文理科该不该分开

A recent survey shows that different people hold different attitudes towards whether science and arts education should be separated. Some people favor the division between science and liberal arts. They believe that such practice not only provides more focused education but also lightens students’ academic burden. I don’t think so and I insist that science and arts education shouldn’t be divided.

最近一项调查表明不同的人对文理科该不该分班有着不同的态度。有些人喜欢把文理科分开。他们相信这样子能够让学生更加注重学科，而且也能减轻学生的学习负担。但我不这么认为，我坚持文理科不该分开。

I have several reasons to support my view. First of all, science and arts are integral parts of the quality education. Students must learn both of them to gain an all-round development. In addition, there’s no direct connection between students’ study load and the number of subjects they have to learn. More often than not, it is the existing educational policy and system that make students feel stressed and depressed. Finally, it is a fact beyond all disputes that being forced to make a choice between science and arts, more students will lose interests in their studies.

我有几个理由来支持我的观点。第一，文科理科都是素质教育的组成部分。学生必须都得学了才能在学业上有较全面的发展。还有，学生的学习负担和他们要学的学科的数目没有直接的联系。通常是现有的教育制度和体系让学生压力山大和郁郁寡欢。最后，强迫学生选文理科，让他们很多人都对学习失去兴趣，这是一个不争的事实。

From the foregoing, we can safely draw a conclusion that science and arts education shouldn’t be separated from each other.

综上所述，我们能够得出结论，那就是文理科不该分开来学。