海外大学教师谢振礼原创猫头鹰议论文

真题回忆：2012年5月26日中国雅思考区大作文(Essay Topic):

Some people argue that the government should support funding for the arts, while some other people suggest that the money should be used for public health and education. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience.

猫头鹰吹牛：

辩论这个问题的背景应该是政府缺库银，所以才没有多余的经费来资源艺术的发张，情不得已只能把开支重点放在公共医疗与教育。如此说来，这只不过是政府一时的财务不足，不见得是刻意长久忽视艺术。

猫头鹰实验议论文强调【造句与论证】。造句部分请网友检验谢振礼老师的实验范文。论证之前立即要想出一个立场来回答试题。作为主题的立场总要一个焦点，如此才可以缩小话题，避免跑题。本文的焦点是艺术的经济利益。就生意论生意，政府资助艺术也很划算，不必认为是浪费公款。考生可以独立自定立场，独立自定焦点，因为这是独立写作，不是引导写作（如Task 1或一般的翻译考试）。

个人的立场是在经济不景气的时代照样支持艺术的发展。这可不是标准答案--根本没有标准答案。评分考官并不预定标准答案。提分要领是英文造句与逻辑论证，与立场的错对无关。写得好就对。

如果立场是支持艺术，建议烤鸭不要攻击教育与医疗的经费。如果反对政府资助艺术，这当然也不无道理，可是无需过分为难艺术活动，缺乏库银是另外一回事，不能咬定艺术无用，除非考生有把握证明。

本文是实验范文，不是标准范文。仅供网友参考答题方式之一。

》猫头鹰的思路：

第一段起：申论主题。作者答题的立场是希望政府继续重视艺术活动，因为有利于经济。这个立场就成为这一篇议论文的主题。

第二段承和第三段转：支持这个主题（立场），提出论证--理由，例子，细节。这是主体两段的内容。

第四段合：重申论主题。

大纲（Outline）》起承转合

起--3句话：主题--investing in the arts is good for economy
承--6句话：论证--opposing government funding for the arts
转--6句话：论证--supporting governmentfunding for the arts
合--3句话：论证--investing in the arts is good for economy

Essay》谢振礼范文：
OWL Example Writing
By Jeenn Lee Hsieh
ielts360toefl@hotmail.com

Making the investment in the arts is good for economy, thus improving everyone's quality of life. As public resources are drying up, it is easy to explain why the budget blueprint sharply decreases funds for supporting the arts and why the money should be used for public health and education. Nevertheless, if money exactly being the issue, it makes business sense for the government to stabilize funds for the arts for everybody's well-being.

Some people argue that public funds should not be used to support private tastes, meaning the arts. As can be expected, reducing government funds for the arts ought to be an inevitable measure to deal with the exploding deficits because of the recent recession. Based on this view, it behooves the government to focus public resources on the country's highest priorities--public health and education, as well as national defense and social security. This opinion seems to claim that the arts are not the government's business. A typical question is asked: "What role can the arts play in these financially difficult times?" Or rather, "what are the arts for in an age of austerity?"

The answers to these questions may be found in the economic context of a modern country. In fact, a case can be made that it pays to support government funding for the arts, if only for economic benefits. Given that the arts are not as valued as public health and education, the arts industry can help reactivate economy in terms of jobs and growth. If economy is about business and employment, the arts are in the interests of people's general well-being. Accordingly, there needs to be a shift to understanding that artists and arts group are essentially entrepreneurs and small businesses that make contributions to society in the fields of the visual and performing arts. That is to say, government-funded arts programs have a "ripple effect" on the country's economic landscape.

The economic value of the arts cannot be overemphasized particularly in financially hard times because it provides a strong sense of community. Indeed, it is the big shared experience through concerts and theaters and so on, altogether healing perhaps those wounded souls in an economic slowdown. The arts as business must go as usual with government funds so that people can feel more healthy and educated. (Essay created by Jeenn Lee Hsieh, Online Writing Lab)