雅思高分范文社會(huì)發(fā)展體制類

1、1 Somepeoplesaythatitistheresponsibilityofindividualtosavemoneyfortheirowncareaftertheyretire.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?退休后的生活該自己負(fù)責(zé)嗎？2 Manycountriesspendalotofmoneyonart.Somepeoplethinkthatinvestmentinartisnecessary,butothersaymoneyisbetterspentinimprovinghealthendeducation.Discussboththesevi

2、ewsandgiveyourownopinion.對(duì)政府來(lái)說(shuō)，在藝術(shù)上的投資是沒必要的?？梢杂迷诮】岛徒逃?。討論雙方觀點(diǎn)給出自己觀點(diǎn)3 Moreandmorepeopleuseprivatecarsinsteadoftakingpublictransport.Whatarethereasonsforthistrend?Howcanthegovernmentencouragepeopletotakepublictransport?為什么越來(lái)越多人開私人車而不用公共交通。政府怎么鼓勵(lì)人坐公共交通？4 Housingshortageinbigcitiescancauseseveresocialco

3、nsequences.Somepeoplethinkonlygovernmentactioncansolvethisproblem.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?住房短缺問題只能由政府解決嗎5 Itismoreimportantforthegovernmenttospendmoneyonpromotingthehealthylifestyletopreventillnessratherthanonthetreatmentofpeoplewhoarereallyill.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?預(yù)防疾病比治療病人更重要嗎

4、6 Somepeoplebelievemusicplaysanimportantroleinsociety,whileothersthinkitisonlyafromofentertainmentforindividuals.Discussbothviewsandgiveyourownopinion.音樂在社會(huì)扮演重要的角色還是只是個(gè)人的娛樂方式？7 Peoplethinkthatahundredyearsago,thehumanracewassteadilyimprovingineveryareaoflife.Nowadays,thereisnocertaintyofthiscase.Inw

5、hichareasdoyouthinkwehavemadeimportantprogressnowadays?Inwhichareasdoyouthinkwestillneedtomakeprogress?我們今天仍需做出什么進(jìn)步？你認(rèn)為將來(lái)在哪些方面我們可以做出進(jìn)步？8 Manypeopleareoptimisticaboutthe21stcenturyandseeitasanopportunitytomakepositivechangestotheworld.21世紀(jì)是個(gè)機(jī)遇嗎9 Somepeoplethinkgovernmentsshouldstopinvestinginspaceres

6、earch.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?政府應(yīng)該停止太空投資嗎10 Somepeoplefeelthatentertainers(e.g.filmstars,popmusiciansorsportsstars)arepaidtoomuchmoney.Doyouagreeordisagree?Whichothertypesofjobshouldbehighlypaid?藝人賺錢太多嗎11 Somepeoplethinkweshouldkeepallthemoneyweearnandnotpaytaxtothestate.Towhatextentdoyouag

7、reeordisagree?我們不應(yīng)該繳稅嗎12 Manycountrieshavespentvastsumsofmoneyonarmamentforthesakeofselfdefense.Somepeoplethinkthegovernmentshouldstopputtingmoneyinthisfield.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?政府應(yīng)不應(yīng)該投資國(guó)防13 Somepeoplethinkthatrichcountriesgivinginternationalaidtothepoorcountrieshaspositiveimpact.Others

8、arguethatitmayleadtoproblems.Discussbothviewsandgiveyourownopinion.國(guó)際援助消極還是積極？14 Successfulsportspeoplecandealmoremoneythanpeopleinmanyotherfields.Somepeoplethinkthisisfullyjustifiedwhileothersthinkitisunfair.Discussbothsidesandgiveyourownopinion體育明星賺錢太多嗎15 Somepeoplethinkcitizensshouldbetotallyresp

