2019年1月17日雅思真题范文-人们为什么会浪费食品？

Nowadays in some countries, people waste a lot of food that was bought from shops and restaurants. Why do people waste food? What can be done to reduce the amount of food they throw away?

解析

雅思考试题目大多与我们的生活话题相关，事实上雅思写作也就是要求考生能对日常生活话题进行富有逻辑的讨论，并做到语言正确，观点明确，因此切题、观点、语言是雅思大作文的三大核心。

本题涉及的现象是我们在商店或者餐馆里买来很多食物，然后又无法吃完，于是大量浪费食物。题目要求我们讨论这里面的原因，并提出解决办法。稍微考虑一下，我们就可以发现一些原因，并按照某种顺序把这些原因排列起来：

人们有钱了，扔掉一些食物经济上没有问题；

从健康着想，很多人会毫不犹疑地扔掉那些可能过期的食物；

很多人已经养成了随意扔掉食物的习惯。

我们可能还可以想到其他一些原因，但其实这三个已经足够了。至于解决办法，无非是建议人们不要过多购买食物，同时改变扔食物的习惯。

高分范文

Nowadays people throw away tons of uneaten or unwanted food bought from stores and restaurants. It is easy to understand the causes for this food waste; however, it is difficult to change consumer behavior in the developed world.

Several factors contribute to food waste from the food-service industry outlets. Firstly, consumers seem to be willingly responsible for wasting a lot of food because they can afford to buy more than they can consume and throw away whatever food they do not need. Secondly, speaking of health risks, many well-to-do people would rather be safe than sorry, so they choose to discard food, thinking that older food and food that is past its expiry date would make them sick. Finally, even if the majority of consumers know that food waste is a problem, they are too stubborn to change the habit. As a result, nearly all excess food on the plate would go to the waste.

Any possible answer to the food-waste problem will involve changes in consumer behavior. People can implement small changes that make a big difference in the amount of food they throw away. Toward that end, the initial step is to ensure that food is eaten by humans. Failing that, the next step is to feed it to farm animals. But donating waste food to the people in hunger is not allowed by the government due to food-risk considerations. That risk, however insignificant, means that when choosing between giving away and throwing away, the least risky choice is the latter.

Despite the fact that wasting food is wrong, often it is easier for people to do the wrong thing. Ironically, while the realities of food waste today are becoming more evident than ever, wasting food is widely accepted. The old habits of throwing away food die hard.

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