雅思环境话题写作解析：废品回收立法

　　雅思作文话题中，环境保护类是常考点，相信大家都丝毫不陌生了。今天课窝网以剑桥雅思第11册test2的大作文：探讨垃圾回收利用为例，再次聊聊雅思写作思路吧。

　　Some people claim that not enough of the waste from homes is recycled. They say that the only way to increase recycling is for governments to make it a legal requirement. To what extent do you think laws are needed to make people recycle more of their waste?

　　在讲解写作思路之前，我们先来看看一篇外文杂志的思路：探讨法律对于塑料袋回收的利弊，文章观点是反对对于塑料袋使用征税的。

　　Adam B. Summers, “Bag Ban Bad for Freedom and Environment.” ©2013 by The San Diego Union-Tribune, LLC. Originally published June 13, 2013.

　　全文内容和文章解析

　　1 Californians dodged yet another nanny-state regulation recently when the state Senate narrowly voted down a bill to ban plastic bags statewide, but the reprieve might only be temporary. Not content to tell us how much our toilets can flush or what type of light bulb to use to brighten our homes, some politicians and environmentalists are now focused on deciding for us what kind of container we can use to carry our groceries.

　　州议会以微弱的票选优势否决了一项在全州范围内禁止塑料袋的议案，加利福利亚人最近还是避开了另一个保姆式的州制度，但是这个缓行可能只是暂时的。一些政客和环保主义者不满于仅仅只是告诉我们我们厕所里面可以冲多少水和什么样的灯泡我们可以去使用去照亮我们的家，他们现在集中注意力替我们决定我们而已使用什么样的容器去装我们的食物。（这一段作者口吻很讽刺）

　　2 The bill . . . would have prohibited grocery stores and convenience stores with at least $2 million in gross annual sales and 10,000 square feet of retail space from providing single-use plastic or paper bags, although stores would have been allowed to sell recycled paper bags for an unspecified amount. (prohibit sb. from doing sth.)（虚拟语气）The bill fell just three votes short of passage in the Senate . . . and Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles, who sponsored（赞助、发起）the measure, has indicated that he would like to bring it up again, so expect this fight to be recycled rather than trashed.

　　这项法案将会禁止有着年销售额200万的食品杂货店和便利店以及有着10000平方公尺的零售空间去提供塑料袋或者纸袋子，虽然一些商店仍然被允许去出售一定量的可回收的纸袋子。这项法案只差三票就在参议员通过了。发起这项举措的Sen. Alex Padilla D-Los Angeles表示他打算再次发起这项议案，所以可以预见到的是这场博弈将会再次被回收而不是被丢弃。

　　3 While(虽然) public debate over plastic bag bans often devolves into emotional pleas（恳求）to save the planet or preserve marine life (and, believe me, I love sea turtles as much as the next guy), a little reason and perspective is in order.

　　虽然对于禁止塑料袋的公共辩论常常发展成为情绪上的、去拯救星球和保护海洋生命的恳求，（相信我，我跟那位仁兄一样深爱着海龟