劉文勇GRE寫作百日題庫 Day 12

Day 12 Governments should offer a free university education to any student who has beenadmitted to a university but who cannot afford the tuition

Governments should offer a free university education to any student who has been admitted to a university but who cannot afford the tuition.

Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing the policy and explain how these consequences shape your position.

五問：

（1）政府“應(yīng)當(dāng)做”與政府“能做”是一個概念嗎？你能否列舉一兩件政府想做卻做不到的事情？例如：消除貧困、讓所有人都能看得起病。

（2）如果真的執(zhí)行話題中的建議，有什么好處？有什么壞處？這些好處和壞處，你會如何取舍？好處是可以提高全民教育水平，使得人才不被埋沒；壞處是會提高財政支出，影響其他方面的支出，還可能會導(dǎo)致教育更加不公平，被一些“有心之人”鉆空子。

（3）政府是什么？政府能做什么？政府是一個維護(hù)和實現(xiàn)特定公共利益的國家行政機關(guān)。它應(yīng)當(dāng)保證效率還是保證公平？還是兩者兼顧？

（4）大學(xué)教育是通才教育還是專才教育？大學(xué)的種類有何不同？要保證社會公平，應(yīng)該將精力花在通才教育上還是專才教育上？

（5）我們更應(yīng)該將教育視作一種商品，還是一個保證社會公平的途徑？抑或是二者兼而有之？這將如何影響你的判斷？

翻譯練習(xí)：

因為來自一個貧窮的小城鎮(zhèn)，我自己就認(rèn)識很多青少年，尤其是女孩，因為經(jīng)濟困難被迫放棄大學(xué)。為了給她弟弟省錢，我最好的朋友被父母切斷了經(jīng)濟支援（ cut off financially），再也沒能進(jìn)入大學(xué)，盡管她在學(xué)校的表現(xiàn)要比她的弟弟優(yōu)秀得多。我看到她一個人默默地哭泣卻沒有任何方式可以安慰她。如果給她一個機會，我相信她可能已經(jīng)成為某個領(lǐng)域的人才。

參考答案：

Coming from a poor small town, I myself have known many teenagers, especially girls, who were forced to drop university due to financial difficulty. In order to save money for her younger brother, my best friend was cut off financially by their parents and never entered university despite the fact that she was much more excellent in school than her brother. I saw her crying silently alone yet couldn't comfort her by any means. If she were given the chance, I'm sure she could have become a talent in certain field.