Governments around the world spend too much money on treating illnesses and diseases and not enough on health education and prevention.

Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

世界各国政府在治疗疾病方面花费了太多的钱，而在健康教育和预防上却花费了不足。

您是否同意此说法？请给出回答的理由，并包括您自己的知识或经验中的任何相关示例。至少写250个字。

I very much agree with the statement that governments are not spending their health budgets in the best possible way. If governments continue to spend such large sums of money on treating illness and disease instead of preventing these diseases, there would be little chance of improving public health conditions.

Governments will probably argue that it is necessary to spend a large proportion of health budgets on treating illness because the general population do not live healthy lifestyles and so become ill. They would argue that most people do not listen to health campaigns. Also, they would say it is not possible to prevent many illnesses and diseases such as flu and many types of cancer, as well as accidents and emergencies. The problem with this argument is that it is very negative because it assumes that people are stupid and refuse to lead healthy lives. However, when people have the right information, they often do the right thin. I believe that the main reason for this is government health campaigns, including very strong health warnings on the products.

In my opinion, governments can do a lot to prevent not only illnesses and disease but also accidents. Why don’t governments spend more money on installing speed cameras on roads to make people drive more slowly? That would reduce the number of accidents.

To summarise, I really think that there is a lot that governments can do to prevent illness and disease to make the world a healthier place to live. In particular, rich governments can spend more money on scientific research to find the causes of new diseases such as AIDS, while governments from less well-developed countries can spend money on providing clean water for all their people. In this way, the world will have less need for expensive cures and hospitals.

我非常同意政府没有以最佳方式花费其卫生预算这一说法。如果政府继续花这么大的钱而不是预防这些疾病来治疗疾病，那么改善公共卫生状况的机会就很小。

各国政府可能会争辩说，有必要将大量的卫生预算用于治疗疾病，因为普通民众没有过健康的生活方式，因此会生病。他们会认为大多数人不听健康运动。而且，他们会说不可能预防许多疾病和疾病，例如流感和多种癌症，以及事故和紧急情况。这个论点的问题在于它是非常负面的，因为它假设人们是愚蠢的，拒绝过健康的生活。但是，当人们拥有正确的信息时，他们通常会做正确的事情。我相信，这样做的主要原因是政府开展的健康运动，其中包括对产品非常强烈的健康警告。

我认为，政府不仅可以预防疾病和疾病，而且可以预防事故。为什么政府不花更多的钱在道路上安装测速摄像机以使人们行驶更慢？这样可以减少事故数量。

总而言之，我确实认为，政府可以采取许多措施来预防疾病和疾病，使世界变得更健康。特别是，富裕的政府可以在科学研究上投入更多的资金，以寻找导致艾滋病等新疾病的原因，而欠发达国家的政府可以在为所有人提供洁净水上花费资金。这样，全世界将不再需要昂贵的治疗方法和医院。