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關。如何定義政府則原命題不成立？例如：政府是致力于實現(xiàn)人類長久發(fā)展的機構。

（2）政府產(chǎn)生的過程和換屆選舉的機制是否會導致政府更傾向于處理眼前的事情？為什么？是否因為處理好眼前的事情更有利于政府迎合民意、贏得選票？

（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、抗震救災等。

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

（5）你認為政府應該基于哪幾個因素來衡量和平衡眼前和未來的需求？你能列舉幾個嗎？例如：民眾的基本權利的保障、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：

曾經(jīng)有一個時期，我們的先輩過度開發(fā)自然資源去推動經(jīng)濟發(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：

當不斷增長的人口的吃飯問題被認為是最緊急的，人們清除了大片的森林，而沒有預料到沙漠化有一天會成為嚴重的問題；當為經(jīng)濟發(fā)展提供能源被認為是應該被最優(yōu)先處理的問題時，人們過度開發(fā)了地球的自然資源，而沒有預料到能源短缺和環(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.