托福独立写作素材积累：环境相关.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料 托福独立写作素材积累：环境相关 摘要： 环境问题为托福常考话题以及独立写作常常可以转化到的一个论证方向，那么就让我们来积累一些时尚新鲜的语言素材吧。从奥巴马总统呼吁应对气候变化威胁的电视讲话中，我们无疑能够得到许多可用的素材。  环境问题近年来逐渐成为世界重点话题，在 托福 写作考试中也经常出现关于环境问题的题目，要求考生阐述自己的观点，在遇到这类话题的时候我们不能简单的回答保持水土减少土地沙化等老套内容，这就需要用到很多新鲜的素材。  Hi, everybody. This Monday, Im heading to Alaska for a three-day tour of the state.  Ive been looking forward to this for a long time. Not only because Alaska is one of the most beautiful places in a country thats full of beautiful places-but because Ill have several opportunities to meet with everyday Alaskans about whats going on in their lives. Ill travel throughout the state, meeting with Alaskans who live above the Arctic Circle, with Alaska natives, and with folks who earn their livelihoods through fishing and tourism. And I expect to learn a lot.  One thing Ive learned so far is that a lot of these conversations begin with climate change. And thats because Alaskans are already living with its effects. More frequent and extensive wildfires. Bigger storm surges as sea ice melts faster. Some of the swiftest shoreline erosion in the world-in some places, more than three feet a year.  Alaskas glaciers are melting faster too, threatening tourism and adding to rising seas. And if we do nothing, Alaskan temperatures are projected to rise between six and twelve degrees by the end of the century, changing all sorts of industries forever.  【语言素材】  1. 谋生： earn/seek one’s livelihood/living  2. 渔业和旅游业： fishing and tourism  3. 气候变化：climate change  4. 承受…影响： live with + adj+ effects  5. 越来越频繁和严重的森林火灾：more frequent and extensive wildfires  6. 随着海冰融化速度加快，风暴更加汹涌：bigger storm surges as sea ice melts faster  7. 最快速的海岸线腐蚀：the swiftest shoreline erosion  8. 导致海平面上升：adding to rising seas  This is all real. This is happening to our fellow Americans right now. In fact, Alaskas governor recently told me that four villages are in “imm