2017年9月21日
雅思大作文題目
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Some people think that governments should do more to make their citizens eat a healthy diet. Others believe that individuals must take responsibility for their own diet and health. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
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本題是政府類話題， 題型是雙邊討論型， 是2014年7月19日的舊題翻版。
唐老師建議， 作文練習的時候， 多做2014年下半年和2015年上半年的真題，
關於飲食健康（healthy diet）的問題， 到底該誰負責呢？
有些人認為政府應該擔負更多責任， 有些人則覺得飲食問題應該由個人負責。
因此， 在飲食健康方面， 政府和個人都應擔負各自的責任， 很難說哪個應該擔負更多責任。
老師筆記
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A healthy diet is an extremely important part of our life. Now the question is: Who should take more responsibilities for our healthy diet? As diet is both a public affair and a personal choice, I would suggest that the government and individuals have equal share of responsibilities for a healthy diet.
健康的飲食是我們生活中極其重要的一部分。 現在的問題是：誰應該為我們的健康飲食承擔更多的責任？由於飲食既是公共事務， 也是個人選擇， 我會建議政府和個人對健康飲食承擔同等責任。
解析
（1）本段用一個提問引出觀點。
（2）public affair 公共事務
（3）personal choice 個人選擇
（4）share 份額
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Many people might argue that what to eat is a matter of personal preference, so it is people themselves who should try to make sure what they eat is healthy. In the supermarket, for instance, people should purchase fresh food and fruits and avoid buying expired food no matter how cheap it might be. When they dine out in restaurants, they should choose those that provide clean and healthy food rather than those that sell cheap food. Furthermore, if one is overweight, he/she could choose to avoid eating high calories food like bananas, chocolates, and sea food. Anyway, this line of thought would think that individuals are fully responsible for eating food that is healthy to their health.
解析
(1) 本段論述飲食健康中的個體責任。
(2) a matter of personal preference 個人喜好問題
(4) expired food 過期食品
(5) overweight 超重的
(6) high calories food 高熱量食品
(7) this line of thought 這條思路
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Yet, rather than a simply personal issue, food is always also a social issue in terms of its production,distribution and consumption. In this sense, the government has a significant role to play in making sure that food on its citizens’ table is healthy. On the one hand, the government should make strict laws and regulations to ensure the quality of food produced and sold in market. On the other hand, the government should also avail of every opportunity to educate its citizens about the types of food they should eat to stay healthy.
然而， 食品不僅僅是一個簡單的個人問題， 它在生產、分配和消費方面也往往是一個社會問題。 從這個意義上說， 政府在確保其公民桌上食品健康方面應該發揮重要作用。 一方面， 政府應制定嚴格的法律法規， 確保生產和銷售的食品的品質。
解析
(1) 本段論述飲食健康中的政府責任。
(2) in terms of 在......方面
(3) distribution 分配
(4) consumption 消費
(5) esure 確保
(6) avail of... 利用......
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To sum up, in order for our food to be healthy, both individuals and the government have their share of, though different, responsibilities. A healthy diet would only be possible with the efforts made by both individuals and the government.
總之， 為了使我們的食物健康， 個人和政府都有各自不同的責任。 只有個人和政府一起努力， 健康的飲食才有可能。