新东方在线雅思为同学们整理了雅思大作文范文之保持健康是社会责任而不是个人利益，供考生参考学习。

雅思大作文题目：

People should look after their health as a duty to the society where they live, rather than for their own benefits. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

【话题分类】

 社会生活类

【题目解析】

题目大意：有人认为人们应该将保持健康作为一种社会责任，而不是个人的利益。你在何种程度上同意上述观点？

难点：本题话题很大众，但由于太过于‘显而易见’，题目二选一的观点模式让同学们反而不知如何下手。

解决：题目可以一边倒，或折中。对于题目观点，不必完全赞同或完全反对。

【写作思路】

开头段：人们对健康的关注是很普遍的，大部分人是为了个人的利益保持健康。但有人认为这应该是一种社会责任。我认为人们从个人利益出发去维系健康是无可厚非的，但需要越来越多的人意识到个体健康对社会确实有深远的影响。

主体第一段：对大部分人来说，从个人利益出发保持健康完全合理。健康在大部分时候只影响了个人的生活或工作等；人们可以因为各种各样的个人原因去维护自己的健康。因此只要人们在通过各种途径保持健康状态，就没有必要要求每个人去看到更高的格局。

主体第二段：然而，更多的人应当意识到健康对社会的影响。个体健康应当作为社会责任的原因：1）确保社会生产力；2）减少疾病蔓延，减少财政压力；

结尾段：总而言之，只要人们在重视自己的健康，这对每个人和社会都会有积极的影响。我个人认为确实需要更多的人认识到健康的社会价值。

【参考范文】

In his book Homo Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari regarded long-term health and happiness as humankind’s next agenda, which is confirmed by the prevailing public concern about personal well-being. Most people endeavor to maintain good health conditions in pursuit of personal benefits, whereas some suggest that individual well-being should be considered as social obligation. From my perspective, while both purposes are justifiable, more people should realize the social value of being healthy. 

For the majority, taking care of their health condition is merely a personal matter, which is completely reasonable, because in most scenarios, the well-being of an individual only affects the person’s life after all. Motivated by personal interests, such as a longer life span, the improvement in financial status, or even better appearance, individuals would make great effort to keep themselves healthy, both physically and mentally. The ideology of individualism seems perfectly undoubtable, as long as the public is taking their health issue seriously. 

However, people should see the bigger picture of being healthy and appreciate its influences on the society. On the one hand, when members of the society enjoy good health conditions, it ensures the societal productivity in general. It can be said that all functioning sectors, including national defense, education systems, social services and so forth, largely count on the well-being of the people. On the other hand, the society would suffer a great deal when individuals are unhealthy. An ill person with a contagious disease can easily become a threat to a large crowd, leading to the outbreak of epidemics. The pandemic Covid-19 has shown how the reckless behaviors of any individual can cause major health concerns over the world. 

To conclude, regardless of incentives, both individuals and the society would benefit when people try to maintain their health. Having acknowledged that, if mankind were to fulfill the next agenda of long-term well-being, more people would need to consider their health as a public matter that relates to the whole society, instead of merely a personal issue.

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【亮点词汇及短语】

1.long-term health 长期健康

2.agenda n. 议题

3.prevailing adj. 普遍的，流行的

4.personal well-being 个人健康，个人幸福

5.endeavor to 努力去…

6.in pursuit of 为了追求…

7.social obligation 社会责任

8.justifiable adj. 合理的

9.social value 社会价值

10.scenario n. 场景