2014年7月26日 雅思写作机经

Writing Task 1

The table below shows the total length of high speed train track in three countries in 1990, 2010 and the projection for 2010.

Writing Task 2

Some people think that the environmental problems are too big for individuals to solve. Others, however, believe that the problems cannot be solved if individuals do not take some actions. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Individual obstacles:

1.Obstacles that stand in the way of individual action and intervention by governments is needed.

2.The first obstacle is the lack of professional knowledge needed to cope with serious environmental issues like soil erosion and salinity, which require a significant amount of investigation and research.

3.Another obstacle which makes individual action almost impossible is when an environmental emergency or accident happens such as an oil spill near the border line, which would necessitate government or even international coordination.

At Individual level:

1. Individual actions, small as they may be, can prove more effective than we realize.

2. We can avoid driving the car, and take public transit, walk, or bicycle instead.

3. This will reduce the use of fossil fuels and cut pollution.
4. Saving energy at home, like turning on the air conditioner only when we have to, or turning water heater down a few degrees, is also ultimately good for the environment. It has been rightly said that – ‘Little drops of water; little grains of sand; make the mighty ocean; and the vast land’.