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More and more women go out to work. It is the responsibility of government to provide staff and facilities for children of working mother, free of charge. To what extent do you agree or disagree.
为什么说这个题目凶险,原因如下:
本题共有3句话,第一句交待背景,可有可无,基本和题干无关,可以直接忽略。第三句用于指定写作类型(essay 还是 report),也没啥新意,同样可以忽略。因此,焦点在于第二句:It is the responsibility of government to provide staff and facilities for children of working mother, free of charge.
从第二句话中,我们可以把题干剥离出来。这个题干划定了几个讨论层次,分别是:
1、whether should it be the responsibility of government to provide staff and facilities for children of working mother, free of charge?
2、whether should these staff and facilities be provided for children of working mother, free of charge
3、whether should these staff and facilities be provided freely?
因此,答案的讨论必须严格限定在以下范畴:
1、staff and facilities for children,中的child,根据柯林斯词典的释义,A child is a human being who is not yet an adult。也就是说,staff and facilities for children 涵盖了从幼儿园到小学到中学的整个阶段。如果写作时只谈及幼儿园,死定!只谈及小学,死定!只谈及中学,死定!
2、for children of working mother,限定为职业女性的小孩,如果写作时只谈论向母亲(而不是有工作的母亲)提供这些staff and facilities,死定!
3、free of charge,这是一个关键点:因为本题讨论范围涵盖从幼儿园到中学,而在全球绝大部分国家,小学、初中(发达国家甚至到高中)属于义务教育,本来就是免费的,而幼儿园则无一例外属于非义务教育,是收费的。所以,写作时必须针对不同情况予以区分,分别进行论述。
综上所述,我本人的答案大致是这样的:
Currently, an increasing number of people are concerned about the issue of if it should be the government’s duty to offer education services freely for career women’s kids. To me, I mainly agree that governments should be responsible for providing obligatory education for all children aged from 6 to 18, no matter whether their mothers are working or not, without any charge; while the free day-care services for kids under 6 of working mother should not be included.
It is obvious that in the vast majority of countries worldwide …… 本段讨论全球范围内,义务教育阶段都是免费的,因此职业女性的小孩必定能接受免费教育,这本来就是政府的义务,不容置疑。
However, that is not to say that nursery services are related to the domain of obligatory education. In fact, …… 本段讨论幼儿园不属于义务教育,因此政府没有义务免费提供这一服务给任何家庭,包括职业女性家庭。
Moreover, …… 本段进一步讨论职业女性外出工作,本身能够创造收入,因此有足够能力支付幼儿园的收费。For example, 这里举例说某女性外出工作收入5000元,只需支付1000元用于幼儿园,还有4000净收入,完全没有理由要求政府提供这方面的免费服务。
In sum, …… 总结说明,政府的责任仅在于提供免费的义务教育,不包括学前教育,而职业女性有足够能力支付该费用,因此不成问题。
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