9月18日雅思大作文真題參考范文 |經(jīng)濟增長能否提高國民幸福度？

2021年9月18雅思大作文題目

Some experts suppose that when a country is already rich, any additional increase in economic wealth does not make its citizens happier. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

高分范文及解析

01

It is a cliché that happiness is not always proportional to wealth. However, does it mean that any materialistic achievement in a developed country can no longer make its people happier? The answer is apparently “No”.

解析

* 不算老的2020年1月老題重現(xiàn)。題目難點在于兩個關(guān)鍵詞：economic wealth 和 happiness 都太過寬泛且抽象，為了論述清楚，建議盡量具象化，降低難度。破題切入點還是在極端詞“any…does not…”，大概率站其對立面更好寫。需要注意的是，本題如果只寫經(jīng)濟增長常規(guī)帶來的好處和壞處，屬于偏題甚至跑題，所有的結(jié)果都要和人民的幸福指數(shù)掛鉤。

* proportional adj. 成比例的；相稱的

02

It is justifiable for some people to firmly believe that materialistic pursuits are less appealing in a rich nation. This can be attributed to either the fact that the wealth are largely likely to take higher incomes for granted since they are already affluent enough, or the fact that <長難句：either…or…的平行結(jié)構(gòu)引導同位語從句> the relatively poor may be even more dissatisfied and even resented for the reason that the improvement of a country’s economy usually does not diffuse to all areas equally, which thus widens the discrepancy in the standards of living between the rich and the poor. // However, such tension can in effect be prevented as long as government issues certain policies, such as adjusting the individual income tax rate according to citizens’ revenues.

解析

* 從另一個社會類話題“貧富差距”入手。讓步：財富增長分配到了富人手里，拉大貧富差距，居民幸福度下降；反駁：可以靠政策解決此矛盾，比如：加大富人稅收

* take sth. for granted 認為…理所當然的

* diffuse v. 散布；擴散

03

As a matter fact, behind an addition in economic growth are more potential gains, if the money is distributed more to the ones who live on a tight budget. The most conspicuous one is that the disparity in terms of materialistic background between the rich and the poor can be narrowed down. It is not a rare case that people’s dissatisfaction and grumble is not ascribed to the unsatisfactory living conditions but the uneven distribution of resources. In other words, it is due to the economic gap that those who live in metropolises often shun those in rural areas, whom they view as impoverished and backwards-thinking, and the latter resent the former as arrogant and out of touch. In this sense, the economic addition to the poor can to some extent bridge the divide.

解析

* 立論：財富增加在中低階層民眾身上，減少貧富差距。

* live on a tight budget 生活比較拮據(jù)

* shun vt. 故意避開

* out of touch 脫節(jié)

04

In a nutshell, even in an affluent country, an economic addition still conduces to improving citizens’ happiness as long as it is well-distributed.

解析

*【解析】重申觀點

*【conduce vi. 有助于…(~ to doing sth.)