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教育类范文九
Universities should accept equal numbers of male and female students in every subject. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
大学应该在每个科目都招收相同数量的男女学生。你多大程度上同意或者不同意？
【 说明 】
男生和女生当然应该拥有平等的受教育权利（should have equal educational opportunities），但每个科目都招收完全均等数量的男女生只能是一种愿望，既缺乏实际操作的可行性（impractical），而且也违背了“择优录取”的公平准则（It would be unfair to change to a selection procedure that is based on gender rather than merit.）。
▶7分范文
I am opposed to the idea that universities should accept the same number of male and female students for all subjects.
The reasons why some universities do this are clear—to show respect for gender equality and to encourage interaction between men and women in the classroom. These aims are worthwhile，and having the same number of men and women can ensure they are achieved.
However，I believe this approach overlooks two important aspects of higher education. Firstly，it is rather unlikely that an equal number of men and women will want to enrol on each subject. Although the old belief that boys and girls are naturally better in different subjects may be unfounded，it is almost always true that a higher proportion of male students are attracted to math-intensive subjects such as computer programming，statistics and civil engineering， while a higher proportion of female students are interested in caregiving-related subjects such as special education and nursing. As a result，making sure that each subject accepts equal numbers of male and female students would be difficult.
Secondly，encouraging interaction between men and women in classes does not mean there must be equal numbers of each for every subject. If a class has many female students feeling that it is hard for them to compete with their male classmates， or vice versa ，such feelings will only serve to reduce interaction and result in even more gender prejudice . The course withdrawal rate is also likely to be higher than that of subjects on which students are free to enrol.
For these reasons，I believe that to achieve gender equality，universities should allow students to choose subjects freely so that they can enrol on subjects in which they are really interested.
词汇和短语
（标★的是本类话题的高频词汇或短语）
be opposed to 反对
★ gender equality 性别平等
【对比】gender prejudice 性别歧视
★ interaction n. 相互交流，互动
is/are worthwhile adj. 是值得的
approach n. 去做某事的方法或途径
★ overlook vt. 忽视
★ enrol on （ a course ） 正式登记学习（某一课程）
is unfounded 是毫无根据的
math-intensive subjects 涉及数学内容很多的科目
caregiving-related subjects 与照顾或护理有关的科目
special education 特殊教育学，在英美通常和对存在学习障碍的学生教育有关
vice versa （固定短语） 反之亦然
★ course withdrawal rate 学生放弃继续学习某一课程的比率，课程的弃修率
【近义】course drop rate
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■译文
我反对大学应在每一学科招收同等数量男女生这一看法。
有些大学采取这种做法的原因是显而易见的，是为了展示对性别平等的尊重以及鼓励男女生在课堂更好地互动。这些想法当然是好的，而在每一学科招收同等数量的男女生也确实能实现这些想法。
然而，我认为这一做法忽视了高等教育中两个重要的方面。第一，很少有可能会有同等数量的男女学生恰好选读同一学科。尽管男女天生擅长不同学科的老观点未必有据可依，但事实几乎总能证明更高比例的男生会选择需要大量数学知识的学科，像电脑编程、统计学及市政工程等理工学科，而有更多的女生对与照看、护理相关的学习领域，例如特殊教育学和护理学有兴趣。所以，要确保每一学科都能招收到同样数量的男女学生将是困难的。
第二，鼓励男女生之间的课堂互动也并非只有在每科招收同样数量的男女生这一种办法。相反地，当班里大多数女生感觉她们没法和同班男生竞争的时候，或者反之亦然，这种感受会减少男女间的相互交流，并会进一步增加性别偏见。学生们对这类课程的弃修率也很可能会比能够自由选课的科目要高。
基于这些理由，我认为为了实现性别平等，大学应该让每一个学生能自由选择学科，这样他们就能够学到自己真正感兴趣的学科。