考试日期：

2013.05.25

类别

政府类

题目

Some people think any government money spent on supporting artists (such as painters, musicians and poets) is better than spent on other important things. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

题目翻译

一些人认为任何政府的钱投入到支持艺术家（如画家，音乐家，和诗人）要比花在其他重要的方面更好，在某种程度上你同不同意？

写作指导

1. 此题有多种思路：可以倾向于支持艺术家，也可以倾向于支持其他重要领域，但是最好发挥的是两者都应该支持，找到一个平衡点即可。

2. 注意“其他领域”要进行细化，可以细化为：医疗，教育，福利等。

思路解析：

政府花钱投资艺术的理由：

1) 一个国家的艺术往往会和这个国家的历史文化紧紧相连，重视艺术一定程度上就是重视了文化和历史的传承。

2) 艺术是表达感情和思想的渠道，是反映人们精神生活的表现，一个没有艺术气息的国家，只有物质，反映人们精神生活的匮乏。

3) 艺术能够培养人的创造和创新能力，一个有创新的国家才能进步。

政府花钱在其他方面更好的理由：

1) 其他方面更需要这部分钱，如医疗和安全，有什么比生命更重要的呢。

2) 花在其他方面更实在，如福利，是看得见的提高人们生活水平的方式。

3) 花在其他方面收益更普遍，如教育，培养下一代要比单个的艺术家更明智。

重点表达

social services such as medical care and education social welfare, social security, plays a more direct role in increasing people’s living standard than the arts.

make contributions to, take care of, necessarily, creativity and uniqueness, highly advanced civilization, cultural heritage, knowledge and skills, …far outweigh…, Only by doing … can … be solved

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