新东方在线雅思为同学们整理了雅思大作文范文之减少成年文盲比教育年轻人要重要，供考生参考学习。

雅思大作文题目：

Education of young people is highly prioritized in many countries. However, educating adults who cannot write or read is even more important and governments should spend more money on this. 

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

【话题分类】

教育类

【题目解析】

题目大意：年轻群体的教育在许多国家都是优先的。但教育文盲的承认更重要，政府应该投入更多的资金在这方面。

难点：本题将教育的课题上升到了教育公平性、被忽略的成年文盲群体上。看似是一道不容置疑的题目，但很容易写偏。一些考生会在文中讨论‘教育的重要性’，而非‘为什么减少成年文盲比教育年轻人要重要’。

【写作思路】

开头段：年轻一代的教育是社会普遍重视的，但成年人的教育几乎是盲点。有人提出这值得更重视。个人表示同意。

主体第一段：论述消除成年文盲对整体社会公平性的重要意义。

主体第二段：将议题深入到成年群体中的女性文盲是更值得关注的。

主体第三段：反驳一些人认为年轻人教育才是未来的观点。文盲的现象有逐代传递现象，并且成年文盲的存在必将阻碍教育普及的进程。

结尾段：总结个人观点，强调消除成年文盲在当下的紧迫性。

【参考范文】

In contrast to the worldwide awareness of educating young generations, adult illiteracy seems a blind spot in modern society. Therefore, some people suggest that government funding and attention should be paid more on reducing the number of uneducated grown-ups. In my opinion, it would be a necessary step to take.

It has to be recognized that the eradication of illiteracy serves as a key link in the struggle for social equity, but in many countries, large groups of adults have never been given the chance to learn, to read and write. A country cannot truly develop if some people are highly educated while others are completely illiterate. The latter will never be able to play their full part as a member of the society, which can easily result in a widening gap between different social groups. In turn, the stabilization of our world suffers. 

Besides, female education and development share an even more powerful relationship, but the particularly high rate of women illiteracy is alarming. This adult group requires particular attention, not just because women need to have more participation in the labor market, but also because educated mothers are more likely to ensure the well-being and development of the young generations. By contrast, a child from a family without basic level of knowledge would possibly end up being unable to access proper education. 

Some people would claim that the core of future development ultimately lies with the younger generations, and that illiteracy would eventually become a problem of the past, if only the young can accept proper education.  However, this simplistic notion fails to consider a substantial mechanism — the lack of education easily passes down through generations. Inevitably, adult illiteracy would hinder the progress of universal education from going further.

To conclude, governments must take this matter more seriously, increasing their investments in adults’ education in order to guarantee education to all. After all, when educating young generation has made significant achievement, it would be frustrating to see global progress on reducing illiteracy stagnating.

(335 words)

【语言积累】

1.in contrast to 与…形成鲜明对比的

2.adult illiteracy 成年文盲

3.a blind spot 一个盲区/盲点

4.a necessary step to take 一个必要的步骤

5.eradication n. 消除

6.a key link 关键点

7.social equity 社会平等

8.result in 导致

9.a widening gap 逐渐加大的差距

10.social groups 社会群体