TOPIC: ISSUE190 - "As long as people in a society are hungry or out of work or lack the basic skills needed to survive, the use of public resources to support the arts is inappropriate-and, perhaps, even cruel-when one considers all the potential uses of such money."

According to the human being's history, it is not hard to discover that, in truth, the conflict between the material life and spiritual life has existed long. Material life, which is dealing with the problem of staying warm, eating enough, job security and the basic skills needed to survive, is always regarded as the most fundamental conditions for a man's life. However, the spiritual life, represented by paintings, music, literature, films and some other art styles, indeed also play a great role which can never be left out easily on human being's progress. Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, Mozart, who are all greatly gifted artists, are also the tragic figures struggling to live on the lowest material life's level. From these real examples above, I think, despite speaker's everything is material-centered and material life first, the best way for our human beings to live a happy life is to strike a balance between the material life and spiritual life.

To begin with, I must admit that speaker's perspective is partially reasonable. Since we all know that, in view of the Maslow's hierarchy of needs, staying warm and eating enough both belong to the physiological needs, the lowest hierarchy of needs. And the problem related to out of work and lack the basic survival skills belongs to the safety needs, which is only a little higher than the physiological needs. And these two hierarchies of needs are defined as deficiency needs in Maslow's theory. If these needs are not met, any man's goals or desires will lose their meaning, which means, in Maslow's own words, that "it is quite true that man lives by bread alone -- when there is no bread." Therefore, only having regard of Maslow's theory, and for an individual itself, when he is dying of dehydrate and must make a decision between an invaluable masterpiece by Van Gogh and a cup of water. It is no doubt that the cup of water will be his or her answer and only possible answer.

However, even though in some particular situation that material life is indeed priority to the art, speaker's statement here still obviously undervalues the important status that art is playing on the human being's history of civilization. The art, in essence, is one of the human beings' creative spiritual contributions, which records the history of human's civilization, which reflects the real scene of the society in different times, which is all along to seek the undying part in human's spiritual civilization. That is to say, it is because of the art that mankind's civilization is yet kept completely today, distinguishes the humans from other animals and builds a bridge between the past and now, by the way of artists' works which express an unique feeling, a eternal one, can be understood only by men and women, children and the old, and the one never grow old in human's long history. That is why, today when we watch Van Gogh, Monet's paintings, listen to  Beethoven's moonlight sonata, we will still be touched and can not help ourselves by an strong power. A power comes from arts, a power will never die in human's history and our spirit. From this view, art is also a need as same as food, water, jobs and basic survive skills. The art enriches our daily life, helps us to relocate our situation in nature's history, and makes our life colorful. Paul Gauguin, a French leading post-impressionist painter in 19 century, had ever been a stockbroker and lived a rich life with his wife and five children. However, driven by a strong power from his passion of art, he made an unbelievable decision between material life and art. He gave up his wealth and even left his family. In order to experience a simple life and create his own art, he sailed to the tropic islands and lived with the original native. He spent his last thirteen years in these islands and only returned to France once. In spite of the hard life in these islands, Gauguin's most famous and great masterpieces, represented by "Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?", were all finished in this period. Gauguin's life vividly interprets a real mankind when he or she faces the choices between material life and art will also make an absolutely reverse decision which is against with people's common sense. It means, the notion that human always puts material life before everything else is not exact. In this society, there always exist some persons, who care about their spirit and regard art more than their lives. And this is the meaning of art.

Besides, we must realize that the problems of starvation, unemployment and lack of the basic skills to survive can not be solved in one day. In fact, these problems with great likely can be never eliminated. Looking at the world's history, no matter how flourishing and developed a society had ever been. Starvation and unemployment have never disappeared. In my opinion, even though a better or perfect society, such as community society, can never help all their citizens to live within enough food and adequate jobs. Because the reasons leading to this situation are not only related to the construction of this society but also and potentially more important are involved in those sufferers themselves. A lazy man without any goals is more dangerous than starvation itself. How do I deal with such a person even when we have sufficient food? If we feed him, it may lead more lazy persons to imitate and as a result more and more persons do nothing but still request for free food. In view of the huge obstacle before us to eliminate starvation and unemployment, to delay the art until we solve all the material problems is to delay the art forever. Furthermore, Can the use of public resources to support the arts always be the conflict with solving the material problems? In fact, to build a museum or a art college can not only offers positions for people without jobs but also develops teenagers who are interested in art with skills to survive. At least, this measure will help to raise some artists' life, who often play tragic roles in this society.

