11. Should universities finance students' sports activities equally as libraries?

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Universities should give the same amount of

　　money to their students' sports activities as they give to their university libraries. Use specific reasons

　　and examples to support your opinion.

　　『分析』

　　不能完全同意。"same"是一件做不到的事情。

　　普通大学，应该或更多的钱在图书馆上

　　Edited by Lost Lawyer

　　体育专科大学，当然应该花更多的钱在体育设施上

　　资金分配的重要原则：产出应该大于投入

　　大学的办学原则：要better brains;也要better bodies.

　　相关题目：[Related Topics: 147. Some relevant issues about public investments: 1) investment vs. profit; 2)

　　immediate needs vs. long-term benefits; 3) profit-making organization vs. nonprofit-making organization. Topics

　　about money allocation: 11. 19. 56. 95. 100. 167*) personal attitudes of money: 32. 33. 48. 53. 131. 173. 177.

　　185.]

　　资金分配问题：资金的有效运用(efficiency of money allocation)的重要体现是投入产出比(input-output ratio)。

　　即便是nonprofit-making organization也要保证资金的投入产出的平衡(balance of input and output)。

　　『范文』

　　The main responsibility of a university is to develop a student's academic ability. While physical health is an

　　important prerequisite for mental health and academic achievement, sports should play a comparatively small role

　　in college student's lives.

　　Since a student's main activity outside of the classroom is studying, occupying from four to eight hours of

　　their day, a peaceful studying environment plays an important role in a student's academic development. College

　　dorm rooms can have up to eight students sleeping in one small room and are not good environments for students

　　to study in. To provide excellent studying environments for their students, universities must build large libraries

　　designed to accommodate students as well as books. Since sports should occupy a much smaller part of the

　　student's time, perhaps only an hour a day, sports facilities need not be as extensive or well-equipped as libraries.

　　In addition to the costs of building adequate library faculties, a university must also pay every year to keep its

　　collection well organized and up-to-date. The goal of every university library should be to have the most current

　　books and materials its students need in order to study and do cutting edge research. The larger the student body,

　　the more comprehensive a library's collection must be. A well-trained staff must also care for the materials and help

　　the students. Continuing costs for sports, on the other hand, are relatively low, requiring only a few part-time staff

　　and maintenance routines. For the most part, students are happy to organize their own sporting events and exercise

　　routines quite independently of the school.

　　Although a student's health is critical to their academic success, the investment that a school needs to make

　　to ensure a physically fit student body is relatively small. Considering that the main mission of the school is to

　　develop a student's mind and not their body, the school should put more of its resources into its libraries and not

　　its sports activities.