4月21日雅思大作文示范寫作 | 政府和個(gè)人花太多錢在節(jié)日上？

2022年4月21日雅思大作文題目

In some countries, too much money is spent by both the government and individuals on national festivals, such as New Year. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

高分范文及解析

Introduction

Do both authorities and citizens allocate too many budgets to certain activities on traditional festivals? I can hardly endorse this. 

解析

新題，但是從national festivals, such as New Year上可以看出來，觀點(diǎn)可以與“文化”掛鉤。此外，審題時(shí)需注意：(1) 觀點(diǎn)要同時(shí)覆蓋政府和個(gè)人兩方面；(2) 是否是“過多的”開銷；(3) 本題討論是否存在這個(gè)現(xiàn)象，而非是否“應(yīng)該”存在這個(gè)現(xiàn)象，因此推導(dǎo)原因：即出于什么原因看，有無過度開銷，不能寫這么做會(huì)帶來什么利弊

? endorse vt. （正式）贊同，認(rèn)可，支持

Body 1

Admittedly, both the government and individuals do allot certain revenues to celebrating national festivals. Religious and traditional activities, be they New Year's Gala or firework displays, are arranged by some nations and have long been a convention, even though the pandemics have impacted in recent years and required an enormous amount of expenditure. In this sense, some may assert that the money spent on national festivals should have been saved for the development of other fields more related to citizens’ basic survival. / Besides, such festivals are certainly regarded as times for celebration by individuals, who often take this as a good excuse to spend extra money on entertainment, especially when there are promotions or discount activities in shopping malls during festivals.// However, such spending is far from being ‘too much’ as long as both parties are rational enough. 

解析

讓步：(1) 政府每年都會(huì)支出部分預(yù)算，舉辦各種傳統(tǒng)風(fēng)俗活動(dòng)，哪怕是在近幾年疫情影響下；(2) 個(gè)人層面，特殊節(jié)日時(shí)期，商場會(huì)推出促銷活動(dòng)，而人們往往會(huì)以“節(jié)日特殊”為由，花費(fèi)更多//反駁：這些開支并不過度，只要政府和個(gè)人理性做決定

? revenues n.[U] 收益，收入

? pandemic n.[C] [大范圍廣泛地區(qū)或全球性的]流行病，大流行病，瘟疫

? should have been done [語法] 應(yīng)該做但是沒有做

? excuse n.[C] [辯解的]理由

? promotion n.[C] [產(chǎn)品的]促銷，推銷

Body 2

As a matter of fact, most authorities and individuals allocate their incomes to traditional activities properly. A responsible state usually takes every foreseeable factor into consideration based on the scenarios that year and arranges the budgets reasonably. Meanwhile, as those festivals feature diverse historical and cultural customs, a nation, with globalisation progressing, needs them to celebrate its cultural brilliance and magnificence to make a distinction from other countries./ Regarding individuals, who normally suffer from heavy working pressure, have the freedom to recharge their batteries during national holidays, and we should believe that a wise mature adult will never purchase blindly and render him or herself lost in debts simply owing to festival celebration.

解析

立論：(1) 負(fù)責(zé)任的政府會(huì)考慮當(dāng)年的具體情況，合理規(guī)劃財(cái)政支出，同時(shí)政府需要利用這些節(jié)日來傳承背后的傳統(tǒng)文化和民族身份，尤其在當(dāng)今全球化背景下；(2) 個(gè)人需要利用節(jié)日假期來娛樂，釋放壓力，且成熟的成年人也不會(huì)因?yàn)楣?jié)日而盲目消費(fèi)，導(dǎo)致債臺高筑

? foreseeable adj. 可預(yù)見到的

? feature vt. 以…為特色，是…的特征

? brilliance n.[U] 明亮，燦爛

? magnificence n.[U] 壯麗,宏偉;壯觀;輝煌

? make a distinction 有差別

recharge one’s batteries 休息[放松]以恢復(fù)精力

Conclusion

In light of the above, neither the government nor individuals spend too much on national festivals.

解析

重申觀點(diǎn)