2017年11月4日雅思写作大作文高分原创范文：保护濒危语言

雅思写作A类大作文

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题目

Some people think governments should spend money on saving languages with fewer speakers from dying out completely. Others think this is a waste of financial resources.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinions.

范文解析

这是一道2011年的旧题，

文章结构

P1：引入话题+表明作者观点，保护濒危语言不是资源浪费

P2：对立观点语言的消逝是一种自然的进程，将资金用在其他地方会更有实际意义

P3：语言不仅是为了交流，更承载了文化、知识和记忆，保护语言是保护文化多样性

P4：语言更深层次的智慧

P5：总结重申作者观点

高分话题表达（范文中已用红色标注）

teeter on the brink of extinction

摇摆在灭绝的边缘

dying tongues

灭绝的语言

subsidize

资助

a money waster

一个浪费钱的行为

be unstoppable artificially

不能被人为地阻止

money-consuming

消耗钱的

labor intensive

劳动密集的

ineffective and intangible

无效的和无形的

poverty alleviation

扶贫

language revitalization

语言复兴

intertwined

错综复杂的

simply put

简言之

revive a language

复兴语言

culture diversity

文化多样性

a wealth of wisdom

很多的智慧

capitalize on

利用

be committed to

致力于

雅思写作原创范文

The more successful a country was economically, the more rapidly its languages were being losing and for these reasons and others, hundreds of languages are teetering on the brink of extinction and even become unfortunately extinct ones. However, the investment in protecting and preserving those dying tongues is to some extent not wasteful but necessarily worthwhile for government.

Compared with subsidizing the improvement of economy and education, funding the conservation of minority language appears to be a money waster. This is mainly because language death might be a natural part of the process of human cultural development and might be unstoppable artificially and because preventing it is not just money-consuming but labor intensive, an ineffective and intangible effort that may turn out to be meaningless. The money spent on unrewarding these activities, if invested in more significant undertakings such as poverty alleviation, AIDS combating, scientific research, etc., will be obviously beneficial to the general public and the whole society.

But this is not that simple. Financing language revitalization, on the other hand, is of cultural significance indeed and thus does worth the governments’ while. It is widely acknowledged that culture and language are undeniably intertwined and each language, more than just a means of communication, fully carries a unique culture and is the home of a nation’s mind, conveying the knowledge, thought and faith of its speakers. Simply put, when preserving and reviving a language even fewer people use, people protect the culture diversity and when losing a language, we lose a culture heritage.

Not only does reviving endangered languages financially preserve cultural diversity but it empowers humans to promote and progress in all fields. Containing an accumulated body of scientific knowledge, including about geography, mathematics, navigation, astronomy, and many more, every language is a wealth of wisdom from which future generations can fully capitalize on to spark thoughts, to solve different puzzles and problems and more importantly to develop further. In other words, without languages, there will be no knowledge on which a society relies to prosper. Therefore，being committed to preserving their dying tongues by different resources not just by money is what each governments and individuals should do.

To conclude, useless as it may seem, investing in minority language is beneficial to both culture and social cohesion rather than wasting money.

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