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新航道特約雅思學術顧問

廣東外語外貿大學教授、博士

中國知名英語教育專家

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2018年05月19日

雅思大作文題目

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In many countries, people can eat a wide variety of food grown in other areas today. As a result, they eat more food from other regions than local food. Do you think the advantages of the development outweigh disadvantages?

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解析&審題

本題是2016年8月13日的原題重現，與2017年5月13日的真題也基本相同。

當今是全球化時代，我們的日常生活中充滿了外來的元素，只不過我們很少去關註：我們穿的衣服，吃的食品，乘坐的汽車或者飛機，幾乎沒有什麼東西沒有外來的痕迹。

那麼，在這個大背景下，我們該如何討論本次雅思寫作話題呢？

關於食用更多外來食品，而不是本地食品，就如使用其他產品一樣，肯定是利弊參半。

好的地方，無非是豐富了我們的食物選擇，改善了我們的營養結構，這是從消費者個人而言的。那麼，對於整個食品產業，無疑會增加產業的競爭，從而提升服務質量，但是壞處也由此而產生：如果消費者大量食用外來食品，這無疑會挫傷國內食品產業的發展。

談及個人觀點，我們可以這樣認為，雖然在短期內國內食品產業可能受損，但是從長遠看，競爭導致提高，從而可以促進國內食品產業走向世界，因此反而變成一件好事，由此得出結論：消費者食用外來食品，無論對個人還是對整個食品產業，都是一件好事。

[批判性思維提示] 本題的核心是：食用外來食品（而非本地食品）到底是好還是壞？唐老師的思路是分兩種情況來討論：對消費者而言，這是增加了食品選擇，改善了營養結構，當然是好事；對本地食品業而言，則可能產生負面的影響。那到底是好處多還是壞處多？唐老師則從競爭可以導致質量提高的角度，認為食用外來食品可以提升本地產業的競爭力。因此，在討論某種現象是好還是壞時，考生可以分不同人群（或不同層次）來進行討論，任何一個現象都不可能是絕對的壞，也不可能是絕對地壞。這樣，我們就獲得了一種批判性的思考方式。

[同類真題回顧] 「食品」一直是雅思寫作考試中的常客，經常出現。以下是歷年真題回顧：

2010.12.11 Junk food does harm to peoples health. Therefore, some experts find educationan effective way to prevent/stop people from eating the food. However, someone finds the education insignificant. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

教育能否讓人們不再吃垃圾食品？

2011.12.3

Today food travel thousands of miles from the farm to the consumers.Why is this? Is it a positive or negative trend?

從農場到消費者，食品要歷經千山萬水。為什麼？這是好還是不好？

2014.12.13

Shops should not be allowed to sell any food or drink that has been scientifically proved to be bad for people』s health. To what extend do you agree or disagree?

應該禁止商店銷售那些已經被科學證明是有害人們身體的食品和飲料嗎？

2016.3.12

In modern life, it is no longer necessary to use animals as food and in other products like clothing and medicines. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

現在，我們已經沒有必要將動物用作食物、衣服和醫藥。你是否同意？

2017.5.13

In some countries, it is possible for people to have a variety of food imported from all over the world. To what extent do you think its benefits outweigh the drawbacks? 在一些國家，人們可以吃到各種舶來的食品。你認為這是好還是不好

老師筆記

30 years ago, American fast food brands such as McDonald, KFC, and Subway werebasically unheard of in China, but now they have become everyday words to Chinese people who have probably consumed the greatest amount of American fast food in the world. Though the introduction of food from other regions is not without negative effects, I do think it is positive to both the individual consumers and the food industry as a whole.

30年前，麥當勞、肯德基和賽百味等美國快餐品牌在中國基本上是聞所未聞的，但現在它們已成為中國人的日常用語，中國人可能消費了世界上最多的美國快餐。雖然從其他地區引進食品並非沒有負面影響，但我認為這對個體消費者和整個食品行業都是積極的。

解析

（1）開頭段對題目所提的現象（即人們可以廣泛使用外來食品）進行細化描寫，引入話題，並提出自己的觀點。

（2）basically 基本上

（3）...is unheard of ......是聞所未聞

（4）consume 消費

（5）...is not without... 不無......

（6）food industry 食品業

（7）as a whole 作為整體地

With greater variety of food coming from outside, we can enjoy a better nutritional structure and greater freedom to choose our favorite food. Now we all know that eggplants and potatoes are vital to our health, but very few know they wereoriginally grown in Mexico and Ireland and were not imported to China until after the 18th century. So the food from other regions has offered us more nutritional choices. Instead of just taking soy bean milk, many people today have cow milk; instead of just taking breads, many people now have sandwiches as well.

