandoned to their fate.Opponents to governments measures to save the languages from the brink, however, claim that the efforts are nothing but a waste of money. First, preserving such languages from extinction, which needs a considerable sum of money, let alone substantial human resources, does not bring real benefits. The money spent in unrewarding activities, if invested in more significant undertakings such as poverty alleviation, AIDS combating, scientific researching, etc., will be greatly beneficial to man. Moreover, preserving a language is not conducive to the world peace. After all, when people are marooned in their own world, they become less receptive to and tolerant of things and values different from theirs, a situation which can easily rub salt against wounds and thus gives rise to antagonism and even hatred,Of the thousands of languages in use now, some are used by a huge number of people, like English and Chinese, while some others only have very few speakers. With the increasing efforts of the international community to save those languages used by few speakers, there has arisen a debate as to whether governments should take measures to save them. Supporters of governments efforts to save the languages verging on extinction hold that any effort made to preserve a language is well worthwhile. As is known to all, each language is loaded with an enormous cultural heritage, reflecting the knowledge, thought and faith of its speakers. When we preserve a language which is dying out, we preserve the cultural diversity; when we lose a language, we lose a cultural heritage. Rare animals cannot be wiped out just because they are few in number, and old buildings of historical value cannot be pulled down owing to its bad condition. In the same vein, languages with few speakers cannot be abandoned to their fate. Opponents to governments measures to save the languages from the brink, however, claim that the efforts are nothing but a waste of money. First, preserving such languages from extinction, which needs a considerable sum of money, let alone substantial human resources, does not bring real benefits. The money spent in unrewarding activities, if invested in more significant undertakings such as poverty alleviation, AIDS combating, scientific researching, etc., will be greatly beneficial to man. Moreover, preserving a language is not conducive to the world peace. After all, when people are marooned in their own world, they become less receptive to and tolerant of things and values different from theirs, a situation which can easily rub salt against wounds and thus gives rise to antagonism and even hatred,政府决策类的题库中，有一大部分题目是围绕政府是否应该对某个行业进行拨款资助来进行的。这些话题往往与其它类别的话题都有结合。例如：与环保类话题结合：要不要保护环境，要不要为动物保护提供资金；与教育类结合：要不要为大学生的学费买单：与科技类结合：科学研究到底是政府还是大公司来承担，是否要进行太空探索；与工作生活健康类话题结合：是否应该为个人的医疗服务买单；与文化艺术类话题结合：是否应该资助音乐家和艺术家。题库中的其它话题还包括：是否应该资助体育运动员，是否应该投资道路建设。今天的题目是政府决策类与语言文化类话题结合，即政府是否应该出资保护语言。,【类似真题】1. Every year several languages die out. Some people think that it is not important and that life will be made easier if there are few languages in the world. To what extent do you agree or disagree? (041030)2. Some people think that we should invent a new language for international communication. Do the benefits of this outweigh the problems? (070818),dying out(衰退), 衰止It is hard to avoid the conclusion that newspapers, at least in their printed form, are dying out.我们很难回避这样一种结论：报纸至少是以印刷形式存在的报纸正在灭绝。Extinction 消失，消灭，废止A certain extinction rate is essential for evolution.一定的灭绝率，对于进化来说是必要的。,a waste ofa pure waste of time纯粹浪费时间a reckless waste of grain暴殄天物A Wonderful Waste of Time消磨好时光,As to至于as to（关于、至于）：-As to your brother, I will deal with him later.文中例句： there has arisen a debate as to whether governments should take measures to save them. so as not to以免；免得；生怕,Verge on 趋向，接近But Verging On Ignorance而几近于无知verging on recession正处于衰退的边缘文中例句：Supporters of governments efforts to save the languages verging on extinction hold that any effort made to preserve a language is well worthwhile,be loaded with是装有The air is loaded with smoke and dirt.空气中弥漫着烟雾和灰尘。文中例句：As is known to all, each language is loaded with an enormous cultural heritage, reflecting the knowledge, thought and faith of its speakers.,wipe out消灭，彻