吴建业
Topic: Gun control has aroused great debates in the society. Gun
advocates claim that gun can protect innocent citizens while opponents refute
that gun brings more damages to the citizens than benefits. What do you think of
the issue?
For
1. Gun control
has been a major issue in American politics over the last few years, partly due
to a series of tragic massacres involving children.
2. Gun control
is the perfect solution to crime.
3. The only
function of a gun is to kill. The more instruments of death and injury can be
removed from our society, the safer it will be.
4. In the U.S.A
death by gunshot has become the leading cause of death among some social groups.
Quite simply, guns are lethal and the fewer people have them the
better.
5. Legal
ownership of guns by law-abiding citizens inevitably leads to many unnecessary
and tragic deaths. Legally held guns are stolen and end up in the hands of
criminals, who would have greater difficulty in obtaining such weapons if
firearms were less prevalent in society.
6. Guns also end
up in the hands of children, leading to tragic accidents and terrible disasters
such as the Columbine High School massacre in the U.S.A.
Against
1. For many
people, guns are part of their culture. They hunt for their dinner with guns and
they also hunt as a sport.
2. Many hunters
have guns that have been past down for generations in their family. These are
mostly people educated on gun safety that use their guns wisely and not
foolishly.
3. They pose no
harm to other humans, so why must their freedom and culture be taken away? In
this situation, guns should not be taken away from them.
4. The
government can put regulations on guns, but should not necessarily banish guns
all together. The government just needs to set boundaries to help protect the
people who need it the most.
5. Any country
is much more able to defend itself from aggression if many of its citizens are
able to use guns, keeping them for leisure and sporting use.
6. Some
countries actively require adult citizens to maintain weapons in their house,
and periodically to train in their use.
7. Of course,
such widespread ownership of weapons is also a safeguard against domestic
tyranny.
8. Guns are a
great thing when handled responsibly.
Words
and expressions for the topic：
For
due
to由于 a
series of一系列
tragic悲剧的
massacres大屠杀
gun
control枪械管制 function功能、作用
instruments 器械、工具
death and
injury伤亡
gunshot枪击
leading cause of
death 最主要的死因
lethal
致命的
legal ownership
of guns 合法拥有枪
law-abiding
citizen 守法公民
end up
in以...告终
firearms火器、轻武器
prevalent普遍的、流行的
disaster灾难
Against
pose构成 regulation规章
banish驱除、消除 boundaries界限
aggression侵略
leisure闲暇
sporting
use体育用途
periodically周期性地 widespread广泛的
safeguard保护、捍卫
domestic国内的、家庭的
tyranny暴政、专制
responsibly负责任地
