2021年9月18雅思大作文范文：经济增长能否提高国民幸福度

2021年9月16日雅思写作考试已经结束，小编搜集整理了本次雅思写作task2：：经济增长能否提高国民幸福度相关范文，供雅思考生参考。

WRITING TASK 2

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

Some experts suppose that when a country is already rich, any additional increase in economic wealth does not make its citizens happier.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Write at least 250 words.

【话题分类】

抽象类

【题目解析】

该题目翻译为："一些专家认为，当一个国家已经很富裕时，经济财富的任何额外增加都不会使其国民更幸福。 你在多大程度上同意或不同意?"乍一看，很多同学可能会觉得这个题目有一定难度，不知道从何写起。我们在看到类似自己不熟悉的话题时，可以采用"关键词突破"的方式，比如题目中提到"rich country" 我们可以思考富有的国家意味着什么？全民富有？哪些国家是现在所谓富有的国家？"additional economic wealth" 额外的经济财富意味着什么？可以给国家，给个体带来什么？仅仅是额外的经济财富就足够了吗？"make citizens happier" 幸福感除了有钱，还需要什么？一个很有钱的人幸福吗？为什么？如何能够更加幸福？和金钱有关系吗？ 实际上，题目中虽然谈论的是国家，同学们在思考的时候，完全可以看作成"一个非常非常有钱的人，继续追求财富还会给他带来幸福吗？"

【写作思路】

开头段：改写题目，阐述个人立场

主体1段：有些人认为经济的不断发展可以有效的消除贫富差距，让人们的生活更加美好，但在一些富裕国家，经济的发展以环境和人的健康为代价，人民的幸福指数并没有随着经济增长而提升。

主体2段：人民幸福感的提升并不单纯依靠经济的增长。当人们基本需要满足后，他们要实现自我价值，得到社会认同，用更多时间陪伴家人朋友，发展自身爱好，这些幸福的源泉都不是用金钱能够衡量的。

总阶段：我们生活在一个社会中而非生活在经济中，对于富有的国家而言，幸福的提升依靠的是社会的可持续发展和人民对于生活意义的清晰认知。

【参考范文】

The relationship between economic prosperity and human well-being has been the subject of a long-standing debate. Many people believe that achieving more affluence will add value to the happiness of citizens in developed countries. However, I favour the contrary claim that growing national happiness is not always accompanied by more national wealth.

Some people argue that people's happiness is improved by the development in economy. The gap of wealth exists everywhere, even in wealthy countries. Therefore, the country needs continuous economic growth to narrow wealth disparity so that to increase people's happiness. For example, the government can improve the living standards of the impoverished by levying taxes on the rich and distributing additional benefits. This way, people can live in better houses, enjoy comfortable working conditions and various recreational facilities. In affluent societies, however, the restless pursuit of a growing economy generates tremendous work pressure and a degraded natural environment, diminishing citizens' happiness index. For example, United States witnessed enormous economic growth since World War II, but surveys failed to show any upswing in life satisfaction during the postwar boom.

Besides, economic expansion alone is not sufficient to make improvements in happiness in rich countries. After economic stability is attained, the pursuit of happiness depends far more on self-realisation and social recognition rather than on wealth. Therefore, people need to do something that can hardly be measured by money to achieve happiness, such as charity works, environmental protection, or helping the disadvantaged. In addition, when basic needs are satisfied, people will pay more attention to leisure time and improve the quality of interpersonal relationships. On holidays, for instance, people tend to accompany family and friends or foster hobbies rather than working overtime. Only these actions can give people a clear life purpose and increase their happiness level.

In conclusion, while happier countries tend to be richer countries, happiness cannot continue to rise in line with additional wealth. Happiness requires a sustainable society, a harmonious life, and a clear sense of meaning in life. After all, we live in a society, not an economy.

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【语言积累】

affluence n. 富裕

be accompanied by n. 相伴而生

the impoverished n. 贫穷的人们

levy taxes on v. 征收税

distribute additional benefits 分配额外的好处

restless pursuit

degraded natural environment 退化的自然环境

happiness index n. 幸福指数

upswing n. 上升

economic expansion n. 经济扩张

economic stability n. 经济稳定

pursuit of happiness 追求幸福的权利