9、onsiblefortheirownhealthcosts.Othersthinkitisbettertohaveahealthcaresystemwhichprovidesfreehealthservicesforall.Discussbothviewsandgiveyourownopinion.人們應(yīng)該自己負(fù)責(zé)醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)還是政府為所有人提供健康服務(wù)？16 Fashiontrendsaredifficulttofollowthesedaysanditiswidelybelievedthattheyprimarilyexistjusttosellclothes.Somepeoplebelieve

10、thatweshouldnotfollowthemandthatweshoulddressinwhatwelike.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagreewiththisopinion?時(shí)尚只是為了賣更多衣服。我們不應(yīng)該隨波逐流，而是穿自己喜歡的衣服嗎Somepeoplesaythatitistheresponsibilityofindividualtosavemoneyfortheirowncareaftertheyretire.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?Withthebaby-booninthepost-WWII,thepr

11、oblemofpopulationhasbecomeoneofthemostseriousandurgentissuestobetackled,becauseitbringsstrainsoneconomyandsoon.Asaresult,somepeoplesuggestthatindividualssavemoneyfortheirlifeaftertheyretire.However,Idonotregarditastheonlysolution.Theretiredelderlypeopleareoftenlabeledasbeingoverlyfinanciallydependen

12、t.Bethisasitmay,it'sstillregardedtheprimaryresponsibilitiesofthegovernmenttotakecareoftheretiredinconsiderationoftheirimmensecontributiontooursocietybeforetheyreachtheretirementage.Oncetheyleavetheirjobstorelishtheterminalstageoftheirlifeduetotheirphysicalinferiority,thegovernmentshould,beyondan

13、ydoubt,assumetheobligationtolookaftertheminreturnfortheircontributions.Besides,thechildrenoftheretiredarealsoexpectedtosharetheburdenoftakingcareoftheirparentsasameansofpayingtheirduefilialpiety.Somepeoplemightarguethattheelderlypeoplearegraduallyexhaustingalargeamountofsocialfund,posingaseriousthre

14、attotheeconomicdevelopmentandsignificantlyundermininganypotentialendeavortobemountedinotherareas.Apparently,thiscouldhardlybejustified.Thewell-beingoftheretiredpeopleisasimportantasanyotherissuesconfrontinganygovernment.Theyareasmuchentitledtosocialwelfareasanyothergroupsofpeople.Tosumup,therearesti

15、llmanywaystohelppeoplewhohaveretiredtoliveabetterlifebesidesaskingthemtosavemoney.Aslongasboththegovernmentandyoungergenerationshouldertheirshareofresponsibilities,thelivesoftheretiredaswellasthesocietywouldbemuchbetteroff.Manycountriesspendalotofmoneyonart.Somepeoplethinkthatinvestmentinartisnecess

16、ary,butothersaymoneyisbetterspentinimprovinghealthendeducation.Discussboththeseviewsandgiveyourownopinion.Artalwaysisregardedasanexpressionofpeople'ssoul.Howeversomepeopledoubtthatmanygovernmentsspendtoomuchonit.Idefinitelyagreethatthegovernmentiswastingpublicmoneyonartwhentherearemuchmoreimport

17、antthingstospendmoneyon,suchasimprovingmedicalandeducationalservice.It'sreportedthatthenutritioninsomeareasissopoorthatmanybabiesdon'tsurvivepastthefirstyearandthatlifeexpectancyislessthan50years.Inthiskindofsituation,surelylivingpeoplearehigherprioritythaninanimatestatues.Itseemstomethatthe

18、governmentcaresmoreaboutappearances,havingcitieslookimpressive,thanthelivesofpeople.Themoneythatisspentonpublicartprojectsshouldbestoppedanddivertedtohumanitarianprojects,education,agricultureetc.Somepeoplewillassertthatartisimportantinsociety,andIagree,itis.Therewillalwaysbeartists.Myargumentisthat

