2023年10月21日雅思大作文真题

Many people believe that scientific research should be carried out and controlled by governments rather than private companies. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

许多人认为，科学研究应由政府而不是私营公司来开展和控制。您在多大程度上同意或不同意？

Today, scientific research plays a pivotal role in our lives due to its contribution to technology and innovation. Some people believe that government should conduct these studies instead of private companies. However, I disagree with this viewpoint and discuss it in the following essay.

On the one hand, there are several reasons why people think that government should lead in undertaking this research. The research's results of private companies are thought to be unreliable since their primary aim is to boost profit. For example, some pharmaceutical companies published false findings about their product for the sake of selling more products, which has contributed to the great threat and mistrust about medicine in the community. Moreover, without the government's control, a wide range of unethical experiments have been carried out by exposing people and animals to chemical and biological substances that threaten their health day by day.

However, I believe that many good things come from the scientific studies of private companies. Encouraging private companies' studies may boost the innovation of a country since they have to be innovative to compete with their rivals by trying to do the most valuable experiments. Take  Apple, for example, the first company to produce wireless Bluetooth earphones called AirPods, yielding more comfort to society. The community, therefore, benefits a lot from new inventions in a spectrum of fields.

In conclusion, I would argue that both private companies and the government should be involved in carrying out scientific research to bring benefits to society.

如今，科学研究因其对技术和创新的贡献而在我们的生活中发挥着举足轻重的作用。有些人认为，应该由政府而不是私营公司来开展这些研究。然而，我不同意这种观点，并将在下面的文章中进行讨论。

一方面，人们认为政府应在开展这项研究中发挥主导作用有几个原因。人们认为私营公司的研究成果不可靠，因为它们的主要目的是提高利润。例如，一些制药公司为了销售更多的产品，公布了关于其产品的虚假研究结果，这导致了社会对医药的巨大威胁和不信任。此外，在没有政府监管的情况下，各种不道德的实验层出不穷，将人和动物暴露在化学和生物物质中，日复一日地威胁着人们的健康。

不过，我相信私营公司的科学研究也有很多好处。鼓励私营公司的研究可能会促进一个国家的创新，因为它们必须具有创新精神，通过努力做最有价值的实验来与对手竞争。以苹果公司为例，它是第一家生产无线蓝牙耳机 AirPods 的公司，为社会带来了更多舒适感。因此，社会从各个领域的新发明中获益良多。

总之，我认为私营公司和政府都应参与科学研究，为社会带来益处。