In sum, considering of the huge value the art contributes to the human's civilization and their important role in the modern society, the concept that thinking about material problems before everything and even to give up any measures to support the art only for the small persons, who have not reached the lowest material level, has been inappropriate. So to seek a balance between the material life and the art is the best way to ensure that most persons in this society can satisfy their both needs on material and spiritual life.

大家看见字数就知道严重超时了 我是作为艺术大类去写
所以想尽可能把想到都用上
大家可以看看逻辑或者各方面有没有什么问题
怎么拍都行 谢谢了～

[ 本帖最后由 liyue24 于 2008-10-13 23:32 编辑 ]

According to the human being's history, it is not hard to discover that, in truth, the conflict between the material life and spiritual life has existed long. Material life, which is dealing with the problem of staying warm, eating enough, job security and the basic skills needed to survive, is always regarded as the most fundamental conditions for a man's life. However, the spiritual life, represented by paintings, music, literature, films and some other art styles, indeed also play a great role which can never be left out easily on human being's progress. Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, Mozart, who are all greatly gifted artists, are also the tragic figures struggling to live on the lowest material life's level. From these real examples above, I think, despite speaker's everything is material-centered and material life first, the best way for our human beings to live a happy life is to strike a balance between the material life and spiritual life. 开头好像对物质生活和精神生活解释太详细了。其实简要地说艺术属于精神生活，我们不能没有精神生活，就好

To begin with, I must admit that speaker's perspective is partially reasonable. Since we all know that, in view of the Maslow's hierarchy of needs（赞阿，还记得马斯洛）, staying warm and eating enough both belong to the physiological needs, the lowest hierarchy of needs. And the problem related to out of work and lack the basic survival skills belongs to the safety needs, which is only a little higher than the physiological needs. And these two hierarchies of needs are defined as deficiency needs in Maslow's theory. （你就是想说，温饱工作都是底层需要，好像说的太复杂了）If these needs are not met, any man's goals or desires will lose their meaning, which means, in Maslow's own words, that "it is quite true that man lives by bread alone -- when there is no bread." （个人觉得阿，直接引用这句话最好！）Therefore, only having regard of Maslow's theory, and for an individual itself, when he is dying of dehydrate and must make a decision between an invaluable masterpiece by Van Gogh and a cup of water. It is no doubt that the cup of water will be his or her answer and only possible answer. （我怎么记得马斯洛的5层次是安全，温饱，爱，最高层次是被别人认可，并没有说审美，精神需要阿？是我记错了？不如简单地说经济基础决定上层建筑，或者仓禀实而知礼节，等等）这段好像太理论了，可以举个身边的小例子嘛。

However, even though in some particular situation that material life is indeed priority to the art, speaker's statement here still obviously undervalues the important status that art is playing on the human being's history of civilization. The art, in essence, is one of the human beings' creative spiritual contributions, which records the history of human's civilization, which reflects the real scene of the society in different times, which is all along to seek the undying part in human's spiritual civilization. That is to say, it is because of the art that mankind's civilization is yet kept completely today, distinguishes the humans from other animals and builds a bridge between the past and now, by the way of artists' works which express an unique feeling, a eternal one, can be understood only by men and women, children and the old, and the one never grow old in human's long history. That is why, today when we watch Van Gogh, Monet's paintings, listen to  Beethoven's moonlight sonata, we will still be touched and can not help ourselves by an strong power. A power comes from arts, a power will never die in human's history and our spirit. From this view, art is also a need as same as food, water, jobs and basic survive skills. The art enriches our daily life, helps us to relocate our situation in nature's history, and makes our life colorful.（这段好丰富阿，赞阿，够好多文章用了） Paul Gauguin, a French leading post-impressionist painter in 19 century, had ever been a stockbroker and lived a rich life with his wife and five children. However, driven by a strong power from his passion of art, he made an unbelievable decision between material life and art. He gave up his wealth and even left his family. In order to experience a simple life and create his own art, he sailed to the tropic islands and lived with the original native. He spent his last thirteen years in these islands and only returned to France once. In spite of the hard life in these islands, Gauguin's most famous and great masterpieces, represented by "Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?", （这个这个极端的艺术家，不好用在这篇文章里吧）were all finished in this period. Gauguin's life vividly interprets a real mankind when he or she faces the choices between material life and art will also make an absolutely reverse decision which is against with people's common sense. It means, the notion that human always puts material life before everything else is not exact. In this society, there always exist some persons, who care about their spirit and regard art more than their lives. And this is the meaning of art. 你说有时候人们为精神生活放弃物质生活，都是些极端的艺术家才这么干的，可这个ISSUE着眼政府投资，是面向大众的，我觉得不太恰当阿

