真题回放：Nowadays, most countries improve the standard of livingthrough economic development, but some social values are lost as a result.Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
名师点评：说随着经济的发展，人们生活水平的提高，一些社会价值观也渐渐丧失了。问你发展经济，提高人民生活水平的利弊关系。这是一道典型的观点类题目，无论是选用一边倒结构还是对称式结构，都要给出自己的opinion，到底是利大于弊还是弊大于利。就这篇文章来看，利大于弊的观点更符合普遍的价值观。
第一段：It is undeniable that rapid economic development would lead tosome side effects including the loss of social values. However, theseproblems cannot cover the outstanding achievements.As far as I amconcerned, advantages of economic development and its disadvantages willcoexist for a long time.首段通常都是介绍背景，给出自己观点。
第二段：理由可以试着从以下几个角度切入：在任何国家，只有发展经济，民众的生活水平才能得到改善与提高，这是物质文明。社会价值观属于精神文明。物质文明又是精神文明的基础。
In almost every nation of the world, economic progress is the basis. Forinstance, due to its powerful economy and the high living standard of thepeople , the citizens of United States could have high level of social welfareand they enjoy free medical care and free education. Even the poorest peoplein the States could get the social insurance, which ensures their impossibilityto get starved. Take China as another example. During the years of socialreform, the manufacturing industry has been improved a lot and theinternational trade in China was vigorous. Most multinational companies areinvesting in the country so that the citizens in China would have moreopportunities to get a good job and their living standards would be higher.
第三段：然而随着物质文明的发展，也产生了精神文明的缺失，这一点是不可忽视的。尤其是在发展中国家，人们变得越来越拜金，容易堕落，关系冷漠。
On the other hand，with the rapid development of economy，the socialvalues are losing day by day. Especially in some developing countries, somesevere situations would occur. For example, in some Asian countries, theproblem of illegal prostitutes is becoming more serious，which would meetthe needs of some businessmen. Other social values have been lost as well.For instance, in the business world, the colleagues are not cooperative asbefore; instead the competition makes them to be enemies. As a result, therelationship of the people in the society is much worse than that in the past.Money-oriented society is a formidable thing. And the consequence of that ismore than the loss of social values.
第四段：结尾段，重申自己的观点，做到首尾呼应。经济发展是不可逆的时代潮流，但我们应该采取措施解决社会价值丧失的问题这样才能建设和谐社会。
Economic development is the tide of our times. It cannot be reversed andmost people welcome this trend. But meanwhile we are still the victims ofthat. As to the advantages and disadvantages of economic development, Iwould say they are almost equal and it is a sociology question and more workshould be done to get the answer
2010年2月20日雅思A类写作议论文及点评
雅思(IELTS)考试 更新：2010-2-25 编辑：lo7ely
Many countries aim to improve living standard by economicdevelopment, but some important social values are lost as a result. Do youthink the advantages of economic development outweigh the disadvantages? It is definitely true that economic development would lead to some by-products including the loss of social values but these problems cannot coverthe outstanding achievements. I think advantages of economic developmentand disadvantages of that will coexist for a long time.
Economic progress is the basis of all the nations in the world. UnitedStates is the most advanced country and the living standard of the people inthat country is very high. The citizens could have high level of social welfareand they enjoy free medical care and free education. Even the poorest peoplein the States could get the social insurance, which ensures their impossibilityto get starved. Take China as another example. During the years of socialreform, the manufacturing industry has been improved a lot and the
international trade in China was vigorous. Most multinational companies areinvesting in the country so that the citizens in China would have moreopportunities to get a good job and their living standards would be higher. But one thing we could not ignore is that the social values are losing dayby day. Especially in some developing countries, as they are developingeconomy, some severe situations would occur. For example, in some Asiancountries, more and more illegal prostitutes appear, which would cater to theneeds of some businessmen, who would use sex as a means of negotiation. Insome developed countries, the same thing happened again. Tiger Woods is atypical example. He is a wealthy guy, but he is not loyal to his wife and hehad the affairs with the lots of women. The other examples could be found inNBA even in the political world. Bill Clinton, the former president of theUnited State, came across the similar problem. So we could get the idea thateconomic accumulation would cause to people to seek other undesirableexcuse to obtain satisfaction. Step by step, the values could collapse. Othersocial values have been lost as well. For instance, in the business world, thecolleagues are not cooperative as before; instead the competition makes themto be enemies. As a result, the relationship of the people in the society ismuch worse than that in the past. Money-oriented society is a formidablething. And the consequence of that is more than the loss of social values.
The trend of economic development cannot be reversed and most peoplewelcome it much. And disadvantages of economic development, I would saythey are almost equal and it is a sociological question and more work shouldbe done to access the answer.
许多国家的目标，以改善生活水平的经济发展，但一些重要的社会价值观念因此而丢失。你认为经济发展的优势大于劣势？
这是绝对正确的经济发展会带来一些副产品包括社会价值上的损失，但这些问题不能掩盖的杰出成就。我觉得经济发展和缺点，将长期共存的时间优势。
经济发展是所有国家在世界上的基础。美国是最发达的国家和在该国人民的生活水平是非常高的。公民可以对社会福利水平高，他们享有免费医疗和免费教育。即使在美国最贫穷的人可以得到社会保险，确保他们不可能得到饿死。又例如中国。在社会改革以来，制造业已改善了很多，在中国国际贸易活跃。大多数跨国公司都在该国投资，以便在中国公民将有更多机会得到一份好工作，他们的生活水平会更高。
不过，有一点我们不能忽视的是，社会价值观正在失去与日俱增。
特别是在一些发展中国家，因为它们发展经济，一些严重的情况可能发生。例如，在一些亚洲国家，越来越多的非法妓女出现，这将迎合一些商人，谁作为谈判手段性的需要。在一些发达国家，同样的事情再次发生。老虎伍兹是一个典型的例子。他是一个富有的人，但他不忠于他的妻子和他同许多妇女的事务。其他的例子可以发现，即使在NBA，在政治的世界。比尔克林顿，联合国前国家主席，遇到了类似的问题。因此，我们可以得到经济积累的想法会导致人们寻求其他不良的借口，得到满意。一步一步，该值可能崩溃。其他社会价值已失去良好。例如，在商业世界，同事不是像以前的合作，而是以竞争使他们成为敌人。因此，在社会的人民的关系比以往更差。货币型社会是一项艰巨的事情。并且那后果是比损失更多的社会价值。
在经济发展的趋势不能得到扭转，多数人对此表示欢迎了。和经济发展的劣势，我不认为他们是几乎相等，这是一个社会学问题和应做更多的工作访问的答案。
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虽然免不了有文字上的错误，但是从观点的论证上来看由于引用了非常多的实例而使得经济建设的优缺点都被阐述的相当清楚且掷地有声。而在语言的运用上也基本符合英语文章的行文要求，用词准确恰当的表述了作者的观点。是一篇相当有借鉴意义和模仿功能的范文。
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