雅思写作语料库：高失业率国家应普及中学教育吗

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?有些国家失业问题很严重，因此对于那些没有希望找到工作的小学生就不用再提供中学教育了， 你在多大程度上同意这个观点?(2008年1月26日)

【相关考题】

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? 有人认为政府应该给公民的教育和医疗买单, 你在多大程度上同意这个观点? ?

【头脑风暴】

1. 日本、德国都是战败国，战后的迅速崛起很大程度上源自对于全民教育的重视。再穷不能穷教育，再苦不能苦孩子。

2. 1998年，朱镕基总理倡导“科教兴国”，足见教育对于国家未来的影响。国家之间的竞争本质上还是人才的竞争。

3. 如果高等教育可能培养的是社会精英，普及基础教育的利好就是提高国民基本素质。当更多的社会公民可以明辨是非、行为规范、自食其力、体面生存的时候，国家才会稳定繁荣。

【范文赏析】

〖首段〗 背景介绍 + 作家立场

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〗 普及中学教育对于个人的利好

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〗 普及中学教育对于国家的利好

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〗 普及中学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〗再次亮明观点

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.

【经典语料】

1. Education is one of the key words in one’s growth 教育是一个人成长中的关键词

2. will be deprived of 将会被剥夺

3. become the victim of adversity 成为逆境的牺牲品

4. finance = fund v subsidize v提供资金支持

5. the interests of all citizens 所有公民的利益

6. benefit their taxpayers maximally 最大程度上使纳税人受益

7. will become the beneficiary of 将成为……的受益者

8. come from humble family background 出身寒门

9. master the basic skills of earning a decent living 掌握体面谋生的技能

10. shake off poverty 摆脱贫困

11. to popularize secondary education 普及中学教育

12. greatly conduce to a country 对于国家有利

13. inject fresh vitality into the further mightiness of a nation 为国家的强大注入新鲜活力

14. providing citizens with schooling 为公民提供中小学教育

15. the governmental budget is tight当政府财政预算紧张的时候

16. a nation suffers from economic downtown 一个国家遭受经济低迷

17. law-abiding, well-behaved and patriotic social citizens 有守法意识，行为规范，有爱国情怀的社会公民

18. will improve the basic quality of a nation’s population 提高国民基本素质

19. it is the unshakable obligation of the government to do sth 政府做……是不可推卸的责任

20. make efforts in subsidizing education of all levels 努力支持各个层面的教育

【作者介绍】

薛鹏(雅思小鹏哥)，新东方网专栏作家，长春市作家协会会员。高中时代出版诗文集《选择坚强》，每年创作20万字原创语料库以及范文。吉林大学外国语言学及应用语言学硕士。17年英语教学经验 (7年新东方雅思托福SAT教学经历)，前长春新东方功勋教师，多次培训出雅思和托福高分学员(雅思写作8.0分，托福写作29分)。

爱生活，爱运动，爱音乐电影，爱旅行美食，爱读书摄影，更爱英语教学。20岁登上英语讲台，主讲英语万词速记课程。熟悉GRE、TOEFL、SAT、TEM、CET等各级别词汇教学。

大一时即在报刊杂志上主持“英语学习系列谈”以及“薛鹏教你学单词”等专栏。2006年获得“外研社/朗文杯”新概念背诵大赛吉林省赛区大学成人组冠军，全国总决赛大学成人组二等奖。

对于各类写作课程有精深研究，授课方式行云流水，妙语连珠，知识底蕴深厚，对学员极具有启迪性和激励性。

教学理念：Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.(教育不是注满一桶水，而是点燃一把火)

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