托福写作解析:Arts or environment

　　Topic：Arts or environment?

　　A company is going to give some money either to support the arts or to protect the environment. Which do you think the company should choose? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

　　参考分析：

　　选择哪一个都可以。只要列举出两三个sound reasons。并且要在作文中提及另外一个选择的好处，以显示“考虑周全”。

　　需要考虑的至少有两点：

　　企业花钱，当然要考虑input-output ratio。投入哪一个活动中，公众效应更加明显?

　　社会作为受体，哪一个活动将对社会有更多的实际好处?

　　参考范文：

　　将钱投入在保护环境上

　　(1)保护环境，有利于人民的健康

　　(2)保护环境，能够更好地促进商业发展。

　　(3)公司将钱投入到环境上，能够提高自己的名声，更好的获得利益

　　Frankly speaking, both arts and environment are important to human being. However, if I were the CEO of a company, I would rather give the money to protect the environment than to support the arts. Because environment protection is quite urgent and matters the future of our globe, while arts is a continuous process to improve the quality of life.

　　First of all, environment protection is very urgent. Global warming is becoming more and more serious. Many spices are dying, the ice in South Pole is melting, and many rivers are being contaminated. Now it is time for us to do something to save our earth and our own future.

　　Secondly, environment protection is very important for all, including human being, plants, animals and the Earth. When I was a little boy, I often played in the river that is located beside my village. The water was so clean that we could just drink it directly. There were also many kinds of fishes in the river. It was such a beautiful place that I often played for a whole day. Now things are totally different, the water became brown in color due to pollution from factories, very few fishes can live there. Those small children can never enjoy the fun that I once did.

　　Thirdly, the art is a continuous process to improve the quality of life, which is not as urgent as environment protection. In addition, there are many ways by which funds can be raised for arts, such as exhibitions and auctions of artistic works. Environment protection needs money more urgently than arts do.

　　Although both arts and the environment are important, I prefer to give the money to support environment protection, due to the three reasons mentioned above.