In countries where there is high unemployment,most pupils should be offered only primary school,there is no point in offering secondary education to those who will have no hope of finding a job, to what extent do you agree or disagree?有些國家失業(yè)問題很嚴重,因此對于那些沒有希望找到工作的小學生就不用再提供中學教育了, 你在多大程度上同意這個觀點?(2008年1月26日)
【相關(guān)考題】
Some people say that the government should pay for the health care and education of its citizens, to what extent to you agree or disagree? 有人認為政府應該給公民的教育和醫(yī)療買單, 你在多大程度上同意這個觀點? ?
【頭腦風暴】
1. 日本、德國都是戰(zhàn)敗國,戰(zhàn)后的迅速崛起很大程度上源自對于全民教育的重視。再窮不能窮教育,再苦不能苦孩子。
2. 1998年,朱镕基總理倡導“科教興國”,足見教育對于國家未來的影響。國家之間的競爭本質(zhì)上還是人才的競爭。
3. 如果高等教育可能培養(yǎng)的是社會精英,普及基礎(chǔ)教育的利好就是提高國民基本素質(zhì)。當更多的社會公民可以明辨是非、行為規(guī)范、自食其力、體面生存的時候,國家才會穩(wěn)定繁榮。
【范文賞析】
〖首段〗 背景介紹 + 作家立場
Education is one of the key words in one’s growth, a man without adequate education, most of us believe, will be deprived of the most precious opportunity of achieving personal goals, and thus become the victim of adversity. Imaginably, the more education one receives, the more chances one will seize to embrace a glorious future. In this sense, governments should finance secondary education.
〖二段〗 普及中學教育對于個人的利好
As for the representative of the interests of all citizens, every policy enacted by governments is supposed to benefit their taxpayers maximally. Every individual will become the beneficiary of free secondary education, especially for those who come from humble family background. To be well-educated will help one master the basic skills of earning a decent living, shake off poverty and even change his or her destiny.
〖三段〗 普及中學教育對于國家的利好
To popularize secondary education will greatly conduce to a country too, competitions amongst different countries, in essence, are the competitions among talents. Via offering social members the welfare of free middle school education, increasing numbers of people will have access to higher education, which means more gifted people or even social elites can be cultivated. It is conceivable that those well-educated social citizens will not only create immense economic value, but also inject fresh vitality into the further mightiness of a nation.
〖四段〗 普及中學教育可能的弊端及依然要支持的理由
Indeed, I have to concede that to put additional educational fund into providing citizens with schooling will inevitably impose economic pressure upon a government temporarily, especially when the governmental budget is tight or a nation suffers from economic downtown. What I want to emphasize, however, is that this policy will be beneficial to every country in the long run. More precisely, fine education can foster more law-abiding, well-behaved and patriotic social citizens, which will, in return, stabilize the society and prosper the economy.
〖尾段〗再次亮明觀點
To sum up, it is my stand that to support free secondary education will improve the basic quality of a nation’s population and benefit every social member, therefore, it is the unshakable obligation of the government to make efforts in subsidizing education of all levels.
【經(jīng)典語料】
1. Education is one of the key words in one’s growth 教育是一個人成長中的關(guān)鍵詞
2. will be deprived of 將會被剝奪
3. become the victim of adversity 成為逆境的犧牲品
4. finance = fund v subsidize v提供資金支持
5. the interests of all citizens 所有公民的利益
6. benefit their taxpayers maximally 最大程度上使納稅人受益
7. will become the beneficiary of 將成為……的受益者
8. come from humble family background 出身寒門
9. master the basic skills of earning a decent living 掌握體面謀生的技能
10. shake off poverty 擺脫貧困
11. to popularize secondary education 普及中學教育
12. greatly conduce to a country 對于國家有利
13. inject fresh vitality into the further mightiness of a nation 為國家的強大注入新鮮活力
14. providing citizens with schooling 為公民提供中小學教育
15. the governmental budget is tight當政府財政預算緊張的時候
16. a nation suffers from economic downtown 一個國家遭受經(jīng)濟低迷
17. law-abiding, well-behaved and patriotic social citizens 有守法意識,行為規(guī)范,有愛國情懷的社會公民
18. will improve the basic quality of a nation’s population 提高國民基本素質(zhì)
19. it is the unshakable obligation of the government to do sth 政府做……是不可推卸的責任
20. make efforts in subsidizing education of all levels 努力支持各個層面的教育