19、inadevelopingcountrywehavetopayattentiontothebasicsfirst.TheissuehereiswhetherpublicmoneyshouldbespentonartandIdontthinkitshould,notwhenpeopleareliving(anddying)inpoorconditions.Ibelievethatthegovernmenthasaresponsibilitytoprovideforthebasicneedsofpeoplebeforeitfinancesdecorativeartprojects.Moreandm

20、orepeopleuseprivatecarsinsteadoftakingpublictransport.Whatarethereasonsforthistrend?Howcanthegovernmentencouragepeopletotakepublictransport?Privatecarsarebecominganincreasinglyindispensiblepartofourlife.Mostpeopleknowthatdrivingprivatecarsplaceaseverestrainoncities'trafficandair-qualitylevels.Ho

21、wever,veryfewarewillingtogiveupdrivingandusepublictransportinstead.Tosomepeople,havingacarincreasestheirsocialposition.Owningacarespeciallyanexpensiveoneisasignoftheirwealthorhighsocialstatues.Consequently,theyrefusetousepublictransportbecausetheyfeelthatsqueezingintoanovercrowdedtrainorbusinrushhou

22、rsisonlyforpeoplewithlimitedmeans.Anotherreasonforthisisthattomanypeople,aprivatecaroffersasenseoffreedomandmobility.Forexample,theycandrivetheircartoanysupermarketinthecityandreturnhomewithabootfullofgroceries.Also,theycandrivehomefromworklateatnightwhileothersareanxiouslywaitingforpublictransport.

23、Thereare,however,measuresthegovernmentcouldtaketoencouragetheuseofpublictransport.Thefirstactioncouldbetoimprovetheservice,likeensuringtrainsarepunctual,installingmorecomfortableseatsinwaitingareasandprovidingadditionalbusroutes.Furthermore,loweringfareswouldalsobeaveryeffectivewayofencouragingpeopl

24、etousethesystem.Finally,thegovernmentcouldeducatepeopleaboutthedevastatingimpactofvehicleemissionontheenvironmentsotheywouldbelesslikelytodrive.Toconclude,governmentsshouldtaketheaboveactiontomakepeoplerealizetakingpublictransportisamuchcheaper,morecomfortableandmoreenvironmentally-friendlyoptiontha

25、ndrivingtheirowncar.Housingshortageinbigcitiescancauseseveresocialconsequences.Somepeoplethinkonlygovernmentactioncansolvethisproblem.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?Theworldpopulationhasbeenbecomingoneofthesevereandurgentproblems.Thestrainsonhousingitbroughtaretremendous.Inmanybigcities,poorpeople

26、arelivinginovercrowdedareasbecauseofseverehousingshortages,whileincreasingdemandforlargeandmorecomfortablehomesispushingupthepricesoflivingforeventhewealthiermembersofindividualcitizenshavetheirrespectiverolestoplay.Anumberofpossiblesolutionhavebeenputforwardbythegovernmentandhaveprovedquiteeffectiv

27、e.Inmanycountries,forexample,thegovernmentisbuildingsatellitetownsaroundthecitytoabsorbtheurbanpopulationandtheirhousingdemand.Apartfromthis,somegovernmentshaveestablishedpreferentialpoliciestopromotetheconstructionofhigh-riseapartmentbuildingsbecausetheymeetthedemandformoreeconomicaluseofland.Onthe

28、otherhand,people'schoicesofhousingandattitudetolivingarealsomajorfactorsinthehousingequation.Modernpeopletendtoregardhomesmoreasasignofstatusandwealththanasashelteragainstthenature;aluxuryhousewithabiggardenisoftenassociatedwithsuccessandprosperityandisworthstrivingforalloneslife.Also,manypeople

29、arereluctanttoliveawayfromthecityastheypreferthemorediverse,convenient,andstylishurbanlife,nomatterhowcrowdeditis.Toconclude,governmentsshouldchangepeoplesconceptofliving,besidesjusttakingeffectbylaw.Ifallpeoplecandeveloptherecognitionthatitsnotnecessarytoliveinlargeandexpensivehousescrowdedurbanare

