又见外星人题目！2月25日雅思大作文解析及范文！

Our imagination about beings on other planets has never stopped and reached its climax in such movie series like “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” in 1960s and 1970s. If other life forms do exist, as many people believe, is it worthwhile for the government to spend money looking for them? 

我们从未停止过关于外星生命的想象，在20世纪60、70年代的《星球大战》系列电影中达到高潮。如果如很多人所相信的那样，其他生命形式的确存在，那么，政府花钱去寻找它们是否值得呢？

解析

(1) 开头段引入话题。唐老师此处举电影的例子来引入话题，让本文的开头段显示出一定的个性化特征。试比较以下开头段：

When it comes to the necessity of exploring outer space, some people argue that the government should spend money looking for creatures on other planets, but others believe that government budgets should focus on issues on the Earth.

这个开头段就属于中规中矩，提出话题，而不是在描写话题，显得比较生硬，没有语言灵活度。这样的开头段适合雅思初段模仿（6分以下），希望得高分的烤鸭，应该主动避免这类模板开头法，适应唐老师提出的个性开头法。这就是很多烤鸭考完后感觉不错，结果分数不理想的原因：用了太多模板，看起来可以，但没有打动考官，自然没有高分。志在高分的烤鸭，必须引以为戒！

(2) climax n. 高潮

(3) worthwhile adj.值得的

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There are many people who are very enthusiastic about those life forms on other planets. They are interested in how these different beings survive and believe their more advanced technology may well help us human beings solve their existing problems. Besides, as many scientists have speculated, the Earth will eventually die and disappear into the black hole. We therefore need to find our siblings on other planets so that when that day does arrive, our future grand, grand children will not perish from the Earth. 

很多人对外星生命形式非常感兴趣。他们想知道这些不同的生命如何生存，并相信它们更为发达的科技也许能帮助人类解决现存的问题。此外，正如很多科学家猜测的那样，地球有朝一日终会死亡，并消失在黑洞之中。因此，我们有必要找到其他星球上的兄弟姊妹，这样，当那一天来临时，我们未来的子子孙孙就不会从地球消亡了。

解析

（1）本段讨论政府应该花钱寻找外星人的理由：很多人感兴趣，外星人的科技可以帮助我们，地球消亡时外星人可以拯救人类。本段的特色是准确使用了一些比较高端的词汇。烤鸭可以适度模仿，如果没有达到高分水平，读者可以用括号里的词汇进行同义替换。

（2）...are enthusiastic about... （= like to know...) 对......非常有热情

（3）survive （=live）v. 生存

（4）existing （=present）adj. 现有的

（5）speculate （=imagine）v. 想象；猜测

（6）eventually （=finally）adv. 最后，终于

（7）siblings (=brothers and sisters）n. 兄弟姊妹

（8）perish （= die）v. 消亡

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Those with more realistic bend of mind, however, do not support the idea of spending money on life forms on other planets. They are generally more doubtful about the existence of other beings in the outer space, so they believe it is just a huge waste of money to try to look for them, especially when there still are so many practical problems on this planet crying for solution. The money squandered on the exploration of aliens, they argue, should go to helping children who are unable to pay for their college education and those who are ill but cannot enjoy decent medical services.

然而，那些头脑更现实的人不支持把钱花在外星球生命形式上面。这些人普遍更怀疑外空是否存在其他生命，因此他们认为去找这些生命纯粹是在浪费金钱，尤其是当这个星球尚有很多现实问题急需解决的时候。在他们看来，浪费在探索外星人的钱应该用来帮助那些没钱读大学的孩子，以及那些生病了却无法享有良好医疗服务的人。

解析

(1) 本段讲为什么有人反对探索外星人。根据题目，此处重点应该论证探索外星人的钱应该用来解决地球上现在的问题。

(2) realistic adj.  现实的

(3) bend of mind 思维习惯

(4) ...is a huge waste of money ......是巨大的金钱浪费

(5) cry for... 急需......

(6) solution n. 解决方案

(7) squander v. 浪费；耗费

(8) alien n. 外星人

(9) decent adj. 良好的；体面的

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Personally, I do think that there should be a balance between the money spent on the immediate issues and the future ones. Undoubtedly, such pressing problems as housing, education, and medicare ought to be taken care of by the government, but it is also the responsibility of the government to prepare for the future of the Earth. Seen in this light, a reasonable investment on the life on other planets is perfectly justifiable.

我个人认为，花在眼下问题的钱和花在未来问题的钱应该有一个平衡。毫无疑问，诸如住房、教育和医疗这样的紧迫问题需要政府去解决，但是政府也有责任为地球的未来做准备。这样看来，合理投入寻找其他星球上的生命完全是有道理的。