政府功能
渗透进雅思作文题目的各个角度,体现政府要全心全意地为人民服务 (serve the people wholeheartedly) 的宗旨
人们要交税 (tax payment),因此政府应该对纳税人 (taxpayer) 的公共利益负责 (it is the responsibility of the government to be concerned about the public interest)
也是政府不可推卸的责任 (it is unshakable duty for the government to do....)
政府在各领域的作用
1. 艺术领域投资
- 丰富生活 (add spice to people's life)
- 潜移默化的教育 (exert a subtle influence on one's character or thinking)
- 激发创造性和灵感 (stimulate one's creativity and inspiration)
- 从文化角度:增加向国内外展示文化精粹的平台 (a platform to showcase the essence of the civilization to home and abroad)
- 文化交流可传承的平台 (pass on the cultural heritage to the next generation)
- 从经济角度:带来商业价值 (generate commercial value),增加税收 (increase the tax revenue)
2. 医疗与社会保障
- 解决医疗、社会保障和医疗 (social security and medical treatment)
- 医疗的改善 (the improvement of medical care)
- 采取预防措施 (preventative measures)
- 健康教育活动 (health education campaigns - basic hygiene)
- 享受卫生医疗是人们的一项基本权利 (people have a basic right to health-care)
- 国家有责任确保从公共预算中提供足够的卫生保健资金 (an obligation for the state to ensure adequate health-care resources out of public purse)
- 大力发展公共医疗 (publicly funded health care),有助于疾病预防和基础医疗服务的改善 (increased emphasis on preventative and primary health care)
3. 教育
- 国家进行义务教育 (compulsory education),可以减轻支付学费的负担 (ease the burden of tuition fees)
- 提高文化普及率 (raise literacy rate)
- 完全由政府给教育和医疗买单会给政府,尤其是不发达国家带来沉重的负担 (might impose much pressure upon a nation economically if governments bear expenses for higher learning or medical treatment for all its people)
- 合理解决方法:由政府基金、公共基金及家庭共同承担 (be sponsored by both government, public funds and family)
4. 基础设施与科研
- 加大基础设施投入 (invest more money in infrastructure),如教育设施、医院等
- 加大科研投入 (put more resources into scientific research),研发环保产品 (environmentally friendly products)
5. 经济与就业
- 促进经济发展,解决就业问题 (open up more job opportunities)
- 促进劳动力市场 (labor force) 的健康发展
6. 税收与贫富差距
- 对税收进行调控 (regulate tax incomes),缩小贫富差距 (bridge the gap between the poor and the rich)
7. 老龄化社会
- 解决老龄化社会,建立老年人社会保障体系 (the public fund should be put into the social network focusing on the elderly)
8. 环境问题
- 采取环保政策 (adopt environmentally friendly policy),合理利用自然资源 (utilize the natural resources properly)
- 提高全民族的环境意识 (Carrying out environmental publicity and education to enhance the whole nation's awareness of the environment)
9. 犯罪率与立法
- 降低犯罪率,加强立法 (enact relevant legislations)
10. 公众意识宣传
- 开展全国范围内的宣传活动 (nationwide publicity campaigns)
- 健康教育 (health education)、交通法规的宣传 (traffic regulations)、环境宣传教育
政府相关话题讨论
1. 政府是否应该为大学付学费?
- 投资高等教育有助于建立高素质劳动力 (Investing in higher education helps establish high-quality labor force with great expertise in the future)
- 几乎所有发达国家都在大学研究上分配大量国家预算 (virtually all developed countries allocate huge amount of national budgets on universities study)
- 高等教育补贴的另一个原因是让各阶层学生有平等的继续教育权利 (gives students from all walks of life the equal entitlement to further their education)
- 政府资助使所有学生有机会接受高等教育 (government's grants enable all the students to have the opportunity to receive tertiary education)
- 学生支付学费的理由:意识到自己付费会更努力学习以获得学术奖学金 (If they realize they will be paying for their own schooling, they will work harder in school to get academic scholarships);培养责任感 (Paying for their own college promotes responsibility)
2. 政府应该投资医疗教育还是艺术体育设施?
- 虽然医疗和教育可能是资金最应该投入的领域,但艺术和体育在某些方面同样有价值 (While medical care and education are perhaps the highest causes to which money can be contributed, the arts and athletics are in some ways just as valuable)
- 剧院在教育中起重要作用,尤其对喜欢通过娱乐形式接受教育的年轻人 (Theatres can play an important role in education, especially for young people who prefer to receive education in the form of amusement)
- 通过观看戏剧,人们可以培养更好的艺术品味,增强对美和艺术价值的敏感度,从而丰富精神生活 (By watching plays in theatres, people can cultivate a better taste for arts and enhance sensitivity to beauty and artistic value, thus enriching their spiritual life)
- 投资体育场馆是改善人们健康的积极预防措施,有助于身心健康 (Investment in sports stadium is an active and preventative measure to improve people's health, which is helpful to health both physically and mentally)