30、as,thehousingshortagewillbetackledtoalargeextent.Itismoreimportantforthegovernmenttospendmoneyonpromotingthehealthylifestyletopreventillnessratherthanonthetreatmentofpeoplewhoarereallyill.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?Tomaintainagoodlifestyleistoavoidanyailmentfromoccurring.However,whenapersonfal

31、lsill,treatmentshouldbeimmediateandeffective.Ahealthylifestyleaswellastimelymedicalattentionandcureforanyillnessare,therefore,equallyimportant.Foreveryindividual,apersonalwell-beingshouldbetheirmainconcern,asnoonewanttosufferfromanykindofillness.Therefore,Ifellthatitistheresponsibilityofthegovernmen

32、ttopromoteitscitizenstoleadahealthyandsoundlife.Tocreateahealthylifestyleforcitizensneedstheresourcesofthegovernmentasthiswillbeconducivetoeveryindividualtomaintainofahealthylifehabitandtotheminimizationofpossibilitiesforpeopletogetsick.Whatisequallyimportantisthatthegovernmentshouldofferuniversalme

33、dicalcareforthosewhodobecomeill.Humanscansufferfromvariouskindsofdiseasesandentitlementtosocialwelfareiseverycitizen'sright.Thegovernmentshouldtakeallreasonablemeasuresavailableandpossibletohelpthosewhoaresick.Toconclude,toencouragepeopletohaveahealthylifestyleisequallyimportanttoofferresponsibl

34、emedicalcare.Thesetwoeffectsshouldbeincooperation.Onlywhentwocomplementaryfactorsgohand-in-hand,theproblemcanbetackled.Somepeoplebelievemusicplaysanimportantroleinsociety,whileothersthinkitisonlyafromofentertainmentforindividuals.Discussbothviewsandgiveyourownopinion.Thereisnodoubtthatmusicisanimpor

35、tantelementinsocietyasitisthecombinationofartandculture.Musiccanbepleasant,exciting,relaxing,stimulatingormanyotherthings.Somepeoplejustlistentomusic,whileothersactivelyplaymusicandothersstillcanexperimentwiththeeffectsofmusic.Eachhumansocietyorcultureproducesitsownmusicalpieces,manyofwhicharedeeply

36、culturalandaresometimesplayedonuniquelyculturalinstruments,especiallytraditionalformsofmusic.Itisnoexaggerationtosaythatgoodmusiccanbecomeaninstanthitinthesocietyandmayevenbesuccessfulcross-culturalcommunicationandexchanges.Thebeautifulrhythmandalltoliveinharmonyinsociety.Beethoven'sChoralencour

37、agespeopletocareforeachothertoovercomeobstaclesinlifeandpursuehappiness.Becausemusicissodiverse,itcansatisfythedifferentneedsofdifferentpeopleatdifferenttimes.Musicisadeeplypersonalformofentertainment;SomeindividualsmanylikeclassicsuchasItalianorBeijing(Peking)operas(thelatterbeingeverypopularinChin

38、a)whereasothersturntopopmusic.SuperGirlhadmillionsofChinesegluedtotheirtelevisions.Ifellthatitisnotimportanttoarguewhethermusicisimportantforasocietyorsimplyasentertainmentforanindividual.Rather,whatissignificantisthatmusicworksaretheconsummationofasocietysartandculture.Frommusicwecangetenjoyment,an

39、dthroughmusicwedrawspiritualsatisfaction.inPeoplethinkthatahundredyearsago,thehumanracewassteadilyimprovingeveryareaoflife.Nowadays,thereisnocertaintyofthiscase.Inwhichareasdoyouthinkwehavemadeimportantprogressnowadays?Inwhichareasdoyouthinkwestillneedtomakeprogress?Wefrequentlylearnfromthehistorica

