2018年5月12日雅思大作文真题解析：艺术的重要性

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摘要：2018年5月12日的雅思写作真题来了，报名参加本场雅思开始的考鸭一定笑出声了，本期的写作大作文是在是太常见了。本期写作话题讨论的是：政府到底该不该在艺术方面投资?话题常见却不一定能写出高分，一起来看看唐老雅版的雅思写作大作文范文及详解吧。

2018年5月12日场的雅思写作大作文为2012年7月28日的写作原题重现，题目为：Some people think that art (such as painting and music) does not directly improve quality of people's life, so government should spend money on other areas. To what extent do you agree or disagree?作为一道比较常见的雅思写作真题，复习过的考鸭在考场上会淡定很多。但，话题虽常见却不一定能拿高分。本题的核心是：艺术不能直接改善人们的生活，那么政府应不应该在艺术方面投资？一起来看看唐老雅版的写作范文及思路详解吧。

那么，就这个问题，我们就可以展开讨论。如果认为这个说法很正确，考生就需要论证：(1)艺术的确不能直接改善人们的生活(甚至可能让人们的生活恶化);(2)政府的资金应该投向那些直接改善人们生活的领域(比如科技、教育、医疗等)。反过来，如果不同意这个说法，考生就需要论证：(1)艺术可以直接改善人们的生活(比如艺术可以给国家带来收入);(2)即使艺术不直接改善人们的生活，但艺术可以有其他很多功能(比如丰富人们精神生活，在危机时刻甚至可以将一个国家的所有人团结起来)。这样，这个题目其实就变成了讨论艺术的作用。

写作思路提示：本题的题目结构是“原因+结果”型，考生在论证时如果同意题目观点，需要同时对原因和结果表示支持并进行论证;如果不同意题目观点，则可以承认原因，但不承认结果(比如可以承认艺术的确不能直接改善人们的生活，但并不能因此就认为政府不该投资艺术，因为艺术还有其他很多重要的功能)，也可以对原因进行否定(比如认为艺术实际上可以直接改善人们生活)，然后对艺术的其他功能也进行论证。本题给我们的启示是：对题目中给出的原因和结果，我们不要急于去同意，而是要去看看这个原因是否正确，原因和结果之间是否存在必然的因果关系。这个角度给我们提供了批判性的思考机会。

以下请看这个批判思维是如何在高分范文中具体演绎出来的。

雅思写作7分范文

Though some art forms, one perfect example of which is Hollywood movies, can bring in huge revenues for the government, most arts, like painting and music, do not directly bear on our life. However, this does not follow that the government should not invest in such arts.

In the first place, even if arts, when compared with education, health care system, and technologies, do not help much with the material aspects of our life, they do have much to do with our emotional and spiritual life. In fact, if we admit that our happiness consists not only in material contentment but also in spiritual satisfaction, we will have to admit that our life could not do without arts. When we feel sad, we can stand in front of the smiling Monalisa and very soon we may recover from our sadness and regain our peace of mind; we when are happy, we can dance with a beautiful piece of music, which will multiply our happiness.

Besides, arts may have an even more important role to play in getting people of a troubled nation united as one and fight the problem they have. We all know how Winston Churchill’s powerful speech had encouraged British people to fight Nazis bravely in the Second World War, and how Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” had motivated African Americans to pursue the social justice they deserved in the Civil Rights Movement. Today, arts that have appeared right after 9/11 terrorist attack have in the same way effectively brought Americans together in face of the nightmare.

In summary, far from being illusionary and useless as some people might think, arts can be very important in our life, both to the individuals and to the nation as a whole. To maintain a healthy and robust society, therefore, the government should not marginalize the arts.