2月18日雅思大作文示范写作 | 政府是否该为医疗与教育买单

Some people say that government should pay for the health care and education but other people say that it is not the governments' responsibility. Discuss both views and give your own opinion. (2023/2/18)
范文及解析
Introduction
Education, the prime force for productivity, and sound medical care, the fundamental premise for a country’s stability, are supposed to be sponsored by the government, which is in contrast to the view that in no sense should the government be the primary responsibility taker.
解析
政府投资职能类话题，论述政府是否应该承担教育和医疗的费用，整体难度并不大，可以结合政府投资基本原则，讨论政府投资的好坏来进行论述；
Body 1
Citizens,as tax-payers, have been doing their bit to the nation. Therefore, as returned favors,the government, as the organizer and coordinator of the whole society, undertakes the due obligations and inescapable responsibilities to allot money to free healthcare and education. Furthermore,only with the government’s financial injection ,can citizens, especially the underprivileged ones, be reachable to medical care and cutting-edge knowledge. By this means, people afflicted with maladies can access efficacious treatments and all students benefiting from government subsidy are furnished with frontier knowledge. Ultimately, gratuitous medical care elevates citizens' health index and education fosters high-caliber talents in all walks of life,thereby constructing a harmonious and prosperous country.
解析
政府的税收应该取之于民用之于民：
（1）投资于医疗：解决看病难的问题，尤其是贫困阶层，从而提升人们对生活的满意度，保障社会和谐稳定；
（2）投资于教育：为社会各行各业培养高精尖人才，使得社会繁荣昌盛；
underprivileged n.弱势群体，贫困阶层；
cutting-edge adj. 领先的；
afflicted with v.受折磨；
malady n.疾病;
efficacious adj.有效的；灵验的;
be furnished with v. 配备有;
gratuitous adj.免费的;
elevate v.提升；
high-caliber adj.高水平的；高质量的
Body 2
Nevertheless, apportioning full responsibilities to governments is ludicrous. The masses are the direct beneficiaries of a full-fledged health-care and there are a medley of contributing factors for health problems, among which the chief culprit would be people’s unhealthy habits. For example, weak-willed people, yielding to the guilty pleasure of junk foods, can hardly refrain from the urge to order crunchy hamburgers. In this case, individuals should be held accountable for their health because the government cannot forcibly dictate how citizens live a life. Aside from health, neither should the government take full onus for education. Given the finite budget, the full responsibility engenders a hefty economic load on governments because other fields equally intertwined with our life standard and national security, namely environment, agriculture and military, also cannot not be downplayed. If the government covers all children’s tuition, the strides of these domains are bound to be stymied because of funding shortfalls, thus impairing overall national strength.
解析
让政府承担全部责任是很不现实的：
（1）个人也应该共同承担责任：完善的医疗的直接收益者是公众且很多身体健康问题是因为人们自身的不良习惯造成；
（2）政府的财政预算有限：过度依赖于政府财政资金投入医疗与教育会对政府造成很大经理压力；
apportion vt.分配，分派；分摊;
ludicrous adj.滑稽的；荒唐的;
full-fledged adj.全面发展的；
a medley of 混合的;各种各样的；
chief culprit 祸首;不好的事情的原因；
yielding adj. 易弯曲的；柔软的；
refrain v.克制，避免;
crunchy adj.硬脆的，松脆的；
dictate v.命令，规定；影响;
take full onus for v.承担全部责任;
engender v.产生，引起;
hefty adj.高大健壮的，笨重的；
downplay v.对……轻描淡写；轻视，贬低;
stride n.大步；步幅
stymie vt.阻挠，妨碍
Conclusion
To recapitulate, healthcare and education do deserve financial support from governments but simultaneously individuals, in order to keep healthy and mitigate country’s fiscal stress, also should have a shared obligation.
解析
总结前文,表明立场。
recapitulate  v.综述；总结