40、ldocumentthatenormousadvancehappenedalmosteachera:theRenaissancefromthefourteenthtothesixteenthcenturyandtheIndustrialRevolutionintheeighteenthcentury,thetwotypicalmovementsinhumanhistory,affectedthewholeworldinanunbelievableway.Nowadays,thepaceofdevelopmentofoursocietyseemstoslowdown.Howeverthisess

41、aywilltalkaboutthecrucialprogresshumanracehasmadeandfieldssupposedtobeimprovedmore.Firstofall,medialadvancehaschangedtheworldtoatotallynewface.Before,theaveragelifeexpectancyofpeoplewasonly30yearsorso,peopleoftendyingfromcommondiseaseslikefluanddiarrhea.Nowadays,however,threeorfourgenerationscanlive

42、happilytogether,withtheeldestonemorethen100,whichisneverfarandfewbetween.Thewholesomemedicalcarecaneasilycureevensomerarediseases.Also,thecurrentsocietyhaswitnessedhugeprogressinindustry.Thewholesalefood,clothesandcars,andhousesarealltypicalexamplesofthisimprovement.Also,itisnotstrangetoseeonlyonepe

43、rsonworkinginabigfactoryforthemachineshavereplacedpeopleinmanypositions.Theadvance,however,seemstoslowdownandalmostceaseinsomeareas.Forexample,environmentalproblemsareahugeheadachetobedealtwith.Weneedmoreadvancedmethodstohandletheenvironmentpollution,liketheozonehole,greenhouseeffect,etc.Inconclusio

44、n,progresswillbemoredifficulttomakeafterthedevelopmenthasalreadyreachedacertainlevel,bywhichIdonotmeanthisphenomenonisnegative.Onthecontrary,withthepastdevelopment,wecanlivebetternow.Soweshouldbegratefultothebenefitswehavealreadyattainedandfirmlybelievetherestillcanbeprogresstobemadeinfuture.Manypeo

45、pleareoptimisticaboutthe21stcenturyandseeitasanopportunitytomakepositivechangestotheworld.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagreewiththeiroptimistic?Whatchangeswouldyouliketoseeinthenewcentury?Thetwentiethcenturyhaswitnessedanenormousprogressinalmosteveryaspectofpeople'sdailylife,fromeconomytoculture,p

46、oliticstoscienceandtechnology,etc.Idobeliethe21stcenturyisancriticalopportunitytomakepositiveprogress.Similarly,Ialsoagreethatinsomefieldsweneedtomakeimprovement.Economymightbeoneoftheareasthatwehaveachievedamilestonein.Imagineusingsmokingsignals,carrierpigeonsorridesonhorsebacktosendanimportantmess

47、age.Centuriesagopeopleusedthemtocommunicate.Today,allapersonhastodoispickaphone.Nextcomescommunicationwhichislargelyfueledbytheever-increasingglobalization.Itisreportedthatthevolumeofworldtradehasincreased27timessince1950.Thiseconomicgrowthhasledtoahigherlevelofemploymentandstandardsoflivinginmanypl

48、aces.Forexample,thecoffeeshopchainservescoffeesfromallovertheworld.Byservingtheseproducts,theyaregivingdestitutefarmersaccesstonewmarketsandthusraisingtheirlivingstandards.Theshopsarealsoprovidingusawiderrangeofproductstochoosefrom.However,medicineandenergyaretwoareaswhereweshouldstillmakeprogress.T

49、akeAIDSasanexample,ithasbeenclaimingthousandsofliveseachyearsinceitfirstoccurredinthe1980s.Althoughpeopledohavesucceededinpreventingandcontrollingthevirus,theystillcannotgetridofthediseasethoroughly.Despitethefactthathumanbeingsaremovingforwardtoleadaprosperouslife,therearesomeaspectsweneedtoupgrade