Besides, we must realize that the problems of starvation, unemployment and lack of the basic skills to survive can not be solved in one day. In fact, these problems with great likely can be never eliminated. Looking at the world's history, no matter how flourishing and developed a society had ever been. Starvation and unemployment have never disappeared. In my opinion, even though a better or perfect society, such as community society（共产主义是老美反感的，可以提么）, can never help all their citizens to live within enough food and adequate jobs. Because the reasons leading to this situation are not only related to the construction of this society but also and potentially more important are involved in those sufferers themselves. A lazy man without any goals is more dangerous than starvation itself. How do I deal with such a person even when we have sufficient food? If we feed him, it may lead more lazy persons to imitate and as a result more and more persons do nothing but still request for free food. （上面解释can not be solved in one day过分详细了，重点要放在后面）In view of the huge obstacle before us to eliminate starvation and unemployment, to delay the art until we solve all the material problems is to delay the art forever. Furthermore, Can the use of public resources to support the arts always be the conflict with solving the material problems? In fact, to build a museum or a art college can not only offers positions for people without jobs but also develops teenagers who are interested in art with skills to survive. At least, this measure will help to raise some artists' life, who often play tragic roles in this society. 我觉得你可以着重说，解决失业危机不一定需要牺牲艺术投资。其实好莱坞就是个利润很高的产业阿，解决了多少人吃饭问题？而且，失业危机也不是靠牺牲艺术就解决得了的。

In sum, considering of the huge value the art contributes to the human's civilization and their important role in the modern society, the concept that thinking about material problems before everything and even to give up any measures to support the art only for the small persons, who have not reached the lowest material level, has been inappropriate. So to seek a balance between the material life and the art is the best way to ensure that most persons in this society can satisfy their both needs on material and spiritual life.

恩 马斯洛的理论里面的确没有提到精神需求 我用在那里只是为了说下温饱和安全是最重要的
我文章 结构 或者 别的有没有什么问题 我issue 没有怎么研究啊～～！！！

TOPIC: ISSUE190 - "As long as people in a society are hungry or out of work or lack the basic skills needed to survive, the use of public resources to support the arts is inappropriate-and, perhaps, even cruel-when one considers all the potential uses of such money."

According to the human being's history, it is not hard to discover that, in truth, the conflict between the material life and spiritual life has existed long. Material life, which is dealing with the problem of staying warm, eating enough, job security and the basic skills needed to survive, is always regarded as the most fundamental conditions for a man's life. However, the spiritual life, represented by paintings, music, literature, films and some other art styles, indeed also play a great role which can never be left out easily on human being's progress. Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, Mozart, who are all greatly gifted artists, are also the tragic figures struggling to live on the lowest material life's level. From these real examples above, I think, despite speaker's everything is material-centered and material life first, the best way for our human beings to live a happy life is to strike a balance between the material life and spiritual life.优点就不多说了，这段写精神生活的部分只是罗列一些艺术形式和人物并不能体现出它的必要性

To begin with, I must 用only？ admit that speaker's perspective is partially reasonable. Since we all know that, in view of the Maslow's hierarchy of needs, staying warm and eating enough both belong to the physiological needs, the lowest hierarchy of needs. And the problem related to out of work and lack the basic survival skills belongs to the safety needs, which is only a little higher than the physiological needs. And these two hierarchies of needs are defined as deficiency needs in Maslow's theory. If these needs are not met, any man's goals or desires will lose their meaning, which means, in Maslow's own words, that "it is quite true that man lives by bread alone -- when there is no bread." Therefore, only having regard of Maslow's theory, and for an individual itself, when he is dying of dehydrate and must make a decision between an invaluable masterpiece by Van Gogh and a cup of water. It is no doubt that the cup of water will be his or her answer and theonly possible answer.

