环球教育小编为大家总结托福独立写作：保护环境类话题(2017年8月26日托福考试真题)，希望能帮助大家更好的备考托福。

　　话题分类：保护环境类话题

　　考题回忆：

　　Some modern agriculture methods damage environment. People think providing more food for the growing world population is more important than protecting the environment.

　　解题思路：

　　选择保护环境：

　　1. 保护环境可以确保食物的可持续(sustainable)供应，一旦环境问题比较严重的话(feeding the population at the cost of hurting the environment)，可能会影响到食物的生产(pose a real and irreversible threat to the food production in the long run)，最后会加剧(aggravate)饥饿问题;

　　2. 饥饿问题比较容易解决并且影响没有环境问题大，世界上并不是所有人口都出于饥饿的(starving)的状态，可以加强援助(Many solutions can be taken to ease and lessen the poverty problems—charity, reasonable distribution of food, recyclable resource and energy, awareness)，但是环境问题影响范围更广(a larger scale)，而且会造成比较巨大的消极影响;

　　3. 现代农业对环境确实会造成一定影响，但是这个不是不可解决的(addressed)，科技的进步和发展能够在不久的将来解决这个问题。

　　参考范文：

　　Modern agriculture methods like the use of pesticides and artificial fertilizers are widely used around the world. Along with such brings forth negative effects. The most obvious and detrimental impact of modern agriculture methods is environmental degradation. Many people believe that the environmental risks should not be taken into consideration since many people are suffering from the lack of food. I certainly disagree with this.

　　To begin with, despite the fact that there are people who suffer from starvation, the reason is not because of the lack of food. As a matter of fact, tons of grains and corns are wasted every year. If the government and the general public really care about starving people, they should have enough ability and adequate materials to offer help. People suffer just because of bad management, worldwide corruption, and terrible indifference. So there is no need to destroy wilderness areas or use environmentally-damaging agricultural methods to increase productivity. The world nowadays has more food than we need. As long as corruption and bad management are eradicated, the world would see less people starving.

　　Besides, the statement asserts that providing food for a growing number of people is more urgent than the protection of environment. I find this statement totally unconvincing. People’s survival depends on the environment. More often than not, whenever the environment gets damaged, the deleterious effects are always irreversible. In other words, once the environment on which we depend on is disrupted, our lives are placed at risk. Modern agriculture, although it provides enough food, has contaminated the water and soil. When people eat crops grown with polluted water and soil, diseases will break out sooner or later. Genetically modified crops, although their negative effects are not obvious and not yet confirmed, should also be treated with great care, for it is reported that dogs, cats, and other pets become sick after ingesting GM food. If human beings are negatively affected by modern agriculture, untold dire consequences will arise. People will suffer from diseases and the government will shoulder considerable medical bills. Worse, the society may become unstable and inharmonious.

　　From the above discussion, I can draw the conclusion that there are other more effective methods to address starvation. No matter how much food we produce, as long as corruption and wasteful use exist, there will always be starving people. Besides, a healthy natural environment is a basic requirement of our survival. We cannot increase food production at the expense of our environment, lest we are bound to suffer for our inconsideration and recklessness.