toefl口語真題：動物園究竟有用還是有害

　　I am firmly in the pro-zoo camp.

　　Zoos protect against the extinction of species. Through the conservation of animals and their habitats, zoos are doing their part to bolster dwindling populations of wild animals. Simply put, without these efforts there would be fewer species alive today, and the world’s ecosystems would be poorer for it.

　　What’s more, a good zoo can be very educational. People in cities will never see a wild animal beyond a fox or pigeon, let alone a lion or giraffe. Sure, television nature documentaries get ever more detailed and impressive every year, but they still pale in comparison to seeing a living creature in the flesh, hearing it, smelling it and having the time to absorb details. That alone will bring a greater understanding and perspective to many, and hopefully give them a greater appreciation for wildlife, conservation efforts and what they can do to help.

　　我堅定地在支持動物園的陣營。首先，動物園防止物種滅絕。由于保護(hù)動物和它們的棲息地，動物園正在盡自己的力量來支持越來越多的野生動物。簡單地說，如果沒有這些努力，今天的物種將越來越少，生態(tài)系統(tǒng)和整個世界將變得更加貧窮，而且，一個好的動物園也可以如此受教育。城市里的人永遠(yuǎn)不會看到狐貍或鴿子以外的野生動物，更不用說獅子或長頸鹿了。當(dāng)然，電視紀(jì)錄片越來越詳細(xì)和令人印象深刻，但這確實是蒼白的旁邊看到一個活生生的動物在肉，聽到它，聞它，并有時間吸收細(xì)節(jié)。孤獨(dú)會很多，希望給他們更大的升值帶來更大的野生動物保護(hù)工作的認(rèn)識和觀點(diǎn)，以及他們?nèi)绾文茏龀鲐暙I(xiàn)。

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　　Outline

　　動物園好

　　R1: zoos protect species going to extinction 保護(hù)動物不滅絕

　　R2: zoos are very educational 非常有教育意義

　　Vocabulary

　　pro-zoo pro 贊成

　　pro-zoo贊成動物園

　　extinct 滅絕的

　　conservation 保護(hù)

　　bolster 支持;支撐

　　dwindling 減少

　　bolster dwindling populations of animals still living free in the wild 這里指動物園給在野外生存不斷減少的的動物很大的支持