标题: Issue28求拍，第一次写，求大神看看能的多少分，还一个月考 [打印本页] 作者: jiaojiao3333 时间: 2012-11-12 22:25 标题: Issue28求拍，第一次写，求大神看看能的多少分，还一个月考 The surest indicator of a great nation is represented not by the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but by the general welfare of its people. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
正文： The statement presented above emphasizes that it is a nation's general welfare of its people that shows how great the nation is, other than the achievements of the nation's rulers, artists, or scientists. It maybe rational to some extent. However, with further meditation, we'll find that the author failed to realize the complexity of reality so that he\she made a quite simple conclusion dogmatically.
In my opinion, A real great nation must be a nation possessing strong enough comprehensive national power which rendered by not only the achievement of its rulers, artists and scientists, but the average level of its citizen's welfare. Only all of these make a combination, a powerful nation can be well coalesced and developed.
However, before the appearance of modern society, the relationship between the government and most of people is not as equal as that of this era. The present nation and institutions often play an important role in providing service for citizens, while the antecedent taking it for granted that they should be ruled by persons in power. Qinshihuang, for instance, the first emperor of China who defeated quite a few tribes and finally reunified China, was so tyrannical that buried hundreds of thousands of scholars who believed in Confucius's theory. No one would enjoy living in a so called powerful country with a booming of art and science but even cannot ensure the right of human security and academic freedom.Although Qin built up a powerful empire, it doesn't mean he will concern with the welfare of people. Compared with the achievements on general sense and the welfare, it is apparently at that time, the military accomplishments and combat gains of the lord as well as the achievements made by the artists and scholars who attached to the lord that matters.
But today, the certain thing goes different. The general welfare of its people seems possess a more significant position than ever. The general welfare of a nation's people actually can , to some extent, reflect some aspects of the whole power a nation possessed. Unfortunately, beyond that, we cannot ignore the facts that some countries, especially some developed countries in Europe, keep a shocking high level of welfare at the cost of financial deficits. To be worst, some of them even acclaimed their bankrupt in a row. In that case, how can we say these countries are prosperous and strong.
From the empire owned by a certain family to a modern society focused on equality and freedom, this change shows that our nation and society have paid more and more attention on individuals. In modern sense, whether a country is a powerful one depends on how greatly can the citizens in it feel the happiness. That is, the general happiness of people matters much on the nation. The official institutions should endeavor themselves to guarantee that individuals can enjoy as much as possible happiness in their limited lives.