Some people think that paying taxes is their only responsibility towards society while others feel that everyone should do more.

Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

翻译： 有些人认为纳税是他们对社会应尽的责任，而另一些人则认为除了纳税外，每个人都应尽更多职责。讨论两种观点并给出自己的看法。

话题：社会类

类型：双边讨论

关键词： paying taxes、only responsibility、do more

解析：

大家注意到，这个题目中有一个关键词「only」，对于这种有关键词的题目，最简单的一个书写的逻辑就是「xxx很重要，但不是only，还有其他一些xxx也很重要」。

比如这个题目你就可以写：Paying tax is a great contribution but NOT the only one that citizens should follow.There are other important responsibilies that people should take.

这样基本你就不会出现把自己写到绝路，无路可走，没得可写的情况。

具体分析一下，咱们先来说纳税：

首先，纳税一定公民及公司对社会做出的贡献（a useful and effective contribution to the society），政府用于社会发展、国家建设的钱来源于此（give financial resources to the authority for the development of a country.）

很多城市基础设施建设（infrastructure），如公立医院（Public hospitals），公共交通（transportation system），公共图书馆（public libraries）等的建设及维修都来源于税收（public budget from the taxes）

另外，收来的税款也可以为人们的教育、医疗提供了公共补贴（give public subsidies on education and medical treatment）

我们再来看看其他需要为或能为社会做的事儿：

首先，公民必须做的-就是积极主动遵纪守法- obey law and order. 大家可以想象，如果全国上下所有人民都遵纪守法，那居住在这个国家岂不是如同仙境，哈哈（If all citizens are law abiding, then the whole nation would be a paradise on Earth.）

除此之外还有一些如果做了能够大大有益于社会的事情，比如积极参加志愿者活动（volunteering for various agencies and charities）种种树、服务一下老年社区等等。

好啦，分析到这，咱们来看看范文：

Many（=many people） are of the opinion that taxpayers are fulfilling their obligations（词汇搭配：fulfill obligation） to society at large(全社会=all of the world)  while other feel that responsibilty extends beyond（不仅仅意味着=means more than） a financial contribution to the government. In my opinion, paying taxes greatly helps fund social programs but individuals have little choice but to(注意little是否定词，所以这里其实就是没有选择的意思，也就是=must) do more if they also want to think highly of themselves.

（开头段： 话题引入给出双方观点+自己观点给出；注意此段中的词汇taxpayer, financial contribution 均是对paying taxes的改写）

The main reason that many see taxes as enough are the far reaching impact（词汇搭配非常地道= large impact） of tax dollars. Take some well-run European socialist countries such as France for example. In France, there are social welfare programs underpinning(为…的基础=serving as the foundation for) their progressive（先进的，改革的）society such as maternity leave(产假) for new mothers, world renowned unemployment benefits（简单理解就是你没工作时政府给你的钱= money when you’re not working）, top notch schools（好搭配-好学校=great schools）, not to mention more basic services like police, fire, and infrastructure maintanence. These are the direct result of taxes and though their net effect varies by implementation in various countries, they are clearly the foundation of stable societies globally.

(主体1段：纳税的重要性；结构：给出观点- 举例论证（法国）-总结升华例子)

Despite the discernible（可识别的） impact（clear effect） of taxes, individuals are responsible for their daily decisions related to society. Every job will touch on(relate to与…相关), with varying degrees of strength, society. A doctor who takes his job seriously, rather than simply trying to push new drugs or unnecessary tests to drive up premiums（此处指保险费= cost more for insurance）, helps families in their most dire situations（worst context）.Even a cashier has a role to play. They can do their job responsibly with a positive attitude and send out other people into society with a good impression or contribute to the rising tide (becoming more common)of cynisism(negative attitude) in today’s culture. These actions are unavoidable and anyone who feels the need to think of themselves as a good person has no choice but to take up a larger role in making society a better place to live.

(主体2段：用医生和cashier的例子说明每个人都在社会中扮演着重要角色，人们每天做的决定都与社会息息相关；结构：观点-解释-举例-总结升华例子)

In conclusion, thought taxes are part of what a person owes to society, they will necessarily also have a positive or negative day to day impact. People should rightly see their contributions as essentially self-interested excuses to feel good about themselves.

（结尾：重申观点+一句话升华）

本文值得借鉴的点：

1.词汇

大家看下来一遍也应该发现了，本文使用了很多高阶词汇及地道词组，我把不错的词汇使用都为大家标粗加线了，大家可以记在小本子上之后写文章时用一用

2.例子

两个主体段中我为大家标重了两处例子：法国的例子和医生的例子。法国-社会福利-产假、失业金、好学校等。一些社会类的考题如政府是否应当投资艺术等，为反方论证时可用。

医生不为一己私利卖新药，推荐不必要的检查，抬高保险费- 写到关于moral education – private/public对比等题目时可用

这两个例子可以进行背诵。