雅思范文:The Throw-away Society 垃圾社会
雅思范文:The Throw-away Society 垃圾社会雅思真题 IELTS Writing Task 2:
1 类似真题>Nowadays people always throw old things away and buy news things,
whereas in the past old things were repaired and used again. What causes this
problem? What effects does the
phenomenon lead to? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant
examples from your own knowledge or experience.
2 类似真题>People now throw things away and buy new ones instead of
repairing and using them again. What are the causes of this problem? What
measures should be taken to deal with this
issue? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from
your own knowledge or experience.
3 类似真题>We have developed a "throw-away" society and are filling the
environment with many plastic bags and rubbish that we cannot fully dispose of.
To what extent do you agree or
disagree with this opinion? What measures should be taken to combat the
problem? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from
your own knowledge or experience.
4 类似真题>People buy things and use them for a limited period of time and
then, instead of repairing and using them again, throw them away to be replaced
by new things. What are the causes of
this phenomenon? What measures should be taken to solve the problem? Give
reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own
knowledge or experience.
5 类似真题>Nowadays we are said to have a "throw-away society" where we use
things once and throw them away. Outline the problems that are caused by this
lifestyle and what might happen
if we continue to dump large quantities of thrash. Propose some solutions
to the issue. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples
from your own knowledge or experience.
全面回答 Example Writing:
Ours is a throw-away society strongly influenced by consumerism as we value
convenience over environmental protection. Even though we are environmentally
conscious to some extent, we do not appear to be serious enough in taking
measures to reduce consumption, let alone repairing and re-using old things
instead of buying new ones. Much is known about what is happening whereas little
is being done to effectively prevent the serious situation from becoming
worse.
The causes of the development of the "throw-away society" are clear, so are
its effects on the environment. We throw away out of convenience because
societal conventions have us constantly move on to the next new fad or
technology. For example, we are dumping large quantities of thrash, such as
plastic bags and diapers that can pollute the environment. Likewise, we are
discarding televisions, cell phones, computers and other plastics in exchange of
new ones that unsurprisingly will become our future garbage. It is as if a
product were designed or intended on purpose to fail or become less desirable
over time, only to be thrown away after a certain amount of use. So much so, we
are filling the environment with more rubbish than we can possibly dispose of,
and as a result pollution is the price we are paying for the popular culture of
consumerism in the age of mass production.
Nevertheless, there are no ready solutions to consumerism-related problems
due mainly to the fact that the "throw-away" habits die hard, especially when
often it could be more costly to repair old products than to buy new ones.
Consequently, although many people have a critical view of over-consumption and
excessive production of short-lived items, few people are actually able to
resist the systematic attempts of business to make us wasteful as well as
debt-ridden and permanently discontented individuals. To relieve the
environmental impacts, we pretend to believe that one ideal solution should rest
on educating consumers to voluntarily do "positive" buying--recycled and
re-used. Without a doubt, this might be nothing but wishful thinking since such
a measure is easier said than done in a well-to-do society, imagining that only
extreme poverty could perhaps stop the "throw-away" trend. Fortunately, the good
news is that there exist some kinds of technological know-how that may kindle
the hope of finding a "green" solution, commonly called Waste-To-Energy (WTE)
plants. Of course, it remains to be seen how efficiently those WTE plants can
reduce waste volume and also contribute to resource recovery, thereby protecting
the environment.
What with education and what with technology, it is expected that more
could be done to combat the key problems in the "throw-away society". To be
sure, environmental awareness alone is not enough to spare our planet from being
further damaged if we do not change that consumer lifestyle which is not doing
any favor to the environment. In a society gradually being used to obsessive
consumerism, the cruel reality is that too many people now prefer convenience to
environmental protection, while too few measures are likely to become effective
anytime soon.
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