2月24日雅思写作考试难度一般，小作文是较为简单的动态双饼图，按照动态图写作顺序分析变化情况即可。大作文考察私家车持有量增加所带来的影响，是2016年9月15日的旧题回归。注意题干给出了明确的论述限制，对比优劣的双方分别是对个人所带来的好处VS对环境所带来的伤害，而不是论述私家车数量上升这个现象本身所带来的优缺点。未按照题目限定范围写作属跑题情况。
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题目
countries develop, more and more people buy and use their own cars. Do the advantages of this trend for individuals outweigh the disadvantages for the environment?
参考范文
Citizens of diverse nations have benefited considerably from economic prosperity which not only improves their living standards, but also enhances their purchasing power that enables people to enjoy previous unaffordable or even luxury stuffs. It can be widely observed that an increasing number of households have equipped themselves with at least one car each, which has more disadvantages for the environment rather than advantages for individuals.
Undeniably, vehicles can offer plenty of conveniences for citizens. Under the progress of urbanization, the city lay-outs have been greatly extended while people are living more dispersedly in different communities compared to past residence structure. With cars, it is easier for people to reach their destinations within short periods of time, which offers more freedom for individuals’ choice of residence as well as enhances their efficiency of commuting to some extent.
Considering from the exploitation of natural fuel, however, such a development shall be judged in a more comprehensive way. More vehicles require for more supplies of energy, thus imposing a great threat on the preservation of limited natural fuel. Once the natural resources are exhausted, it is no longer possible for people to reverse this phenomenon, posing a fatal influence on human existence.
What is more, more waste gases from cars will be emitted, which inevitably threatens the environmental balance. Up until now, no feasible method has been invented to perfectly tackle the environmental pollution. As a result, both the environment and the public health have undergone massive tortures. For example, people living in cities have long been suffering from diseases in their noses and lungs. Some are even attached by cancers just because they have long been exposed under the pollution caused by car emissions. The wide equipment of cars has indeed triggered great dangers to the whole natural system.
In conclusion, although conveniences to individuals provided by cars are highly visible, the considerable flaws and troubles caused by this phenomenon have always served as an alarm and it is urgent to implement certain countermeasures to slow down this development.