50、.Fortunately,nationallovertheworldhavebeenenhancingtheircooperationandexchangesandIamconvincedthatthehumanracewillhaveapromisingfutureinthecomingyears.Somepeoplethinkgovernmentsshouldstopinvestinginspaceresearch.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?Overall,Idonotthinktheastronomicalsumofmoneyspentonspac

51、eresearchisjustified.Thefirstreasonisthatpartofthemoneyspentonspaceprogramsshouldbechanneledtosolutionstomorepressingsocialconcerns,suchastheAIDSepidemic,thesoaringcrimerate,andthewideninggapbetweenthewealthyandtheneedy.What'more,sofar,nospinoffsfromspaceprojectscanfullyjustifythehugeamountsofmo

52、neyinvestedinthem.Wehumanswouldbemuchbetteroffifcertainproportionsofthesumsthathavebeenallocatedtospaceexplorationcanbeallottedinsteadtosomeseriouslyunder-fundedfieldssuchastheimprovementofschoolsforthechildren,ofhospitalsfortheillandofcharitiesforthedeprived.Itrulywonderifthesupportersofspaceprogra

53、msareawarethatonesinglespacetoiletcoststhetaxpayersmorethan0.2millionUSdollars.Admittedly,itistruethatspacemissionssatisfyhumancuriosityaboutotherplanetsandtherocksbroughtbackbyastronautsmayserveusefulexperimentalpurposes,regardlessofhowodd-shapedtheyare.Also,weathersatellitestransmitweatherdatatoEa

54、rth,whichhelpsscientiststokeeptrackofextremeweatherconditionsandgivewarningsonnaturaldisasters.However,IbelievethetaskofthegovernmentistostrikeawisebalancebetweenthecompetingnecessitiesonEarthandintheouterspace.Clearly,thesearchforaliensshouldnotbepromotedattheexpenseofthesurvivalneedsofthemillionso

55、fhomelessorstarvinghumans.Somepeoplefeelthatentertainers(e.g.filmstars,popmusiciansorsportsstars)arepaidtoomuchmoney.Doyouagreeordisagree?Whichothertypesofjobshouldbehighlypaid?Iagreewiththeviewthatstarsintheentertainmentbusinessareusuallyoverpaid.Thisistruewhetherweareconsideringstarsoffilm,sportor

56、popularmusic,anditoftenseemsthattheamountofmoneytheyareabletoearninashorttimecannotpossiblybejustifiedbytheamountofworktheydo.Nowadays,professionalsfromotherfields,whomakeamuchgreatercontributiontohumansociety,arepaidsomuchlessthatitishardtodisagreewiththestatement.Teachers,nurses,laboratoryresearch

57、ersetc.areneverlistedamongthebest-paidprofessionals,yettheyaremoreimportanttoourwell-beingandourfuturethanthestarswhoearntheirfortunessoquickly.Ontheotherhand,itmaybetruethatitisonlythosewhoreachtheverytopoftheirprofessionwhocangetthesehugesalaries.Sothesizeofsalarythatstarsexpectiscloselylinkedtoth

58、ecompetitiontheyhavetoovercomeinordertoreachsuccess.Furthermore,themajorityofstarsdonotholdtheirtoppositionslong.Sportstarsandpopstars,forexample,aresoonreplacedbythenextyounger,moreenergetic,generation,whilethegoodlooksofmostfilmstarsquicklyfade.Sothisrelativelyshortworkinglifemaybesomejustificatio

59、nfortheveryhighpay.Tosumup,inspiteofthereasonswhichareobjective,Istillthinktheentertainmentstarsareoverpaid.Governmentsshouldtakemeasurestoshortenthegapbetweenthemandtheircounterpartswhomakethesamecontribution.Onlyinthisway,cantheworldbejustified.Somepeoplethinkweshouldkeepallthemoneyweearnandnotpaytaxtothestate.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?Somecitizensarguethatindividualsshouldstoppayingtaxestothegovernment.Idonotthinkthisis