雅思大作文013-修建更多高铁还是完善现有公共交通设施？（201

一、题目

In a number of countries, some people think it is necessary to spend large sums of money on constructing new railway lines for very fast trains between cities. Others believe the money should be spent on improving existing public transport.

Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

二、解析

这是一道交通运输大类的政策观点型题目。题目要求考生双边讨论修建高铁和改进现有公共交通设施的优劣并提出自己的看法。高铁的优势是快捷、运输量大，问题是费用高、对当前短途城市交通拥堵改善不大；改进现有设施的优势是成本低，满足低收入人群的需要，不足是对城市交通正常运行带来一定干扰。我的立场是修建高铁和改进已有公共交通相结合的折衷方案。

三、初稿

1、开头

Traffic insufficiency and congestion has become a huge headache for many motropolitans in the world nowadays. Constructing more high speed trains and improving current public transportation system for two typical proposals to address the above issue. In the following essay I’d like to discuss both views and put forward my own position.（这一段我从题目背景入手，改述了话题并开门见山导入了正文。）

2、主体#1段

Although bullet trains has the drawbacks of costing too much fund and beneficial little to inner city transportation relief, they can contribute hugely to connect the far away places at much higher speed, therefore reduce the traffic pressure for people who need commute between different areas. In addition, compare with air flight, high speed trains are particularly advantageous in term of the ratio of efficiency, value for money and convenience for relatively shorter distance journey. I think the above are some of the arguments those who endorse the high speed trains come up with. (这段讨论高铁的优势。）

3、主体#2段

On the other hand, in spite of the disadvantages of causing more traffic jams and inconveniences for the city center to update the existing traffic infrastructure like the express ways, overpasses, subways, ferry service or automobile tunnels, bettering the present urban public transportation system cost lower for the city council, conventional city public transportation fare is more affordable for the average salary earning household and can be very conducive to release the traffic problems to a great degree and benefit the city commuters after the construction work is finished in the near future. A short pain is more preferable to a long one according to  an old saying in China.（这段讨论改进现有城市公共交通的作用。）

4、结尾

In summary, building more high speed trains and improving existing public transportation facilities have both strengths and weaknesses. As far as I am concerned we should take advantage of both approaches, invest in the building of more bullet trains for city inhabitants to move around more quickly and comfortably and at the same time dedicated to upgrading the current within the city public transportation system to meet the mobility need of city dwellers and low-income families who find it hard to pay for the high price of the bullet trains and cope with the traffic problems as best as we can. （本段总结全文并提出了我自己对议题的观点。）

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