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6.Shouldgovernmentsspendmoneyonart,whentheyhavesomanyotherimportantissuesandconcerns?Youshouldwriteatleast250words.Youshoulduseyourownideasofknowledgeandexperienceandsupportyourargumentswithexamplesandrelevantevidence.Manypeople’slivesarericherbecauseofart—music,paintings,calligraphy,pictures,sculpture,poemsanddance.However,somepeoplefeelthatgovernmentsshouldbespendingmoneyonhousing,medicalcare,ordefense,insteadofonart.Thisessaywilldiscusswhethergovernmentsshouldornotspendmoneyonthearts.Thereareseveralreasonswhygovernmentsshouldnotfinanceartists.Firstofall,artistsshouldhavetofollowthesamerulesastherestofthemarket.Ifthereisademandfortheirmusicorsculpture,thentheywillberich.Secondly,politiciansgenerallydonothavegoodtaste.Theywillwastepublicmoneyonpopularartorontheirownpreferences.Butthemainreasonwhygovernmentsshouldminimizespendingontheartworldisthattherearemoreimportantareaslikehousing,roads,hospitals,andfactorieswhichneedthemoneyfirst.However,itwouldbewrongtosaythatgovernmentsshouldnotspendanymoneyatallonart.Everybodyneedssomebeautyintheirlife,butnoteveryonecanaffordaPicassoorapieceofmusic.Governmentsshouldprovidemoneyformuseumsorconcertshallsforeveryone.Anotherpointisthatartallowspeopletoexpressthemselvesandthisisgoodforsociety,cultureandthought.Thirdly,artistscanbegoodfortheeconomybyproducingmusic,film,andattractingtourists.Allinall,governmentsshouldprioritizetheirspendingcarefully,buttheyshouldalsoallocatesomeoftheirbudgetforart.Itispartoftheirdutytosocietyandtofuturegenerations.14．Inordertolearnalanguagewell,weshouldalsolearnaboutthecountryaswellastheculturesandlifestylesofthepeoplewhospeakit.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?我完全赞成这个断言，即：要学好一门语言，我们还应该了解这门语言的国家、文化和人民的生活方式。Ifullysupporttheassertionthattolearnalanguagewell,weshouldalsolearnaboutthecountryaswellastheculturesandlifestylesofthepeoplewhospeakit.先来看看我们一般情况下是如何定义“真正学好一门语言”的。按照我的理解，学好一门语言意味着能够妥当地使用它。这里，对于妥当使用它而言，我们需要知道：由于文化上的差异，很多东西会因此而非常不同。比如，中国人常通过问“吃了吗？”来表达问候，而这对于西方人来讲便构成了午饭或晚饭的邀请。因此，缺乏了对不同国家文化方面的知识，就会引