Step 2 – learning where to find ideas for essays?试着从问题里找观点

The ideas you need for an essay are nearly always found in the question. They are typically so big that you think they are too easy to be a real idea. That’s the trap. What do I mean? Take this example:

Human activities have endangered many animal and plant species. Some people think it is too late to save them, while others think humans should still take some action. Discuss both views and express your own opinions.

This is one of the harder questions I have seen recently, but the ideas you need are simple enough.

It is too late to save endangered species

It is not too late to save species

It is that easy. Those two ideas are your two main topic paras. All you need now are some reasons and examples.

Step 3 – finding reasons and examples – ask yourself questions 通过问问题来确定原因和例子

Here you have different options. One trick is simply ask yourself the questions “why?” or “how?” or “when?” or what?” That is often enough.

Step 4 – thinking vocabulary gives you more “ideas” 通过词汇来激发灵感

This is something else I use with my students a lot. It might also work for you. The concept is that once you have words, then “ideas” come naturally from those words. Try thinking of “planning words” and see if it works for you.

Organising and selecting your ideas reasons and examples

Key concept – one idea per paragraph supported by reasons and examples 一段一观点

Look at these two sample paragraphs from the essay and see how I use simple ideas from the question:

Much of the argument against taking any action to save these species is that the process is irreversible. Just to take one example, there are now so few Giant Pandas left in the wild, they will in all probability become extinct in the foreseeable future. There are simply too few bamboo forests left in order for them to survive. This is also the case with many other endangered species who have lost, or are losing, their natural habitat.

NotesThe first sentence outlines what the paragraph is about. It is the idea from the question: Some people think it is too late to save them. The rest of paragraph is an explanation of that idea

Giant Pandas arre threatened and will die out (example)

Problem with habitat (extended example)

Other species have same pattern (explanation of example)

The opposite view is that it is the responsibilty of mankind to act and try and save these species for posterity.There is a moral aspect to this argument because most of these species are only endangered because of man’s actions and it is our duty to make amends. Another consideration is that advances in science, especially in the field of genetics, mean that we may be able to recreate some of their lost habitats. It is no longer the case that the only option is to preserve these species for future generations in zoos and botanical gardens.

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