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1、SAT基础写作5龚朝辉武汉新航道学校基础阶段如何准备作文话题：一、成功与失败二、从众与创新三、乐观与悲观四、人生价值观五、真实与谎言六、科技与教育七、团体与个人我们的任务：积累词汇、短语和句型，提升写例子的能力Overthelasttwodecades,theworldhasbecomeincreasinglyawareofenvironmentaldamagecausedbytechnologyandindustrialization.Therearevariousinternationalnon-profitagencies,suchasGreenpeace,and
2、lobbyingmovementsthatcontinuetoprotestagainstthedestructionofnature.Inresponse,manycompanieshavechangedtheirpoliciestobecomeeco-friendly,andnewtechnologyhasshiftedfromaddingpollutiontotheworldtorecyclingandreusingenergyandmaterial.Ofcourse,thereareexceptions,butcurrenttechnologicalinnova
3、tionsareincreasinglybeneficialtotheenvironmentandhumanlifestyles.Assignment:Whatisyouropinionoftheclaimthatthebenefitsofnewtechnologyalwaysoutweighthecosts?Takeforexample,hybridcars,whichrunonelectricityandgas.Whenenvironmentalistsbeganprotestingagainstthemassiveamountsofcarbonemissionsp
4、roducedbyoil-runtransportation,carcompaniestooknoteandbeganproducingelectricandhybridautomobiles.NowToyota,Honda,Ford,andGM,amongotherautomakersproducesuchcars,andtheToyotaHybridhasbecomeincreasinglypopularamonggreenactivists.Themostpopularhybridcarmodelsproducelesscarbonemissionsthanthe
5、standardsetbytheEnvironmentalProtectionAgency.Therelativelyinexpensivepricetagandreliabilityofhybridcartypesalsobenefitconsumersaswellastheenvironment.Anothernewinnovationthathasprovenitsusefulnessistherapidtransitsystem,morecommonlycalledthesubwayormetrosystem.Almosteverymajorcityinthew
6、orldnowhasone,andthoughthissystemwasfirstcreatedinthe19thcentury,recentlyadvancementsmadetocurrentsystemshaveimprovedefficiencyandsimplifiedusage.Forexample,theShanghaimetrosystemhasrecentlyincreasedthenumberoflinesrunningtheWorldExpo,addingdozensofmilestrackandincreasingmobilityaroundth
7、eever-developingcity.Thisallowsvisitorsandresidentstoeasilynavigateametropolis,andcommutefromhometotheoffice.Themetrosystemsaroundtheworldalsotendtobeelectricallyrun,whichalsolowerscarbonemissionsandfueldependency.Ridingthemetrohasalsobeensimplifiedwithpublictransportatio
