Some people say that economic growth is the only way to end world poverty and hunger. However, others say that economic growth is damaging the environment and should be stopped. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.(2026/8/8)
解析
本题重复2019年9月17日原题。解题关键在于如何认识经济发展与环境之间的关系：我们能否因为经济发展破坏环境就停止经济发展？老雅的写作思路如下：
1. 经济发展的确会带来环境破坏；
2. 但我们不能因此停止经济发展，因为：A. 只有发展经济，人类才能过上好的生活；B.经济发展给环境带来的破坏可以减少，甚至消除。
3. 结论：我们不能放弃经济发展，而是应该找到如何减轻经济发展带来的环境破坏。
以下请看老雅的高分范文。
高分范文
As is known to all(众所周知), the only solution to poverty and hunger is economic growth. However, many peopleraise objections to(反对) economic progresson the ground(基于) that it will cause huge damage to the environment.
It is true, of course, that rapid economic growth often comesat the expense of(以......为代价）the environment. This has happened again and again in the world, especially in the developing countries. Therelentless(肆虐的，无情的） urbanisation process, for example, has destroyed numerous natural open spaces andanimal habitat（动物栖息地）, and had the dullconcrete buildings（钢筋水泥高楼）in their place. Meanwhile, it is not uncommon at all to see the rivers and streams around paper factories (or other manufacturing factories) are so polluted that the water is no longer drinkable.
Yet this does not follow that we could do without economic growth.For one thing（其一）, only with fast economic development can people have the opportunities to enjoy a better material life, which is thefirst-tier need（第一层需求）of all people at all times. Though this does not suggest that people'sinsatiable desire（无止境的欲望）should always be met by developing economy, we can rather safely say that economic growth is often the primary concern for all people, especially those living in poverty and hunger.For another（其二）, though economic growth will necessarily bring negative effects on the environment, the effects can well beminimized（最小化）or even eliminated. Covered with green trees and grasses, many big cities have now attracted birds and other animals back again. The rivers and streams around factories have become clean, too, as purifying technologies are put into use.
My opinion, then, is that economic growth is forever needed in spite of its potential risks to the environment. What we ought to do is try to find ways of reducing its effect on the environment, rather than give up economic developmentaltogether（全部）.
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