However, even though in some particular situation that material life is indeed priority 这个是名词吧 to the art, speaker's statement here still obviously undervalues the important status that art is playing on the human being's history of civilization. The art, in essence, is one of the human beings' creative spiritual contributions, which records the history of human's civilization, which reflects the real scene of the society in different times, which is all along to seek the undying part in human's spiritual civilization. That is to say, it is because of the art that mankind's civilization is yet kept completely today, distinguishes the humans from other animals and builds a bridge between the past and now, by the way of artists' works which express an unique feeling, a eternal one, can be understood only by men and women, children and the old, and the one never grow old in human's long history. That is why, today when we watch Van Gogh, Monet's paintings, listen to  Beethoven's moonlight sonata, we will still be touched and can not help ourselves by an strong power. A power comes from arts, a power will never die in human's history and our spirit. From this view, art is also a need as same as food, water, jobs jobs恐怕不是need吧，与食物 水列在一起不合适 and basic survive skills. The art enriches our daily life, helps us to relocate our situation in nature's history, and makes our life colorful. Paul Gauguin, a French leading post-impressionist painter in 19 century, had ever been a stockbroker and lived a rich life with his wife and five children. However, driven by a strong power from his passion of art, he made an unbelievable decision between material life and art. He gave up his wealth and even left his family. In order to experience a simple life and create his own art, he sailed to the tropic islands and lived with the original native. He spent his last thirteen years in these islands and only returned to France once. In spite of the hard life in these islands, Gauguin's most famous and great masterpieces, represented by "Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?", were all finished in this period. Gauguin's life vividly interprets a real mankind when he or she faces the choices between material life and art will also make an absolutely reverse decision which is against with people's common sense. It means, the notion that human always puts material life before everything else is not exact. In this society, there always exist some persons, who care about their spirit and regard art more than their lives. And this is the meaning of art. Gauguin的例子太极端了，毕竟只有很少数人会这样做，例子也有点长，可以再缩短一些

Besides, we must realize that the problems of starvation, unemployment and lack of the basic skills to survive can not be solved in one day. In fact, these problems with great likely can be never 是不是应该用can never be eliminated. Looking at the world's history, no matter how flourishing and developed a society had ever been. Starvation and unemployment have never disappeared. In my opinion, even though a better or perfect society 完美社会当然不会有饥饿等现象, such as community society, can never help all their citizens to live within enough food and adequate jobs. Because the reasons leading to this situation are not only related to the construction of this society but also and potentially more important are involved in those sufferers themselves. A lazy man without any goals is more dangerous than starvation itself. How do I deal with such a person even when we have sufficient food? If we feed him, it may lead more lazy persons to imitate and as a result more and more persons do nothing but still request for free food. In view of the huge obstacle before us to eliminate starvation and unemployment, to delay the art until we solve all the material problems is to delay the art forever. Furthermore, Can the use of public resources to support the arts always be the 去掉the conflict with solving the material problems? In fact, to build a museum or a art college can not only offers positions for people without jobs but also develops teenagers who are interested in art with skills to survive. At least, this measure will help to raise some artists' life, who often play tragic roles in this society.最后只提到一点艺术的重要性，感觉不太充分，既然本文是呼吁物质和精神的平衡，这一段可以多做一些物质和精神相互促进的论证，比如艺术能让人们多生活充满信心从而创造更多的物质材料

In sum, considering of the huge value the art contributes to the human's civilization and their important role in the modern society, the concept that thinking about material problems before everything and even to give up any measures to support the art only for the small persons, who have not reached the lowest material level, has been inappropriate. So to seek a balance between the material life and the art is the best way to ensure that most persons in this society can satisfy their both needs 应该用needs both吧 on material and onspiritual life.
整体来说很好了，语言和逻辑都可以，作者在讲道理方面功力很高
不足的地方是有些地方语言不够简练，论证不够深入
不过相信这篇文章再缩减一下会是篇很不错的习作了，也顺便学习一下：）

你开篇说物质和精神生活都需要，后面却没有很好地紧扣这个主题展开，而且，有些问题你思考得过于深入了，以至冲淡了主题。

其实第一段，你可以具体的说说物质生活是人类的基本需要。个人觉得马斯洛的理论用在这里并不是很好，马克思的倒是不错，经济基础决定上层建筑么。

第二段，精神生活也是必要的，艺术抚慰人的心灵，让人获得向上的力量。二战后的德国一片萧条，人们对音乐，美术的热情却丝毫没有减，从艺术中，人们获得了重建家园的力量。艺术是文化的瑰宝，就连战争时期，博物馆也是重点保护对象。法国人民再穷也不会把卢浮宫给卖了吧？

