Topic(题目)：
11 Do you agree or disagree with the followingstatement? Universities should give the sameamount of money to their students' sportsactivities as they give to their universitylibraries. Use specific reasons and examples tosupport your opinion.
Model Essay(范文)：
I disagree strongly with the idea that the sameamount of money should go to university sportsactivities as to university libraries. Although playing sports is a wonderful way to learn aboutteamwork, strategy and reaching your goals, it should not be the principal focus of a universityeducation.
Students need the most up-to-date library facilities available to get the best education. Many of those facilities are very expensive to buy and maintain. These include computerizedprograms and access to internet research databases that students can use to find informationall around the world. If a university is only offering its students resources of a decade ago, it’sdepriving those students of a tremendous amount of information.
Even the book and magazine budget of universities has gone up tremendously in lastdecade. More is being published on every subject, and every university wants to have thisinformation available to its students.
It also costs money for universities to keep their libraries open. Students need to haveaccess to all the libraries' research tools as much of time as possible. Because students areyoung and can stay up all night studying, many universities are starting to leave their librariesopen all night during exam periods. This costs money, because the staff has to be paid extra tobe there. It also costs money to run the building (electricity, heat) during that time.
Students at universities are only going to benefit from their education if they can get to allthe tools they need to learn. Sports are secondary to the resources that students need fromuniversity libraries. For this reason, libraries should always be better funded than sportactivities.
重点单词 全部解释
available[ə'veiləbl]adj. 可用的，可得到的，有用的，有效的
strategy['strætidʒi]n. 战略，策略
budget['bʌdʒit]n. 预算
vt. 编预算，为 ... 做预算
specific[spi'sifik]adj. 特殊的，明确的，具有特效的
n. 特
benefit['benifit]n. 利益，津贴，保险金，义卖，义演
vt.
decade['dekeid]n. 十年
disagree[.disə'gri:]v. 不一致，有分歧，不适应，不适宜
statement['steitmənt]n. 声明，陈述
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