作文題目

100 years ago, human race believed we would make continue progress in all areas of life. Today, some people feel less certain about this. what areas of progress human race has made? What else areas we haven't developed?

題目解讀

本題是2009年5月21日的話題，屬于抽象類話題。抽象類話題看似難寫，實際上只要轉換成具體話題就容易手了。進步的領域:科技，教育。仍需改進的領域:環保，犯罪，人口老齡化，動物保護，文化語言保護。本題幾乎無所不包，雅思寫作題庫中幾乎所有話題都能用于本題。

題目 Some people think the human race has made continual progress in all areas of life, while others believe that there is less certainty about this. What areas of progress human race has made? What else areas we have not developed?
一些人認為人類在各方面已經取得了不斷的進步，而另外一些人認為并非如此。人類在哪些領域取得了進步？哪些領域沒有取得發展？
開頭段 How to make a better life never fails to capture people's attention throughout much of the human history ,which serves as a catalyst for the continuing development in every aspect of life. Some people, however, believe that the so called “development” cannot be regarded as real progress.
中間段1 回答第一問:人類在哪些領域取得了進步？ 1. 眾所周知，幾個世紀以來，人類一直致力于通過發展科技來改善生存環境。
It is commonly believed that human beings have been striking for improving living conditions by evolving science and technology for many centuries.

Due to the convenient transportation system, citizens in China are able to enjoy fresh American lemons which were once not available to Chinese or people in many other counties. Communication modes mainly relied on writing letters in the past also witnessed a significantly transformation with the advent of internet, making friends or families enable to contact each other instantly by their computers or tablets.2.其次，與過去相比，人類在醫學領域取得了許多突破。
Furthermore, compared with the past , there are many breakthroughs having been achieved in medical care.
中間段2 回答第二問:哪些領域沒有取得發展？ 1. 污染，全球變暖，物種滅絕等環境問題已經成為很多國家頭痛的問題，它們經常會陷于經濟發展和生態平衡的困境中。
Environmental problems in terms of pollutions, global warming ,species extinction and so forth, have been a great headache to most nations who always trap into a dilemma between economic development and ecological balance. 2.各個種族和宗教間的武裝沖突是一個持續性的問題，這對世界的和平與和諧造成了威脅。
Arm conflict among various races and religions is another endless problem posing a large threat to world peace and harmony.
結尾段 To sum up, although a lack of knowledge concerning how to control human desire seems to be a big handicap to human civilization, it should be admitted that we have made a great progress in many fields , and the advancement is expected to continue.

范文

It is undeniable that technological advancement has made an unprecedented change in our human life in the last century. Nonetheless, we are not quite satisfied with some other areas, such as the environment, public health and relationship. （形式主語）
In the 20th century, some significant inventions including jet planes, TV, cars, computers and telephones have shaped our modern life fundamentally. Long distance transportation becomes easier and increasing international communication in many aspects such as trade, cultures and technology expands our activity sphere and broadens our horizons. Our life expectancy is longer than ever before thanks to medical progress and some fatal diseases such as heart disease and breast cancer can be cured. Boosted productivity in industry and agriculture by automation has solved famine in many regions and improved our living standard dramatically. TV and the internet provide entertainments and information as well. （非謂語+對比句+并列句+被動句）
However, it has been gradually realized that progress is needed to make in many domains of human race and the most urgent one is the environment. The earth is less livable with decreasing amount of clean water, air or arable land. Overpopulation, as a root cause of many human issues such as energy crisis, environment deterioration, animal extinction and traffic congestion, should be effectively controlled. In spite of the medical progress, the public health ironically is not getting enhanced due to modern sedentary lifestyle which features the addiction to TV, the computer and the internet. Healthy lifestyle should be encouraged with the combined efforts by the local government and education system. （形式主語+并列句+比較句+被動句 +定語從句）
In conclusion, I personally assume that human race has made significant progress in technology. However, we are confronted with the contaminated environment and poor health. There is still long way for us to go and maybe we should not be too optimistic about science and technology development. (賓語從句+并列句)