第三段，物质和精神生活是相辅相成的，不是互相冲突的。经济衰退了，干嘛要拿艺术那点资金当垫背阿，发展经济有很多种方法，不一定非要牺牲艺术为代价。再说艺术产业，比如电影，创造了多少财富啊！任何强盛的国家，都不是以放弃精神文化为代价的。要是这种观点根深蒂固，一有人失业就用艺术基金当失业救济金，那么艺术很快就没有容身之地了。

其实搂主都考虑到这些问题了，就是展开论述的时候“散”了一点！

个人不太赞成开篇就定义到物质和精神文化的高度来谈，毕竟很费事，下面什么例子都要往上这个上面扯，老美也有可能看不明白，人家没有“两手都要抓，两手都要硬”这一说阿。文章围绕艺术的重要性来谈就好了。

其实这个题目的中心思想就在于，艺术是国家的负担。没有正确地认识到艺术对于社会发展的价值。失业了就指责艺术耗费了国民经济，是很不公平的。怎么不想想盖政府大楼花了多少钱？公款吃喝花了多少钱？打仗花了多少钱？整个就没把艺术当回事嘛！狠批此文的鼠目寸光，狠赞艺术的价值，就对了！

[ 本帖最后由 kingplough 于 2008-10-14 01:50 编辑 ]

说得太好了！！！
的确有很多地方我都没有想到
的确这篇文章 我的方向有点偏 可能是企图多写些艺术 为其他艺术类积累素材
我的方向性也不太好
我企图把物质和精神放在平起平坐的位置上 这导致文章有些偏执 而且直接比较两者 也有以卵击石的味道


物质和精神生活是相辅相成的，不是互相冲突的。经济衰退了，干嘛要拿艺术那点资金当垫背阿，发展经济有很多种方法，不一定非要牺牲艺术为代价。

好！
思维的火花的确是要碰撞出来的

就像一发生国际冲突就说中国有这个问题那个问题一样，咱的火炬被抢了，还说咱对西藏太不好了。。
说白了，就说某些强势国家，把中国当成 uderdog

这里也一样，怎么没见艺术基金缺乏的时候呼吁找失业基金垫？从根本上，就是把艺术当成无足轻重的垫背。本题，就是要为艺术的地位正本清源。。。

TOPIC: ISSUE190 - "As long as peoplein a society are hungry or out of work or lack the basic skills needed tosurvive, the use of public resources to support the arts is inappropriate-and,perhaps, even cruel when one considers all the potential uses of suchmoney."

According to the human being's history, itis not hard to discover that, in truth, the conflict between the material lifeand spiritual life has existed long. Material life, which is dealing with theproblem of staying warm, eating enough, job security and the basic skillsneeded to survive, is always regarded as the most fundamental conditions for aman's life. However, the spiritual life, represented by paintings, music,literature, films and some other art styles, indeed also play a great rolewhich can never be left out easily on human being's progress. Vincent van Gogh,Rembrandt, Mozart, who are all greatly gifted artists, are also the tragicfigures struggling to live on the lowest material life's level. From these realexamples above, I think, despite speaker's everything is material-centered andmaterial life first, the best way for our human beings to live a happy life isto strike a balance between the material life and spiritual life.（开头总体不错，但有点长，最好短点）

To begin with, I must admit that speaker'sperspective is partially reasonable. Since we all know that, in view of theMaslow's hierarchy of needs, staying warm and eating enough both belong to thephysiological needs, the lowest hierarchy of needs. And the problem related toout of work and lack the basic survival skills belongs to the safety needs,which is only a little higher than the physiological needs. And these twohierarchies of needs are defined as deficiency needs in Maslow's theory. Ifthese needs are not met, any man's goals or desires will lose their meaning,which means, in Maslow's own words, that "it is quite true that man livesby bread alone -- when there is no bread." Therefore, only having regardof Maslow's theory, and for an individual itself, when he is dying of dehydrateand must make a decision between an invaluable masterpiece by Van Gogh and acup of water. It is no doubt that the cup of water will be his or her answerand only possible answer.（借助Maslow理论分析不错）

