劉文勇GRE寫作百日題庫 Day 19

Day 19 Governments should focus on solving the immediate problems of today rather thanon trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future

Governments should focus on solving the immediate problems of today rather than on trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.

五問：

（1）政府的功能是什么？如何定義政府將使原命題成立？例如：政府是解決民眾迫切需求的行政機(jī)關(guān)。如何定義政府則原命題不成立？例如：政府是致力于實(shí)現(xiàn)人類長久發(fā)展的機(jī)構(gòu)。

（2）政府產(chǎn)生的過程和換屆選舉的機(jī)制是否會導(dǎo)致政府更傾向于處理眼前的事情？為什么？是否因?yàn)樘幚砗醚矍暗氖虑楦欣谡厦褚狻②A得選票？

（3）你能具體地舉例說說政府眼前的事情有哪些嗎？例如：舉辦體育賽事、抗震救災(zāi)等。

（4）你能具體地舉例說說政府有哪些值得關(guān)注的長遠(yuǎn)大計(jì)嗎？例如：縮小貧富差距、消除貧困、實(shí)施可持續(xù)發(fā)展戰(zhàn)略等。

（5）你認(rèn)為政府應(yīng)該基于哪幾個(gè)因素來衡量和平衡眼前和未來的需求？你能列舉幾個(gè)嗎？例如：民眾的基本權(quán)利的保障、對國家具有全局意義、可持續(xù)發(fā)展的未來走向。

翻譯練習(xí)：

曾經(jīng)有一個(gè)時(shí)期，我們的先輩過度開發(fā)自然資源去推動經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展，完全不顧將來可能會出現(xiàn)的不良后果。如今，我們面臨著環(huán)境污染及能源枯竭等日益嚴(yán)重的問題。于此最重要的是，這些都是只能被改善而無法完全被糾正的問題，至少在短期之內(nèi)不可能。

參考答案：

There was a time when our predecessors excessively exploited natural resources to push economic development, in total disregard of the harmful consequences that may arise in the long run. Nowadays, we are faced with such increasingly serious problems as environmental pollutions and fossil energy depletion. What's most important about this is that these are all problems that can only be ameliorated but never be totally redressed, at least not in a short time.

翻譯練習(xí)：

當(dāng)不斷增長的人口的吃飯問題被認(rèn)為是最緊急的，人們清除了大片的森林，而沒有預(yù)料到沙漠化有一天會成為嚴(yán)重的問題；當(dāng)為經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展提供能源被認(rèn)為是應(yīng)該被最優(yōu)先處理的問題時(shí)，人們過度開發(fā)了地球的自然資源，而沒有預(yù)料到能源短缺和環(huán)境污染在將來會成為棘手的問題。

參考答案：

When feeding the expanding population was perceived as most urgent, people cleared large tracts of forest, not expecting desertification to become a serious problem one day; and when providing energy for economic development was perceived as the foremost issue to be dealt with, people excessively exploited Earth's natural resources, not anticipating energy deficiency and environmental pollution to become tough problems in the future.