12 Governments should offer a free university education to any student who has been admitted to a university but who cannot afford the tuition

Governments should offer a free university education to any student who has been admitted to a university but who cannot afford the tuition.

Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing the policy and explain how these consequences shape your position.

文勇五问：

（1）政府“应当做”与政府“能做”是一个概念吗？你能否列举一两件政府想做却做不到的事情？例如：消除贫困、让所有人都能看得起病。

（2）如果真的执行话题中的建议，有什么好处？有什么坏处？这些好处和坏处，你会如何取舍？好处是可以提高全民教育水平，使得人才不被埋没；坏处是会提高财政支出，影响其他方面的支出，还可能会导致教育更加不公平，被一些“有心之人”钻空子。

（3）政府是什么？政府能做什么？政府是一个维护和实现特定公共利益的国家行政机关。它应当保证效率还是保证公平？还是两者兼顾？

（4）大学教育是通才教育还是专才教育？大学的种类有何不同？要保证社会公平，应该将精力花在通才教育上还是专才教育上？

（5）我们更应该将教育视作一种商品，还是一个保证社会公平的途径？抑或是二者兼而有之？这将如何影响你的判断？

翻译练习：

因为来自一个贫穷的小城镇，我自己就认识很多青少年，尤其是女孩，因为经济困难被迫放弃大学。为了给她弟弟省钱，我最好的朋友被父母切断了经济支援（cut offfinancially），再也没能进入大学，尽管她在学校的表现要比她的弟弟优秀得多。我看到她一个人默默地哭泣却没有任何方式可以安慰她。如果给她一个机会，我相信她可能已经成为某个领域的人才。

参考答案：

Coming from a poor small town, I myself have known many teenagers, especially girls, who were forced to drop university due to financial difficulty. In order to save money for her younger brother, my best friend was cut off financially by their parents and never entered university despite the fact that she was much more excellent in school than her brother. I saw her crying silently alone yet couldn’t comfort her by any means. If she were given the chance, I’m sure she could have become a talent in certain field.

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