雅思寫作A類大作文

類型

政府類

題目

Some people think governments should spend money on saving languages with fewer speakers from dying out completely. Others think this is a waste of financial resources.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinions.

范文解析

這是一道2011年的舊題，

文章結構

P1：引入話題+表明作者觀點，保護瀕危語言不是資源浪費

P2：對立觀點語言的消逝是一種自然的進程，將資金用在其他地方會更有實際意義

P3：語言不僅是為了交流，更承載了文化、知識和記憶，保護語言是保護文化多樣性

P4：語言更深層次的智慧

P5：總結重申作者觀點

高分話題表達（范文中已用紅色標注）

teeter on the brink of extinction

搖擺在滅絕的邊緣

dying tongues

滅絕的語言

subsidize

資助

a money waster

一個浪費錢的行為

be unstoppable artificially

不能被人為地阻止

money-consuming

消耗錢的

labor intensive

勞動密集的

ineffective and intangible

無效的和無形的

poverty alleviation

扶貧

language revitalization

語言復興

intertwined

錯綜復雜的

simply put

簡言之

revive a language

復興語言

culture diversity

文化多樣性

a wealth of wisdom

很多的智慧

capitalize on

利用

be committed to

致力于

雅思寫作原創范文

The more successful a country was economically, the more rapidly its languages were being losing and for these reasons and others, hundreds of languages are teetering on the brink of extinction and even become unfortunately extinct ones. However, the investment in protecting and preserving those dying tongues is to some extent not wasteful but necessarily worthwhile for government.

Compared with subsidizing the improvement of economy and education, funding the conservation of minority language appears to be a money waster. This is mainly because language death might be a natural part of the process of human cultural development and might be unstoppable artificially and because preventing it is not just money-consuming but labor intensive, an ineffective and intangible effort that may turn out to be meaningless. The money spent on unrewarding these activities, if invested in more significant undertakings such as poverty alleviation, AIDS combating, scientific research, etc., will be obviously beneficial to the general public and the whole society.

But this is not that simple. Financing language revitalization, on the other hand, is of cultural significance indeed and thus does worth the governments’ while. It is widely acknowledged that culture and language are undeniably intertwined and each language, more than just a means of communication, fully carries a unique culture and is the home of a nation’s mind, conveying the knowledge, thought and faith of its speakers. Simply put, when preserving and reviving a language even fewer people use, people protect the culture diversity and when losing a language, we lose a culture heritage.

Not only does reviving endangered languages financially preserve cultural diversity but it empowers humans to promote and progress in all fields. Containing an accumulated body of scientific knowledge, including about geography, mathematics, navigation, astronomy, and many more, every language is a wealth of wisdom from which future generations can fully capitalize on to spark thoughts, to solve different puzzles and problems and more importantly to develop further. In other words, without languages, there will be no knowledge on which a society relies to prosper. Therefore，being committed to preserving their dying tongues by different resources not just by money is what each governments and individuals should do.

To conclude, useless as it may seem, investing in minority language is beneficial to both culture and social cohesion rather than wasting money.

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