TOEFL托福範文:附近有工廠的利弊

  【題目】  A company has announced that it wishes to build a large factory near your community

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  【題目】

  A company has announced that it wishes to build a large factory near your community. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this new influence on your community. Do you support or oppose the factory? Explain your position.

  【範文】 A Factory near the Neighborhood

  Having a factory nearswheresone lives brings with it both advantages and disadvantages. An obvious advantage is an increase in the number of available jobs, and many people in the community might find employment in the new factory. The factory would bring money into the community in other ways as well. It would have to pay some taxes to the local government, and workers might go shopping or eat at a restaurant in the area before or after their shifts.

  However, the factory would bring some disadvantages, too. Depending on what kind of factory it is, it might pollute the environment and bring down property values. It would be sure to increase traffic in the area, causing congestion and making it unsafe for children to play outside. Finally, the neighborhood would become a noisy, busy place. For all of these reasons, I would be opposed to the construction of a new factory near my community. While the employment opportunities would help the community, I believe it would be better for residents to commute to work and preserve the peace of our neighborhood.

  【譯文】住家附近的工廠

  住家附近有工廠既有優勢也有弊端。一項明顯的優勢是工作機會會增加。社區內的許多居民可能會在新工廠找到工作。工廠也會以其他方式為社區帶來收入。它必須上繳給當地政府部分稅金,工人也可能會在輪班工作的前後在當地購買東西或在餐廳用餐。

  然而,工廠也會帶來某些弊端,這取決於工廠的性質。它可能會污染環境,造成房地產價格下跌。工廠一定會使當地的交通流量增加,導致交通阻塞,使得小孩在外面玩耍變得不安全。最後,社區附近地區會變得既熱鬧又嘈雜。基於這些理由,我反對在社區附近興建新的工廠。雖然就業機會能造福社區,但我認為還是居民乘車上下班,保持社區附近環境的安寧比較好。

  【注釋】

  available adj.可獲得的       community n.社區

  as well(=too)           shift n.輪班

  depend on而定;取決於    bring down使降低

  property n.房地產         congestion n.阻塞

  be opposed to反對(=oppose)     construction n.建造

  commute v.乘公車上下班     peace n.安寧

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