托福獨(dú)立作文題目:
Even though many people from different countries care about environment problems (pollution, global warming), the environmental situation can’t be improved in the future.
解析:
【題目翻譯】
即使現(xiàn)在很多國(guó)家的很多人都非常關(guān)心類似于污染和全球變暖這樣的環(huán)境問題,但是環(huán)境狀況在將來還是不會(huì)得到改善的。你同意還是不同意這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)?
【話題分析】
此題考查的是環(huán)境話題,其實(shí),教育、環(huán)境、媒體、個(gè)人成功、工作等話題都是托??荚嚨闹仡^戲,其中教育、個(gè)人成功和工作一直名列前茅,但是環(huán)境話題的再次出現(xiàn),也是給各位考生提了個(gè)醒,要注意老話題的復(fù)習(xí),包括素材和詞匯的復(fù)習(xí)。
【歷年相關(guān)考題】
大陸考題:
2008.6.22-The most important thing that the government can do in improving health care is to clean the environment.
2008年11月22日—Instead of spending money on the exploration of outer space, the government should spend money on the improvement of the environment.
北美考題:
2008.1.12-The government should focus more on environmental problems and less on economic development.
2008.3.14-The environmental issue is too complex to be solved by the individuals.
2008.4.26-The government should give priority to improving healthcare than to solving environmental problems.
【思路拓展】
如果同意上面的觀點(diǎn),那就是認(rèn)為:即使現(xiàn)在很多國(guó)家關(guān)心環(huán)境問題,但問題還是得不到改善,可以有以下理由:
1. 很多國(guó)家只是關(guān)注(care about / pay more attention on …),或者可以理解成是意識(shí)到環(huán)境問題的嚴(yán)重性(realize the importance of environment problems),但是都不采取具體的行動(dòng)(but they have not taken practical and effective measures),如此下去,環(huán)境問題也不會(huì)得到改善。比方說,由政府間氣候變化專家委員會(huì)(Intergovernmental Panelon Climate Change)制定的京都議定書(Kyoto protocol),旨在減少二氧化碳排放量(reduce the emission of carbon dioxide),減輕全球變暖,都改了好幾次了,但是全球變暖未見改善。
2. 很多國(guó)家,尤其是發(fā)展中國(guó)家和不發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家,為了發(fā)展經(jīng)濟(jì),大量的挖掘地球的資源(excavate all kinds of resource),排放廢氣廢物(contamination),因此,他們是在以犧牲環(huán)境為代價(jià)來發(fā)展經(jīng)濟(jì)(develop a country’s economy at the cost of environment damage),如此以來,環(huán)境問題不僅不會(huì)改善,而且還會(huì)惡化(deteriorate)。
3. 很多污染單一國(guó)家或地區(qū)很難獨(dú)立解決(it is too complicated for individual country to solve some environmental problems)。很多污染都是沒有國(guó)界的(boundless),即使有的國(guó)家在關(guān)注,甚至采取行動(dòng),如果不把站在國(guó)際的角度上去解決這個(gè)問題 (tackle this problem at an international level),也是很難有成效的。
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