2019年0119雅思大作文机考真题范文：环境保护需要国际合作吗

1月19日大陆机考题目：Environmental problems are too big for individual countries and individual people to address. We have reached the stage where the only way to protect the environment is at an international level. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

It is certainly true that in the battle against environmental problems, cooperation at the international level is highly desirable. But I cannot fully agree with the claim that international joint efforts are the only way to protect the environment. Individual countries and individual persons also have an important part to play in combating environmental issues.

Obviously, there are different kinds of environmental problems, ranging from deforestation（滥砍滥伐） in a small area to global warming. It is true that a growing number of problems are no longer confined to（局限在） a certain region or country. Oil spills can pollute international waters; the loss of the ozone layer（臭氧层） may lead to the melting of ice caps and glaciers（冰盖和冰川）, which in turn, may raise sea levels worldwide. Both cases, of course, go far beyond（远超） individual countries. It is in such cases that international cooperation is not only desirable, but also invaluable. International committee should be set up and international standards established, so that individual efforts can be coordinated and resources used to their fullest potential（充分地）.

It does not necessarily mean（并不必然意味着） that individual countries and individual persons no longer have anything to do with environmental problems. Firstly,it is the individual countries that finally carry out measures agreed upon at an international level. Secondly, only when individual countries have succeeded in improving their own circumstances can an international solution be achieved.Finally, individual persons also play a crucial role in that if everyone does a small part, and then together we can achieve a lot. If we all start with small things such as recycling plastics and saving water and electricity, then the tasks that the country as a whole faces will be a lot easier.

Therefore, the best way, if there is one, is that we deal with environmental problems at both individual and international levels.