利弊类大作文，交通类话题
More and more people buy and use their own cars. Do you think the advantages of this trend for individuals outweigh the disadvantages for the environment?
题目来源：2023年12月2日大陆雅思大作文（重复2015年10月8日亚太考题）
1、题目大意
越来越多的人购买并使用自己的汽车。你认为这种趋势对个人的好处大于对环境的坏处吗？
2、思路解析
这是一道利弊类大作文，聊的是私家车增加的利弊问题。利弊类大作文需要强调在论证上体现合理性，即在具体的分析中，明确能体现出一边的论述的确是大于另一边，或是利弊均等，而利弊是否有说服力并不取决于观点的数量，而是内容是否有说服力。审题时注意两点，一是讨论对象是“私家车”而非其他交通工具，二是利弊分析分别限定在“对个人的好处”和“对环境的坏处”，在此之外的讨论可能会偏题。下面，王珍老师带大家一起来看下具体观点。
首先来看对于个人的好处，有两方面。
一是提升个人出行便利性的自由度。私家车使个人能够随时出行，无需等待公共交通，尤其是遇到紧急情况时，比如家人突发疾病需要送医。而对于住在偏远或公共交通不便的地区的人们来说，私家车是基本的出行工具。
二是私家车提供了更好的出行体验。在私家车内，乘客可以避免拥挤和他人的打扰，甚至可以根据自己的喜好调节空调、音乐等。
再来看对于环境的坏处，有三方面。
一是造成空气污染和温室气体排放。燃油汽车的尾气排放是城市空气污染的主要来源，包括二氧化碳、氮氧化物等。同时汽车排放的温室气体会加剧全球气候变暖的问题。
二是燃油车的增加会带来更大的能源消耗，导致化石燃料开采和加工进一步增加，在此过程中产生的燃料泄露或是废物排放，都会对环境造成严重污染。
三是大量的汽车报废后，由于大部分材料无法降解，进而产生了大量的固体垃圾。在处理过程中可能会对环境进一步造成破坏。
3、提纲
4、高分范文示例
It has been a popular trend that a growing number of people tend to buy their own cars. While its benefits to individuals are beyond doubt, I would say that detrimental effects of the driving trend on environment are far outweighing.
From an individual perspective, the trend of life-on-wheels can be seen as positive for both comfortable and convenient reasons. Firstly, it is not difficult to imagine the comfort of driving to work in comparison with the feeling of being sandwiched in the packed subway during rush hours. Also, for some travelers who need to commute between cities frequently, driving by themselves is sometimes a relatively more affordable and convenient alternative to air flights, which is more expensive and irritating when considering the cumbersome security procedures at airports, if not the commonplace delay.
However, these superficial benefits mentioned above are not justified enough to offset its damage to the environment. Out of all the problems, the carbon dioxide commissions stand out as the most serious symptom of the problem to which I see the prevailing driving lifestyle as the answer. Another apprehension we cannot afford to ignore is potential exhaustion of fuel energy with the rising number of cars. Some might argue that both problems could be mitigated by the electronic car, which are reckoned as a cleaner and energy saving alternative to its traditional counterparts in the near future. Nevertheless, this might lead to a new problem: how to deal with the discarded old models? Given the fact that most of their materials and engines are non-biodegradable, they might stay in the junk yard for decades.
In conclusion, although the benefits of private cars cannot be denied, I would say these merits for individuals should be at the sacrifice of environment.
5、相关词汇和语法结构
Life-on-wheels 生活方式以车为中心
Sandwiched in the packed subway 挤在拥挤的地铁里
Cumbersome security procedures 繁琐的安检程序
Carbon dioxide commissions 二氧化碳排放
Potential exhaustion of fuel energy 燃料能源的潜在枯竭
Electronic car 电动车
Non-biodegradable 不可生物降解的
Junk yard 垃圾场
At the sacrifice of 以...为牺牲
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