Question 2
Smokingis a major cause of serious illness and death throughout the world today. Inthe interest of public health, governments should ban cigarettes and othertobacco products.
Doyou agree or disagree?
Key words analysis
smoking: 抽烟,这是一个名词,表示抽烟这件事
throughout the world: 遍及全世界,同”around the world”
In the interest of: 为了…的利益;这里可以理解为“为了公众健康的利益”
public health: 公众健康
cigarette: 香烟
tobacco: 烟草,这边和product组合表示烟草产品
Argument:
这是属于议论文中的argument类型,通常会在agree或disagree之间进行选择。该题可采用通篇agree的写作思路,因为从这个立场出发比较好写,理由更充分。
Possible reasons:
社会公认的吸烟有害健康
抽烟带来的疾病消耗国家财政收入
二手烟对他人是很大的伤害
Model Essay 1 – Part 1
Introduction
There are a range of different views on thequestion of whether tobacco should be banned or not. Some people would arguethat smoking is a personal choice and that introducing laws to prevent peoplefrom smoking would be repressive. However, I feel that tobacco should indeed bemade illegal. There are two main reasons for this.
Main body 1
Firstly, it is important to remember thattobacco is actually a drug. Most countries around the world have strict lawsagainst selling or using recreational drugs. Therefore, if governments want tobe consistent in the way they handle the problem of drug abuse, I believe theymust ban tobacco as well. This is especially true considering the fact thatmany drugs which are now illegal, such heroin and marijuana, could be used bydoctors to treat various real medical problems. On the other hand, tobacco is useless.
Model Essay 1 – Part 2
Main body 2
Further and even more importantly, though,smoking should be banned for the sake of public health. It is a proven factthat smoking causes serious illnesses, such as lung cancer and heart disease.Although cigarette companies and pro-smoking groups may claim that people havethe right to decide what to put into their own bodies, I would argue that therights of society are more important than those of the individual. The medicaltreatment smokers need when they get sick is often very expensive, and it isusually governments and society who pay the bill. Thus, I believe thatantismoking laws would be a good idea.
Conclusion
To conclude, although governments willprobably not ban tobacco in the near future, I feel this should be thelong-term goal as there are few habits as pointless and destructive as smoking.
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