摘要：6月16日雅思大作文考的是比較正常的教育類discuss both views的問題：Some people believe that the country would benefit a lot from more young people entering into university; however, others think that the large number of people receiving college education only leads to graduate unemployment. Discuss both views and give your opinion.來看一枚7分范文！

Task：

Some people believe that the country would benefit a lot from more young people entering into university; however, others think that the large number of people receiving college education only leads to graduate unemployment. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

一些人認為，有很高比例的年輕人能上大學讓國家收益巨大，而另一些人認為，這樣只會導致畢業即失業。討論兩種觀點并給出你的觀點。

解析：

本題問的話題很有趣，也是近些年來中國的熱門話題，看來，大學生是多招一點，還是少招一點，這個不只是中國的難題，世界范圍內都有爭議的。老雅最近查閱了一份資料，是關于中國1977年恢復高考制度以來，每年的錄取比例，真的是不看不知道，一看嚇一跳。為什么呢?先看數據：

1977年，也就是偉大的鄧爺爺決定恢復高考那年，全國錄取率才5%，也就是100個人參加考試，才錄取5個，要考前5名才有戲!想一想，那要什么樣的學霸才能上大學!難怪當年的大學生被稱為“天之驕子”。家里出個大學生，那不僅是自己家庭的榮耀，連親戚朋友都跟著沾光!即使在1987年，錄取率也才堪堪27%(大約4個人錄取1個)，那時的老師天天對我們說些什么“千軍萬馬過獨木橋，不努力就給擠下萬丈深淵”，說得我們心顫顫的。現在的高考生早已體會不到我們那時的緊張氣氛了。重慶市第八中學(一所好學校)對面是我們當年猴急猴急想上的重慶大學，據說，那所中學的老師現在這樣告訴他們的學生：“你們不努力，未來就只能去對面那所大學了!”這話說的，給老雅的感覺真的是“變天啦!”

那么，越來越多的年輕人上大學，對于一個國家來說是好還是壞呢?自然是有好有壞了。好處是大家的素質都提高了;好處是大家都有學上，于是乎高中的競爭壓力沒那么大了(壓力小了有什么好處呢?無非是大家都可以跟隨自己的愛好來讀書，而不是單純為了考試。遺憾的是，這一點好處，中國家長不認啦!)，等等。那么，壞處是什么呢?好像最重要的一條就是，大家都拿著大學文憑，結果是工作不好找了，因為競爭壓力大了。那么，自己怎樣判斷到底該不該讓更多人上大學?我覺得肯定是支持，理由是工作競爭壓力可以通過制造工作機會來解決，大學生增多并不是找工作難的直接原因。

Sample answer：

Nowadays, the general trend seems to be that more and more young people go to college and receive higher education. In china alone, for example, about 7 million out of 9.4 million high school students were accepted by universities in 2014, while only 35 years ago, only 5% high school students went to college. This rapid increase of the number of university students, though supported by almost all governments throughout the world, has given rise to doubts among some people who insist that there is close interrelationship between the large number of university graduates and the high unemployment rate.

Obviously, as more people have access to university education, the entire country will benefit from it. For one thing, the country will be equipped with a workforce of higher quality. The specialized training these people receive at universities can help people in the country in many ways. With better doctors, people can enjoy longer lives; with more professional architects, people can live more comfortably and safely; with more skilled horticulturists, people can live in a more beautiful environment. Additionally, if universities are open to more high school students, they will face less intense academic pressure. As a result, these students can enjoy more freedom to learn things that really interest them and so they can learn them better as interest is always the best teacher.

There are many people, however, who would link the rise of unemployment rate to the increased number of university graduates. In their viewpoint, as more and more young graduates pour into the job market, to get a job has become increasingly difficult. For example, here in China, a teaching position was rather easy to obtain 20 years ago, but now the position is open only to those with a M.A., or even Ph.D. degree.

To my mind, it is certainly a good thing to have more people receive university education since this can upgrade the overall quality of the workforce in a country. Meanwhile, more university graduates do not naturally lead to more people losing their job. More university graduates will indeed make the competition for well-paid jobs more intense, yet they do not reduce the number of available jobs. This means some university graduates will have to do the jobs originally held by less educated people. This is not bad, since all jobs, well-paid or not so well-paid, will be done by people more qualified for them.

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