2016年11月19日雅思大作文題目:越來越多的人獨居是好還是壞?
In some countries, more people choose to live by themselves in recent years. Why is the case? Is it a positive or negative development for the society?
解析
11月19日的寫作題目是個徹底的舊題,以前多次原題出現(xiàn)過,比如2013年4月13日、2013年8月3日、2014年9月27日。相關(guān)的話題也頻繁出現(xiàn),比如2012年7月12日“大學(xué)生該住在學(xué)校還是住在家里”、2014年9月4日“因特網(wǎng)時代我們住在什么地方都不影響我們的工作和生活”、2016年4月2日“多民族的人住在一起是好還是壞”等。
關(guān)于居住方式的問題,我們應(yīng)該怎樣解題呢?首先,從物質(zhì)層面,獨自居住可以給我們自由的空間和時間,我們想干嘛就干嘛,比如不掃地,不洗碗,房間亂糟糟都不用擔(dān)心,但這種自由的代價就是可能養(yǎng)成一些不好的習(xí)慣;其次,從心理層面,獨自居住可能讓我們心理很放松,但是如果長期一個人住,就可能失去社交的能力;最后,從社會層面,獨自居住雖然減少了人與人之間的沖突,但也給社會資源增加了負(fù)擔(dān)和壓力。重要的事情說三遍(常讀本專欄的讀者會發(fā)現(xiàn),其實唐老師強調(diào)早就不止三遍了):使用唐老師的“三層次”理論,可以解決雅思寫作大部分題目“寫什么”的問題,你無需再為寫什么而發(fā)愁,而且層次還很分明,邏輯相應(yīng)也就順暢啦!
新航道團隊范文
Today, more and more people, especially in developed countries, choose to live alone. Some even go so far as to live all by themselves even if they have a spouse. Obviously, the benefits of living alone are multiple: freedom to come and go as you please; the space and solitude all to yourself; kingly or queenly domain over the bed. However, as far as I see it, all these benefits do not come without prices.
(1) 本段給出背景,描述問題,然后給出自己的觀點:點出人們獨住的理由(多種好處),并提出這些好處是有代價的。
(2) go as far as to do...竟然到了做......的地步
(3) multiple (=many) 多重的,很多的
(4) solitude /?sɑ?.l?.tu?d/ n. 獨處;孤獨
(5) all to oneself 獨自擁有的
(6) domain 領(lǐng)地,范圍
To begin with, as TV has taught us once and again, the single-occupant home can be a breeding ground for eccentricities. In a sense, living alone represents the self let loose. In the absence of anybody else and his/her watchful eyes, the solo dweller is free to indulge his or her odd habits: no dish washing after dinner, standing naked in your kitchen at 2 a.m., eating peanut butter from the jar, and so on. You may do these things again and again until it is too late for you to make a change.
(1) 本段討論獨處的代價之一:養(yǎng)成怪習(xí)慣。先提出觀點(獨處養(yǎng)成怪習(xí)慣),接著講因果關(guān)系(因為獨處就代表一個放縱的自我,沒有人監(jiān)視),然后,舉例有哪些怪習(xí)慣(不洗碗、裸身站在廚房......),最后總結(jié)這些習(xí)慣不易改變。
本文需要不斷提及“一個人住”、“獨居”等意思,烤鴨們可學(xué)習(xí)如下表達(dá)法,在恰當(dāng)?shù)牡胤竭M行替換:
the single-occupant home
一個人住的家;
the solo dweller
獨居者;
to live alone
一個人??;
to live all by himself
一個人住
(2) breeding ground 滋生地;溫床
(4) eccentricity 怪異之處
(5) let loose 釋放;放縱
(6) indulge 沉溺
Then, for people who are comfortable and even good at living alone, there is often another concern: a fear that the concrete has set, so to speak, on their domestic habits and that it will be difficult to go back to living with someone else. A friend of mine got married after having been single and living by himself for many years, only to find that he was always quarreling with his wife because, in his words, she was constantly picking faults with his habits and lifestyle. It is not until a long time later that he realized he had to give up those oddities he picked up when he was living alone.
(1) 本段討論獨居的代價之二:無法再與其他人共處。同樣,先提出觀點,接下來論述,然后舉例。
(2) concern 擔(dān)憂
(3) concrete 混凝土
(4) so to speak 打個比方;就好像
(5) domestic habits 家居習(xí)慣
(6) only to find... 卻發(fā)現(xiàn)......
(7) pick faults with 挑刺
(8) oddity 奇怪的習(xí)慣;怪異之處(=eccentricity)
It is, of course, a matter of personal preference whether one chooses to live all by himself or with his friends or family members. If he finds freedom more important than anything else, living alone is certainly a good choice. It would be the best choice of his if he understood how to avoid the perils, too.
(1) 本段為結(jié)尾段,先提出是否獨居是個人選擇,接下去總結(jié)獨具的好處,最后提出獨居者應(yīng)該意識到并避免獨居的危險。
(2) personal preference 個人偏好
(3) peril 危險 (=danger)
參考譯文
今天,越來越多的人(尤其是發(fā)達(dá)國家)選擇獨居,有些人甚至有配偶也一個人住。很明顯,獨居的好處多多:隨心所欲進進出出;獨享空間與孤獨;獨霸大床。然而,在我看來,所有這些好處都不是沒有代價的。
首先,正如電視一再讓我們看到的那樣,獨占的家可能成為怪異的滋生地。從某種意義上講,獨居意味著放縱自我。沒有他人在場,沒有他人的眼睛盯著,獨居者很自由地沉溺于自己奇怪的習(xí)慣:吃完飯不洗碗,凌晨2點赤身裸體站在廚房,從罐里抓花生黃油吃,等等。你會一遍遍地做這樣的事情,想改變時卻已為時太晚。
其次,對于那些喜歡,甚至善于獨居的人來說,經(jīng)常還有另外一個擔(dān)憂:害怕就像鋼筋水泥塑造了他們的家居習(xí)慣,他們想回去與其他人同住就變得困難了。我有一位朋友,很多年都是單身一個人住,結(jié)婚后卻發(fā)現(xiàn)他總是和太太吵架,他說這是因為他太太不斷挑他的習(xí)慣和生活方式的毛病。直到很長一段時間以后,他才意識到,自己必須放棄獨居時養(yǎng)成的那些奇奇怪怪的習(xí)慣。
當(dāng)然,是否選擇獨居還是與朋友家人一起住,這是一個個人偏好的問題。如果覺得自由比其他事情都重要,那么獨居無疑是一個好的選擇;如果他能理解怎么規(guī)避獨居的風(fēng)險,那么這個選擇就是的了。
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