雅思作文题目：食品全球化的利弊

In the past, people ate local food in season. Nowadays, people can buy a variety of food from all over the world. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? 

审题与解析

本题是2016年8月13日、2018年5月19日的原题重现，与2017年5月13日的真题也基本相同。

当今是全球化时代，我们的日常生活中充满了外来的元素，只不过我们很少去关注：我们穿的衣服，吃的食品，乘坐的汽车或者飞机，几乎没有什么东西没有外来的痕迹。那么，在这个大背景下，我们该如何讨论本次雅思写作话题呢？

关于食用更多外来食品，而不是本地食品，就如使用其他产品一样，肯定是利弊参半。好的地方，无非是丰富了我们的食物选择，改善了我们的营养结构，这是从消费者个人而言的。那么，对于整个食品产业，无疑会增加产业的竞争，从而提升服务质量，但是坏处也由此而产生：如果消费者大量食用外来食品，这无疑会挫伤国内食品产业的发展。谈及个人观点，我们可以这样认为，虽然在短期内国内食品产业可能受损，但是从长远看，竞争导致提高，从而可以促进国内食品产业走向世界，因此反而变成一件好事，由此得出结论：消费者食用外来食品，无论对个人还是对整个食品产业，都是一件好事。

[批判性思维提示] 本题的核心是：食用外来食品（而非本地食品）到底是好还是坏？唐老师的思路是分两种情况来讨论：对消费者而言，这是增加了食品选择，改善了营养结构，当然是好事；对本地食品业而言，则可能产生负面的影响。那到底是好处多还是坏处多？唐老师则从竞争可以导致质量提高的角度，认为食用外来食品可以提升本地产业的竞争力。因此，在讨论某种现象是好还是坏时，考生可以分不同人群（或不同层次）来进行讨论，任何一个现象都不可能是绝对的坏，也不可能是绝对地坏。这样，我们就获得了一种批判性的思考方式。

高分范文

30 years ago, American fast food brands such as McDonald, KFC, and Subway were basically unheard of in China, but now they have become everyday words to Chinese people who have probably consumed the greatest amount of American fast food in the world. Though the introduction of food from other regions is not without negative effects, I do think it is positive to both the individual consumers and the food industry as a whole.

With greater variety of food coming from outside, we can enjoy a betternutritional structure and greater freedom to choose our favorite food. Now we all know that eggplants and potatoes are vital to our health, but very few know they were originally grown in Mexico and Ireland and were not imported to Chinauntil after the 18th century. So the food from other regions has offered us more nutritional choices. Instead of just taking soy bean milk, many people today have cow milk; instead of just taking breads, many people now have sandwiches as well.

Some may argue that the importation of foreign food may impair the local food industry. This may be true in some cases. We have seen many local food brands become obsolete when their foreign replacements are introduced to the market. However, I believe the intensified competition resulting from the arrival of the foreign food is beneficial to the long-term development of the local food industry, because it will compel the local food companies to improve the quality of their products, which in turn will make them more competitive in the global market.

Thus, that people are able to consume more and more food from other countries and regions gives a favorable opportunity to both the individual consumers and the entire food industry. It is, therefore, advisable for us to embrace this development, rather than rejecting it.

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本范文精华语料

(1) ...is unheard of ...... 是闻所未闻

(2) ...is not without...  不无......

(3) Food industry  食品业

(4) As a whole  作为整体地

(5)  Variety  种类

(6)  Nutritional structure  营养结构

(7)  Vital 至关重要的

(8)  Originally  首先；起先

(9)  Impair  损害；伤害

(10) Obsolete  过时的

(11) Replacement  替换品

(12) Result from  由......引起

(13) Long-term  长远的

(14) In turn  反过来

(15) Global market  全球市场

(16) Embrace  拥抱；欢迎