2012年4月28日托福真题范文
海外大学教师谢振礼原创
TOEFL Test of Written English
TWE Topic: World News
As seen in China on April 28, 2012
>People should know events happening around the world even if they have little influence on their daily lives. Use specific reasons, examples and details to support your opinion.
Example Writing
By Jeenn Lee Hsieh
One way to see the world as it is is to be informed about what is happening on the planet. News about events of "change" can sometimes provide serious lessons to be learned or otherwise turn out to be subjects for gossip. Even though not directly affecting their daily lives, news reports in general enable people to increase their world knowledge and form their own opinions about global issues.
Gaining knowledge, as eating food, is a basic human instinct. News is exactly that kind of knowledge which can mentally feed the audience. Driven by hunger for information, many modern people become accustomed to monitoring major events associated with the changing landscapes in various dimensions--economy, finance, politics, society, sports, entertainment, weather, global warming and environmental protection, science and technology, new products and services, celebrities and scandals, conflicts and wars, man-made catastrophes and natural disasters, and so on. Such events mostly may not affect people's day-to-day lives, at least not directly; however, they can be enlightened by increasing their knowledge about the world in constant change. In short, people may feel like being educated in a global way.
Those who do not know what is happening are unable to form their own thoughts and ideas. In a world of globalization, it is even more important for people not to be ignorant of what differences are being made beyond borders , for better or for worse. Well-informed people are likely to have their opinions leading to better choices in life. In fact, the popularity of quality stories about world events underlies the influence of the news media. Now that events happening anywhere are being reported on radio, on television and online as well as in printed circulations, it is as if news were in the air. Thus, the public cannot but breathe in tune with the changing world.
It is evident that knowledge from news and opinions based on up-to-date international information can be part and parcel of people's daily lives to some extent. As the world is changing, people need to learn new knowledge to take a glance at an ever-changing shape of the new reality. Besides, lives may be more enjoyable and less boring if there is more stuff for gossiping. (Essay created by Jeenn Lee Hsieh)
2012年4月14日托福真题范文
TOEFL Test of Written English
Essay Topic: Protecting Wildlife
As seen in China, April 14, 2012
>It is important for the government to protect animals and wilderness areas for the future generations. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons, examples and details to support your answer.
Example Writing
By Jeenn Lee Hsieh
海外大学教师谢振礼原创范文
Building a future in harmony with the nature must be regarded as an issue of national priority. Although this issue is everybody's business, only the government has the ways and means to defend the frontiers of forests and save endangered animals for the benefits of our children and children's children. It is the government's role to not only get individuals involved but also to go in step with the global "green" movement.
As custodians of our natural landscapes, people should have moral conscience, or merely follow the government's regulations, to be decent with the biodiversity. In this respect, it is important for the government to effectively enforce the pro-green laws, on penalties of huge fines and prison terms. Reportedly in many countries such laws do exist, but lack of the government's political will has often rendered it difficult to make a difference nation-wide. Not even in the name of great leaps in economic progress should the government allow much of wildlife to disappear, perhaps never to be seen by the future generations. Therefore, the government ought to make it understood that if we could show respect to the natural habitats and forests, they would also show respect for us. When the situation becomes from bad to worse, human beings might have no future whatever, imagining that after the last tree is cut down, the last animal killed off, and the last fish caught, money could not be eaten.
Viewed from a global perspective, the government has a place in the international "green" community whose goal it is to save Nature for Nature's sake. For that matter, no responsible government should act alone when such problems as illegal hunting and excessive deforestation often happen without boundaries. On the government-to-government base, administrative forces must be joined to keep the planet alive with living things, all in unity. Unfortunately, up till now not enough has been done. No doubt, protecting wild animals and wilderness areas is easier said than done, and this is exactly why the government should play a more active part to bring about universal results. It may be said that the Earth is like a universal habitat for all countries, and there would be very few whole eggs left from a damaged nest.
In conclusion, it is necessary for the government to create Nature-friendly conditions for its people and at the same time cooperate with other governments in an effort to preserve what is most valuable for the future. Even though everybody's business seems nobody's business, it remains ultimately each government's duty to safeguard our flora and fauna. Only by so doing can the government help to make the environment fit for people to live in, along with all other living things, now and forever.
(Essay created by Jeenn Lee Hsieh)
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