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智课网GRE 备考资料 GRE 官方写作题库 ISSUE 7 Some people believe that government funding of the arts is necessary to ensure that the arts can flourish and be made available to all people. Others believe that government funding of the arts threatens the integrity of the arts. 范文 Regarding the arts, one must consider whether or not government subsidy is a wise idea. One should consider whether or not a national endowment for the arts would threaten the integrity of the arts. As far as I am concerned, government funding jeopardizes to artistic integrity. Before jumping in to that discussion, however, we must define what integrity, as it relates to the arts, is. Let us consider a two-fold meaning: diversity and independence. 内容 详细条目 段落 此段结构 第一段，首先介绍了背景，告诉读者本文探讨的是政府资助与艺术的关 系，以及政府资助对艺术纯粹性的影响，紧密覆盖了题目中的所有关键 词。随后作者提出了自己的立场：政府资助会伤害艺术纯粹性，可见作者 同意的是题中的后一种观点，而且暗含政府资助艺术并不 necessary 之 意。作者在尾句解释了 integrity 纯粹性的两重含义，多样性及独立性，暗 示读者下文的论述将从此两方面展开。 此段功能 首段围绕题中所述简单介绍了背景，并且提出了作者的立场，为下文论述 开了头。 Government support for the arts is inherently problematic. It breeds passivity in artists and undermines the independence of the creative spirit. It makes artists shift the focus from creativity towards pleasing funding bodies. The importance of individual passion and creativity are undercut by the funding regime. In the Netherlands, for example, the government guaranteed a market for the works of professional artists. If an artist produced work that wouldn’t sell, the government bought the art. This practice was commonly referred to as the Dutch Treat. The Dutch government wound up with a huge warehouse full of art that hadn’t sold. The program assured that artists could make a living but it also assured the creatio