However, even though in some particularsituation that material life is indeed priority to the art, speaker's statementhere still obviously undervalues the important status that art is playing onthe human being's history of civilization.（怎么见过play和status搭配） Theart, in essence, is one of the human beings' creative spiritual contributions,which records the history of human's civilization, which reflects the realscene of the society in different times, which is all along to seek the undyingpart in human's spiritual civilization. That is to say,it is because of the art that mankind's civilization is yet kept completelytoday, distinguishes the humans from other animals and builds a bridge betweenthe past and now,（这句话有点问题，distinguish的主语好像没有） bythe way of artists' works which express an unique feeling, a eternal one, canbe understood only by men and women, children and the old, and the one nevergrow old in human's long history. That is why, today when we watch Van Gogh,Monet's paintings, listen to  Beethoven'smoonlight sonata, we will still be touched and cannothelp ourselves by an strong power. A power comes from arts, a power will neverdie in human's history and our spirit. From this view, art is also a need assame as food, water, jobs and basic survive skills. The art enriches our dailylife, helps us to relocate our situation in nature's history, and makes ourlife colorful.（前面讲的都是art的重要性，而Paul-Gauguin这个例子更侧重于在art和rich life中的选择问题，感觉逻辑有点不严谨） Paul Gauguin, a Frenchleading post-impressionist painter in 19 century, had ever been a stockbrokerand lived a rich life with his wife and five children. However, driven by astrong power from his passion of art, he made an unbelievable decision between materiallife and art. He gave up his wealth and even left his family. In order toexperience a simple life and create his own art, he sailed to the tropicislands and lived with the original native. He spent his last thirteen years inthese islands and only returned to France once. In spite of the hard life inthese islands, Gauguin's most famous and great masterpieces, represented by"Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?", were allfinished in this period. Gauguin's life vividly interprets a real mankind whenhe or she faces the choices between material life and art will also make anabsolutely reverse decision which is against with people's common sense. Itmeans, the notion that human always puts material life before everything else isnot exact. In this society, there always exist some persons, who care abouttheir spirit and regard art more than their lives. And this is the meaning ofart.（总体不错，例子说明artmay possess more priority than rich life, 但跟文章的主要问题不该用money支持art, 而是解决温饱之类的问题，貌似没起到有效的支持，毕竟rich life和温饱区别很大）

Besides, we must realize that the problemsof starvation, unemployment and lack of the basic skills to survive cannot be solved in one day.（这点不错） In fact, these problems with greatlikely can be never eliminated. Looking at the world's history, no matter howflourishing and developed a society had ever been. Starvation and unemploymenthave never disappeared. In my opinion, even though a better or perfect society,such as community society, can never help all their citizens to live withinenough food and adequate jobs. Because the reasons leading to this situationare not only related to the construction of this society but also andpotentially more important are involved in those sufferers themselves. A lazyman without any goals is more dangerous than starvation itself. How do I dealwith such a person even when we have sufficient food? If we feed him, it maylead more lazy persons to imitate and as a result more and more persons donothing but still request for free food. In view of the huge obstacle before usto eliminate starvation and unemployment, to delay the art until we solve allthe material problems is to delay the art forever. Furthermore, Can the use ofpublic resources to support the arts always be the conflict with solving thematerial problems? In fact, to build a museum or a art college can not onlyoffers positions for people without jobs but also develops teenagers who areinterested in art with skills to survive. At least, this measure will help toraise some artists' life, who often play tragic roles in this society.

In sum, considering of the huge value theart contributes to the human's civilization and their important role in themodern society, the concept that thinking about material problems beforeeverything and even to give up any measures to support the art only for thesmall persons, who have not reached the lowest material level, has beeninappropriate. So to seek a balance between the material life and the art isthe best way to ensure that most persons in this society can satisfy their bothneeds on material and spiritual life.


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呵呵文章好像太长了。第一段的 Material life, which is dealing with the problem of staying warm, eating enough, job security and the basic skills needed to survive, is always regarded as the most fundamental conditions for a man's life. However, the spiritual life, represented by paintings, music, literature, films and some other art styles, indeed also play a great role which can never be left out easily on human being's progress. Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, Mozart, who are all greatly gifted artists, are also the tragic figures struggling to live on the lowest material life's level. 中的列举或许可以减少
第二段中的“That is to say, it is because of the art that mankind's civilization is yet kept completely today, distinguishes the humans from other animals and builds a bridge between the past and now, by the way of artists' works which express an unique feeling, a eternal one, can be understood only by men and women, children and the old, and the one never grow old in human's long history. ”可以去掉吧？感觉在重复。
呵呵我觉得你写得很不错