Topic 1: Does increasing travels between countries enable people to learn different cultures or to

Topic 11: Some people argue that the government should spend money only on medical 
care and education but not on theatres or sport stadiums. Do you agree or disagree?
 
(break the cycle of poverty ); (remain poor throughout their lifespan and even across generations) ;
(improve productivity), ( prosperity ): (have far-reaching effects);
(high quality and availability of health case) (win the loyalty), (productive and skilled workers);
(render assistance to the disabled, retired and disadvantaged); ( improve health);
(privately financed),
(spiritual needs), (enrich one's cultural life), ( a sign of a civilized city);
 
Where public money goes is an issue of broad interest to the general public. Some people 
advocate that the government should fund the sectors that bring tangible and immediate 
benefits to the public, such as medical care and educational systems, while opponents suggest 
that those large urban developments, such as stadiums and theatres, are worth government 
funding, In my opinion, the possibility remains that the two opinions can be reconciled and the 
government can coordinate budgeting to meet the needs of both.
Medical care is essential to the economic and social well-being of a country, particularly 
of an underdeveloped country. Both empirical knowledge and academic research suggest that 
making education available throughout a country and eliminating illiteracy can pave the way 
for economic development. By receiving education, children from impoverished families can 
shake of poverty, climb high in the social ladder and live better off, Education also allows 
citizens to secure employment and earn regular income, thereby maintaining or improving 
their standard of living. For a country as a whole, education is linked to skilled workforce and 
to high productivity, affecting both resource use and national output.
Government interference in healthcare and medical services is also highly recommended. 
Availability of affordable medical service is a mark of the social and economic development 
of a country. By providing the needy people with medical service, a country can inspire the 
loyalty of citizens. 
People feel assured living and working in a country where they can be given medical 
service when unemployed, sick, injured or retired. By comparison, if they cannot afford the 
high cost of visiting the clinic, hospitalization, or buying drugs, they are less likely to enjoy 
their living. Social solidarity will eventually suffer.
Although education and medical services are fundamental to the stability and 
development of a country, it is not to say that theatres or sport stadiums have no redeeming 
feature. In the hierarchy of human needs, those needs for food, shelter and health are among 
the basic. After these targets are attained, people turn to higher aspirations, entertainment and 
recreation. Leisure facilities like stadiums and cinemas satisfy people's needs in these fields. 
A game between one's motherland and a visiting country can raise people's sense of national 
pride and ethnical unity. The cinema brings artistic pleasure to everyone.
To draw a conclusion, the decision to finance theatres or sport stadiums depends on the 
financial situation of a country. When an economy comes to maturity, the launch of 
recreational and entertainment projects of this kind is reasonable.
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1. Tangible=concrete=solid=material=touchable 
2. Reconcile=tailor=modify=alter=adapt
3. Shake off.=get rid o:f=get away with
4. Assured=confident=self-confident=poised=self-assured
5. Drug=medicine=prescription drug
6. Redeeming feature=desirable quality
7. Hierarchy=pyramid=pecking order=chain of command
8. Shelter=safe haven=housing=accommodation=lodging
9. Motherland=fatherland=nation state
 
 
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