有了更多的來自外部的食物，我們可以享受更好的營養結構和更大的自由選擇我們最喜歡的食物。現在我們都知道茄子和土豆對我們的健康非常重要，但很少有人知道，它們最初生長在墨西哥和愛爾蘭，直到18世紀以後才被引進到中國。所以來自其他地區的食物為我們提供了更多的營養選擇。今天，許多人不只喝豆漿，還喝牛奶；不僅吃麵包，還吃三明治。

解析

（1）本段討論引進外來食品對個體消費者的好處：改進營養結構，提供更多選擇。本段主要使用舉例法（包括茄子、土豆；豆漿，牛奶；麵包，三明治），圍繞的主題是來自其他地區的食品改善了我們的營養結構，並給我們更多選擇。

（2）variety 種類

（3）nutritional structure 營養結構

（4）vital 至關重要的

（5）originally 首先；起先

（6）not...until... 直到......才......

Some may argue that the importation of foreign food may impair the local food industry. This may be true in some cases. We have seen many local food brands becomeobsolete when their foreign replacementsare introduced to the market. However, I believe the intensified competition resulting from the arrival of the foreign food is beneficial to the long-term development of the local food industry, because it willcompel the local food companies to improve the quality of their products, which in turnwill make them more competitive in theglobal market.

有些人可能會說，進口外國食物可能會損害本地的食物業。這在某些情況下可能是正確的。我們已經看到，當外來的替代品被引入時，許多本地食品品牌消失了。然而，我相信，外來食品的到來所帶來的激烈競爭，對本地食品工業的長遠發展是有利的，因為這將迫使當地食品公司提高產品質量，而這無疑將使它們在全球市場上更具競爭力。

解析

（1）本段討論引進外來食品與本地食品業發展之間的關係。首先指出，外來食品的確可能損害本地食品業，然後轉折過來，說明外來食品帶來的競爭迫使本地企業提升質量，而這個從長遠看會提升其在全球市場上的競爭力。

（2）impair損害；傷害

（3）in some cases 在某些情況下

（4）obsolete過時的

（5）replacement替換品

（6）intensified加劇的

（7）result from 由......引起

（8）long-term長遠的

（9）compel 迫使

（10）in turn 反過來

（11）competitive 有競爭力的

（12）global market 全球市場

Thus, that people are able to consume more and more food from other countries and regions gives a favorable opportunity to both the individual consumers and the entire food industry. It is, therefore, advisable for us to embrace this development, rather thanrejecting it.

因此，人們能夠消費越來越多的來自其他國家和地區的食品，為個人消費者和整個食品行業提供了一個有利的機會。因此，我們最好接受這一發展，而不是拒絕它。

解析

（1）本段為結論段，重申觀點。好的結尾段應該包括兩個內容：一是對前文的總結，二是適當的延伸。因此，好作文的結尾段通常都是兩句話組成。

（2）favorable有利的

（3）advisable明智的

（4）embrace擁抱；歡迎

（5）reject 拒絕

本場考試範文

30 years ago, American fast food brands such as McDonald, KFC, and Subway were basically unheard of in China, but now they have become everyday words to Chinese people who have probably consumed the greatest amount of American fast food in the world. Though the introduction of food from other regions is not without negative effects, I do think it is positive to both the individual consumers and the food industry as a whole.

With greater variety of food coming from outside, we can enjoy a better nutritional structure and greater freedom to choose our favorite food. Now we all know that eggplants and potatoes are vital to our health, but very few know they were originally grown in Mexico and Ireland and were not imported to China until after the 18th century. So the food from other regions has offered us more nutritional choices. Instead of just taking soy bean milk, many people today have cow milk; instead of just taking breads, many people now have sandwiches as well.

Some may argue that the importation of foreign food may impair the local food industry. This may be true in some cases. We have seen many local food brands become obsolete when their foreign replacements are introduced to the market. However, I believe the intensified competition resulting from the arrival of the foreign food is beneficial to the long-term development of the local food industry, because it will compel the local food companies to improve the quality of their products, which in turn will make them more competitive in the global market.

Thus, that people are able to consume more and more food from other countries and regions gives a favorable opportunity to both the individual consumers and the entire food industry. It is, therefore, advisable for us to embrace this development, rather than rejecting it.

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