【题目要求】
100 years ago, human race believed we would make continue progress in all areas of life. Today, some people feel less certain about this. what areas of progress human race has made? What else areas we haven't developed?
【点评一】
本题是2009年5月21日的话题,属于抽象类话题。抽象类话题看似难写,实际上只要转换成具体话题就容易手了。进步的领域:科技,教育。仍需改进的领域:环保,犯罪,人口老龄化,动物保护,文化语言保护。本题几乎无所不包,雅思写作题库中几乎所有话题都能用于本题。
【点评二】
题目 Some people think the human race has made continual progress in all areas of life, while others believe that there is less certainty about this. What areas of progress human race has made? What else areas we have not developed?
一些人认为人类在各方面已经取得了不断的进步,而另外一些人认为并非如此。人类在哪些领域取得了进步?哪些领域没有取得发展?
开头段 How to make a better life never fails to capture people’s attention throughout much of the human history ,which serves as a catalyst for the continuing development in every aspect of life. Some people, however, believe that the so called “development” cannot be regarded as real progress.
中间段1 回答第一问:人类在哪些领域取得了进步? 1. 众所周知,几个世纪以来,人类一直致力于通过发展科技来改善生存环境。
It is commonly believed that human beings have been striking for improving living conditions by evolving science and technology for many centuries.
【论证示范】
Due to the convenient transportation system, citizens in China are able to enjoy fresh American lemons which were once not available to Chinese or people in many other counties. Communication modes mainly relied on writing letters in the past also witnessed a significantly transformation with the advent of internet, making friends or families enable to contact each other instantly by their computers or tablets.2.其次,与过去相比,人类在医学领域取得了许多突破。
Furthermore, compared with the past , there are many breakthroughs having been achieved in medical care.
中间段2 回答第二问:哪些领域没有取得发展? 1. 污染,全球变暖,物种灭绝等环境问题已经成为很多国家头痛的问题,它们经常会陷于经济发展和生态平衡的困境中。
Environmental problems in terms of pollutions, global warming ,species extinction and so forth, have been a great headache to most nations who always trap into a dilemma between economic development and ecological balance. 2.各个种族和宗教间的武装冲突是一个持续性的问题,这对世界的和平与和谐造成了威胁。
Arm conflict among various races and religions is another endless problem posing a large threat to world peace and harmony.
结尾段 To sum up, although a lack of knowledge concerning how to control human desire seems to be a big handicap to human civilization, it should be admitted that we have made a great progress in many fields , and the advancement is expected to continue.
作者能较灵活准确地使用词汇表达,但学术词汇的积累还有很大的空间;熟练使用了一些长难句;语言不流畅;连词使用偏少。
Today,with the rapid development of information high way,a growing number of ways can be got to acquire news.Some people tend to think the best way is through newspaper,which is also denied by those who think they can get news by television or the Internet.However,I think varies way have their advantages and disadvantages when you acquire news. Newspaper,as the earliest way used to transmit news,has been known and extensively used around the world.You can realize many things wherever and whenever they happen.Also,newspaper has the value of collection,as it write on paper and easily be conserved.In addition,For those people who get used to read,they may prefer to read newspaper everyday to get news,instead of watching television or browsing the Internet.However,some drawbacks of newspaper are also gradually noticed by people.It can not renew the information timely due to need some time to edit and publish it.On the other hand,news published by newspaper is limited,newspaper office only pick up those wealth information they think to provide you. Television and the Internet gradually become the mainstream of gaining news in recent years,people do not just rely on newspaper.It no doubt that realizing news around the whole of world through television and the Internet is convenient and time-saving,especially for those people who always have so busy work that have no enough time to read newspaper.Besides,some important events can be published on the Internet or TV program in time,which allows people know them in short time,instead like newspaper can not renew it information.But,we have to admit that some disadvantages of news reported on television or the Internet,especially the Internet,which always contain some harmful content that will cause the damage on people's benefits. In the conclusion,I think we should realize a wide variety of ways of news acquiring and get their individual advantages can be get full use.