toefl口語(yǔ)真題：動(dòng)物園究竟有用還是有害

　　I am firmly in the pro-zoo camp.

　　Zoos protect against the extinction of species. Through the conservation of animals and their habitats, zoos are doing their part to bolster dwindling populations of wild animals. Simply put, without these efforts there would be fewer species alive today, and the world’s ecosystems would be poorer for it.

　　What’s more, a good zoo can be very educational. People in cities will never see a wild animal beyond a fox or pigeon, let alone a lion or giraffe. Sure, television nature documentaries get ever more detailed and impressive every year, but they still pale in comparison to seeing a living creature in the flesh, hearing it, smelling it and having the time to absorb details. That alone will bring a greater understanding and perspective to many, and hopefully give them a greater appreciation for wildlife, conservation efforts and what they can do to help.

　　我堅(jiān)定地在支持動(dòng)物園的陣營(yíng)。首先，動(dòng)物園防止物種滅絕。由于保護(hù)動(dòng)物和它們的棲息地，動(dòng)物園正在盡自己的力量來(lái)支持越來(lái)越多的野生動(dòng)物。簡(jiǎn)單地說(shuō)，如果沒(méi)有這些努力，今天的物種將越來(lái)越少，生態(tài)系統(tǒng)和整個(gè)世界將變得更加貧窮，而且，一個(gè)好的動(dòng)物園也可以如此受教育。城市里的人永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)看到狐貍或鴿子以外的野生動(dòng)物，更不用說(shuō)獅子或長(zhǎng)頸鹿了。當(dāng)然，電視紀(jì)錄片越來(lái)越詳細(xì)和令人印象深刻，但這確實(shí)是蒼白的旁邊看到一個(gè)活生生的動(dòng)物在肉，聽(tīng)到它，聞它，并有時(shí)間吸收細(xì)節(jié)。孤獨(dú)會(huì)很多，希望給他們更大的升值帶來(lái)更大的野生動(dòng)物保護(hù)工作的認(rèn)識(shí)和觀點(diǎn)，以及他們?nèi)绾文茏龀鲐暙I(xiàn)。

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　　動(dòng)物園好

　　R1: zoos protect species going to extinction 保護(hù)動(dòng)物不滅絕

　　R2: zoos are very educational 非常有教育意義

　　Vocabulary

　　pro-zoo pro 贊成

　　pro-zoo贊成動(dòng)物園

　　extinct 滅絕的

　　conservation 保護(hù)

　　bolster 支持;支撐

　　dwindling 減少

　　bolster dwindling populations of animals still living free in the wild 這里指動(dòng)物園給在野外生存不斷減少的的動(dòng)物很大的支持