关于未来汽车数量的托福作文范文

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In twenty years, there will be fewer cars in use than in today. Use specific reasons and examples to support your ideas.

　　Though it would be good for the local and global environment, I do not believe there will be fewer cars in twenty years. There are several reasons I believe this.

　　First of all, in the rapidly developing countries like China, India, and Brazil more and more people are now able to afford cars as a status symbol of “having arrived” into the affluent class and these newly rich will continue to buy cars as a symbol of their new status. This will be so despite the irritation of massive traffic jams because they feel it is better to be stuck in the comfort of one's own car than in a crowded bus and there is always a chance that, in their own car, they can find an alternative route or leave to or from work earlier.

　　Secondly, these same people also want to use their cars as a way to “get away” for the weekend out in to the countryside for a little relaxation in the fresh air with their families. Thirdly, even with the rising prices of gasoline, this “mobile independence” and status symbol of one's own car will continue to be strong and despite the gas issue, more and more solar powered and electric cars will be produced. The fact that recently new oilfields have been discovered and more countries are loosening their restrictions on off shore drilling will also make it less likely that people will feel driving a car is beyond their means.

　　Fourthly, truly convenient, non-crowded public transportation is still more than twenty years away for most societies even in the most advanced and even with the massive increase in streets, roads, subway lines and super-modern “straddle-road-busses” such as those being developed in China.

　　So, despite our most heartfelt wishes, even if the pollution issues are resolved, traffic jams will continue to be a headache for all city dwellers for the next twenty years at least!

　　虽然这将有利于当地和全球的环境，但是我并不认为在 20 年后，车辆的使用相比现在会有所减少。以下是我的理由：首先，在高速发展的国家如中国、印度和巴西，越来越多的人能够买得起车，买车也因此成为进人富人阶层的地位的象征。而这些新富也会继续买车来呈现他们的新社会地位。

　　首先，情况会一直持续，尽管车辆的增多会造成严重交通堵塞的困扰，他们也认为堵车时被滞留在自己舒适的私家车中也好过在拥挤的公交车上。而且，自己开车总是能够更为自由地选择行车路线，掌握上下班的时间。

　　第二，这些拥有私家车的人也想要在周末逃离忙碌的生活，与家人一起开车去乡村放松身心，呼吸新鲜空气。

　　第三，即使油价上涨，车辆所带来的行驶自由和社会地位依然坚固。尽管有油价问题，可是更多的太阳能、电能汽车一也会出现。事实上，新近发现的油田和更多的国家放松了对离岸钻探开采石油的限制，让人们因此认为，开车所需支付的费用不大会超出他们的经济能力范围。

　　第四，即使在发达的地区，即使街道、公路、地铁和超先进的“立体快巴”大规模增长，真正便捷、不拥挤的公共交通对多数社会来说需要的也不仅仅20年。

　　因此，尽管我们有真诚的意愿，即便污染问题解决了，交通堵塞会依然是未来至少20年所有城市居民头疼的问题！