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  進入九月換題季，又有三分之一的雅思口語話題要被替換，新航道上海學校雅思頻道小編第一時間帶來分享每次雅思考試大作文范文及解析，希望對各位備考考生們有所幫助，對雅思寫作有所提高!本文是9月14日雅思大作文范文及解析：人類是否應該阻止動物消亡。

  2019年9月14日雅思大作文題目：人類是否應該阻止動物消亡?

  It is natural process of animal species to become extinct (e.g. dinosaurs, dodos, etc.). There is no reason why people should stop this from happening. Do you agree or disagree?

  解析&審題

  本題問：既然動物消亡是個自然過程，那是否意味著人類就不需要做任何事情來阻止動物消亡了?

  本題與2011年7月9日的真題有一定相似度，那次考題問的是：有人認為我們不應該花太多人力物力來保護野生動物，因為人類本身有很多問題要解決。兩次考試都涉及人類是否應該保護野生動物，但預設的原因不同。2011年考題預設的原因是：人類有很多實際問題需要解決，因此不要花太多人力物力去保護野生動物，而本次考試預設的原因是：動物消亡是個自然過程，因此我們不必去保護動物。

  從根本上講，本次考試的題目依然是“原因-結果”類：即給定一個原因，導出一個結果，考生需要對原因、結果或者原因和結果之間的邏輯關系進行思考，然后作出自己的判斷。就本題而言，唐老師采取的策略是：

  1. 承認原因，即動物消亡是自然過程。

  2. 否認結果，即人類不需要做什么。相反，很多動物消亡都是人類行為引發的。

  3. 結論：人類理應保護野生動物，使其不要過早滅亡。

  以下是唐老師的高分范文。

  老師筆記

  01

  Animal species disappear because of changes on the Earth that are caused either by nature or by human activities. While nothing can be done about nature, humans can help save many animal species from being extinct.

  動物物種的消失是因為由自然或人類活動引起的地球上的變化。雖然人類對自然無能為力，但人類可以幫助挽救許多動物，使它們不被滅絕。

  解析

  (1) 本段給出背景，并給出自己全文的觀點。

  (2) Human activities 人類活動

  (3) Extinct 滅絕的

  02

  Extinction is a natural phenomenon. After all, more than 90 percent of all animal species that have ever lived on Earth are not alive today, and this has had nothing to do with human beings. Sometimes, a natural event, like a volcanic eruption, can kill an entire species. It is interesting to know that dinosaurs were wiped out by an enormous asteroid impact on the planet around 66 million years ago, in the absence of humans. Animal extinctions may also be caused by natural occurrences such as climate heating or cooling or changes in sea levels. For example, after the ICE Ages, when the glaciers melted and the planet became warmer, many species died out because they could not live in a warmer climate. In these cases, it is indeed senseless for humans to try to intervene and stop them from happening.

  滅絕是一種自然現象。畢竟，在地球上生活過的動物中，有90%以上的物種今天已經不存在了，而這與人類沒有任何關系。有時，一個自然事件，比如火山爆發，會殺死整個物種。有趣的是，恐龍在大約6千600萬年前被一顆巨大的小行星撞擊地球而滅絕(那時根本沒有人類)。動物滅絕也可能是由自然現象引起的，如氣候變暖或冷卻或海平面變化。例如，在冰河時代之后，當冰川融化了，地球變暖了，許多物種消失了，因為它們不能生活在更溫暖的氣候中。在這些情況下，人類試圖干預并阻止其發生是毫無意義的。

  解析

  (1) 本段討論題目中的因：很多動物滅絕的確與人類無關，而是自然發生的。

  (2) Natural phenomenon 自然現象

  (3) Volcanic eruption 火山爆發

  (4) Wipe out 消滅

  (5) Asteroid 小行星

  (6) In the absence of... ......不在場

  (7) Senseless 無意義的

  (8) Intervene 介入;干預

  03

  Yet this does not mean that human activity is not at all responsible for animal extinction, especially in modern days. Given that it is a natural process of animal species to become extinct, humans have made it worse, and accelerated the extinction. A new study reveals that the famous extinction of Mauritian Dodo about 300 years ago began the moment Dutch sailors first encountered the bird on the island of Mauritius. As a matter of fact, many animal species have been lost due to the human role in habitat loss, environmental pollution, climate change, over-fishing, and over-hunting. Indeed, human activities have made the extinction of many animals take place long before the nature should have taken its course.

  然而，這并不意味著人類的活動對動物滅絕完全沒有責任，特別是在現代。雖然動物物種滅絕是一個自然過程，但是人類讓情況變得更糟了，并加速了滅絕。一項新的研究顯示，大約300年前，著名的毛里求斯渡渡鳥滅絕就是始于荷蘭水手第一次在毛里求斯島看見這種鳥。事實上，由于人類在棲息地喪失、環境污染、氣候變化、過度捕撈和過度狩獵等方面的作用，許多動物物種已經喪失。的確，人類的活動使得許多動物的滅絕在自然時間還遠遠未到前就發生了。

  解析

  (1) 本段討論人類活動也對動物滅絕負責任。

  (2) Given that... 盡管

  (3) Accelerate 加速

  (4) Encounter 遇到

  (5) Nature takes its course 自然采取行動

  04

  In conclusion, although it is natural process that many animal species have died out, now there are enough reasons to believe that human beings should (and could) take action to prevent animals from disappearing too soon.

  總之，雖然許多動物物種滅絕是一個自然過程，但現在有足夠的理由相信人類應該(也可以)采取行動防止動物過早滅絕。

  解析

  (1) 本段是結論，并明確提出自己的觀點。

  (2) Die out 滅絕(=disappear; become extinct)

  高分范文：

  Animal species disappear because of changes on the Earth that are caused either by nature or by human activities. While nothing can be done about nature, humans can help save many animal species from being extinct.

  Extinction is a natural phenomenon. After all, more than 90 percent of all animal species that have ever lived on Earth are not alive today, and this has had nothing to do with human beings. Sometimes, a natural event, like a volcanic eruption, can kill an entire species. It is interesting to know that dinosaurs were wiped out by an enormous asteroid impact on the planet around 66 million years ago, in the absence of humans. Animal extinctions may also be caused by natural occurrences such as climate heating or cooling or changes in sea levels. For example, after the ICE Ages, when the glaciers melted and the planet became warmer, many species died out because they could not live in a warmer climate. In these cases, it is indeed senseless for humans to try to intervene and stop them from happening.

  Yet this does not mean that human activity is not at all responsible for animal extinction, especially in modern days. Given that it is a natural process of animal species to become extinct, humans have made it worse, and accelerated the extinction. A new study reveals that the famous extinction of Mauritian Dodo about 300 years ago began the moment Dutch sailors first encountered the bird on the island of Mauritius. As a matter of fact, many animal species have been lost due to the human role in habitat loss, environmental pollution, climate change, over-fishing, and over-hunting. Indeed, human activities have made the extinction of many animals take place long before the nature should have taken its course.

  In conclusion, although it is natural process that many animal species have died out, now there are enough reasons to believe that human beings should (and could) take action to prevent animals from disappearing too soon.