雅思考試寫作范文：快節(jié)奏社會的問題

　　Task：The speeding up of life in areas such as travel and communications is negatively affecting the society at every level --- individual, national, and global. Do you agree or disagree?

　　思路解析：

　　同意，快節(jié)奏的生活方式同時給個人，國家和全球帶來的負面影響。

　　1. 個人層面：生活的加速會增大人們的壓力，因為它破壞了生活的平衡。舉例，飛機大大加速了人們的出行，但是也帶來了更高的工作預(yù)期和更緊湊的時間計劃。在太多例子中，企業(yè)員工被要求在早上乘坐飛機抵達另一個州，甚至是國家，來參加會議和談判，然后又搭乘午夜的航班飛回家，中間沒有任何的休息時間。結(jié)果是，人們會感覺筋疲力盡，喘不過氣。

　　2. 國際層面：快速的運輸和通訊系統(tǒng)的建立會進一步破壞環(huán)境。舉例，飛機的頻繁使用會排放大量的尾氣。同樣的，為了滿足無線通訊的需求，如手機，數(shù)不清的基站被建立在山區(qū)和森林里，這破壞了生態(tài)圈。

　　3. 國家層面：便利的旅游和通訊會破壞一個國家的文化。舉例，飛機增強了國家之間的聯(lián)系，如貿(mào)易和旅游，但這也把國外文化引進到國內(nèi)，這會導(dǎo)致文化競爭，并很有可能殺死本土文化。同樣的，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的興旺也把人們暴露在一個全球的流行文化之下，如流行音樂，電影，游戲，這讓年輕人失去對于本國文化的興趣。

　　參考范文：

　　Nowadays, modern technologies have sharply speeded up people’s traveling and communication. Some people argue that there are many negative results behind this fast-paced trend, personally, nationally, and globally. Personally, I strongly agree with this view, and my reasons will be explored as below.

　　Firstly, on the personal level, an accelerated life pace make individuals stressful, due to it breaks the balance between working and living. For example, airplanes, the fastest transportation nowadays, can largely shorten the time of people’s long-distant traveling, while its high efficiency also causes higher work expectancy and tighter work schedule. For example, in a single day, a manager of multi-national companies is asked to take plane to go for a meeting in another region and country far away in the morning, and fly back to the home at night. This fast and exhausting lifestyle not only damages people’s health, but also alienates them from families, because of the lack of time spent on exercise, rest, or dinners with spouse and children.

　　In addition, on the international level, fast systems of global transportation and communication worse the environment. For one thing, an increasing number of cross-border air flights mean more fossil oil is burned and more waste gas is emitted, such as smog. As a result, this kind of discharge further deteriorates the global warming. Similarly, for the purpose of building up a modern seamless communication system for cell phones and the Internet, new base stations are installed in mountains and forests, new cable ropes are buried under the seabed. These constructions make an overall destruction to the global ecosystem, thus leading to the extinction of species.

　　Finally, on the national level, the thriving of fast long-distant traveling and communication would destroy cultural identities of a country. For example, fast airplanes bring more foreigners to a region or a country for cross-border meetings and tours. In order to meet the needs and tastes of these new comers, local old buildings are replaced by modern skyscrapers, and traditional cuisines are replaced by western fast food like McDonald. What is more, advertisements and videos of a pop culture on the Internet, from Hollywood movies to rock music, from Paris fashions to online games, draw all attention of the public in any local area. In other words, under the influence of the Internet which plays a role of cultural invader, people will lose the interests and respects in their local culture.

　　In conclusion, adverse consequences of a fast-paced world are undeniable, including an unbalanced lifestyle, environmental problems caused by airplanes and telecommunication, and the disappearance of a local culture.

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