5月20日雅思大作文示范寫作 | 工作時(shí)間長(zhǎng)度是否與經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展程度成正比

2023年5月20日雅思大作文題目

Countries with long average working time are more economically successful, but they are also likely to suffer from negative social consequences. To what extent do you agree or disagree?(2023/05/20)

范文及解析

Introduction

It is assumed that countries with longer average working hours have higher level in terms of economic development, accompanied baneful influences on the whole society. I am not totally sold on such a statement with some of my reasons being clarified in the following essay. 

解析

2020年亞太曾考過的一道大作文題目；形式上是單邊觀點(diǎn)，但是需要注意此觀點(diǎn)包括兩個(gè)部分，需要同時(shí)全面回答更長(zhǎng)的工作時(shí)間是否帶來更好的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展以及會(huì)不會(huì)產(chǎn)生一些不好的社會(huì)影響；

? baneful adj.有害的；有毒的；使人苦惱的；

? be sold on sth 贊成某事；

Body 1

Working longer, as is argued by a group of people, catalyzes the economic prosperity of a country for extended working hours are more likely to better meet production requirements, generating more revenues for enterprises and the state. Personally, however, there is no clear correlation between the average working time of a country and the economic success level of it. Objectively, lying behind longer working hours is the low-down that labor forces in these countries are not as developed and efficient as that in others with respect to technologically prosperous productivity. Accordingly, longer working time can, in large part, fill the gaps for them, which indeed explains why working hour can never be a sound parameter for economic success. Instead, multiple contributing factors bear tight relevance to economic development, be they the level of education for employees or the proficiency in vocational skills.

解析

更長(zhǎng)的工作時(shí)間不一定與經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展水平成正比：

1. 工作時(shí)間長(zhǎng)可能是因?yàn)閯趧?dòng)力水平低工作效率低；

2. 經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的影響因素還很大程度包括勞動(dòng)力的受教育水平或者職業(yè)技能的高低；

? catalyze vt.催化；刺激，促進(jìn)；

? correlation n.相互關(guān)系，關(guān)聯(lián)；

? low-down n.內(nèi)幕；實(shí)情；

? sound adj.合理的，明智的，全面的，透徹的；

? parameter n.界限，范圍；參數(shù)，變量；

? bear relevance to 與…相關(guān)；

? proficiency n.熟練，精通；

Body 2

Indisputable is the fact that longer working time brings about a medley of ticklish social issues. Apart from depriving employees of their leisure time, working longer leaves less time for people to maintain a healthy lifestyle like taking regular physical exercise, leading to various health problems such as depression or obesity. In this case, these thorny issues will not only reduce people’s well-being and result in imbalance between work and life but also lower their working efficiency. To make matters worse, when profits can be maximized by working overtime, companies would lose their motivation to train their employees and improve their equipment, hindering the improvement of labor productivity.

解析

工作時(shí)間長(zhǎng)必定會(huì)帶來不良影響：

1. 剝奪人們的娛樂，休閑甚至鍛煉的時(shí)間而引起身體健康問題；

2. 企業(yè)也會(huì)無心于培養(yǎng)高素質(zhì)技能人才，阻礙整個(gè)社會(huì)生產(chǎn)力的發(fā)展；

? indisputable adj.不容置疑的，無可爭(zhēng)辯的；

? a medley of 一大堆…；一些；

? ticklish adj.不穩(wěn)定的；難對(duì)付的；

? deprive v.剝奪，使喪失；

? maximize v.使增加到限度；

? hinder v.阻礙，妨礙；

Ending paragraph

To recapitulate, working hours are not necessarily proportionate to economic achievements, while the detrimental effects brought by working overtime cannot be downplayed.

解析

? recapitulate vi.概括；重述要點(diǎn)；

? proportionate vt.使成比例；使相稱；

? detrimental adj.有害的，不利的；

? downplay v.對(duì)……輕描淡寫；輕視；

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