双边类大作文，政府类话题
Some people think the government funding should not be used for supporting art and culture, others think supporting cultural activities may be beneficial for the population and the culture. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
题目来源：2018年4月7日大陆雅思大作文
题目大意
一些人认为政府的投资不应该用来支持艺术和文化，另一些人认为支持文化活动会对人们和文化有益处。讨论双方观点并给出个人意见。
思路解析
这是一道双边类大作文，讨论政府应不应该投资艺术的问题。因为是双边类讨论，所以我们在主干需要分别对两方观点进行讨论。
首先我们要清楚，讨论政府投资，都要先明确三件事，政府有没有能力做这个投资；投资这个是否有用；以及投资这个项目的紧迫性。
其次，马斯洛需求理论告诉我们，人们肯定是先满足生存和温饱问题，其次再考虑精神追求。而艺术和文化是属于精神层面的需求。
所以，想明白这两点，月半鸭这就带大家一起来梳理下支持和不支持的原因分别是什么。
先说不支持的原因。如果一个政府是属于欠发达或者贫穷的地区，那么他的首要任务是需要满足人们的基本生活需求，发展当地的经济。艺术不能直接改善人们的生活，且投资艺术文化是需要耗费很多费用的，而诸如农业、工业、教育、医疗对于满足民生和改善人们生活条件的直接作用更大。因此，对于这些国家政府来说，应该把有限的资金和精力，投资在对国家的经济发展和满足人们的基本生活更有帮助的产业上。
再来看支持的原因。对于个人来说，艺术和文化能够丰富人们的精神生活；对于政府来说，投资文化和艺术，培养出更多艺术家以及建造更多的博物馆等设施。一方面能够进行文化输出，进而展现当地的魅力和形象。另一方面能够促进旅游业发展，创造更多的就业岗位，拉动经济增长。所以，如果一个国家政府有足够的资金，投资文化和艺术对于当地和人们是有好处的。
提纲
高分范文示例
People have divergent opinions as towhether the government should financially support art and culture. Somepeople think it could bring benefits to the society while others believe not.Personally, governments should allocate money on culture and art if theireconomic conditions allow.
It is reasonable to assume that investing in art and culture may have some drawbacks, especially for those unprivilegedcountries. It is true that art cannot enhance people’s living standarddirectly. If an underdeveloped country allocates large proportions of budget onart while neglecting people’s basic needs, its citizens may find it hard tolive a decent life. For example, they may lack the ability to provide access tomedical care and education. Hence, disadvantaged residents may be unable toenjoy long life expectancy and could not find satisfying occupations to supportthemselves.
However, investing funds in art and culturealso has its advantages for both individuals and the society. Firstly, artsprovide people with entertainment and yield various psychological rewards, suchas relief from stress. As a matter of fact, people’s well-being is not onlyabout the material contentment but also the spiritual satisfaction. Moreattention to art and culture can meet people’s spiritual needs, and enrichtheir cultural life. Then, as for the society, prosperous culture is also asign of a civilized city. A culturally rich environment will attract moretourists, which will bring huge profits to local residents as they can boosttourism and create more job opportunities.
As far as I am concerned, despite somepotential drawbacks for underdeveloped countries’ allocating subsidies on artand culture, it has more benefits in investing them provided they areeconomically allowed.
