5. The advantages and disadvantages of a new factory near your community
A company has announced that it wishes to build a large factory near your community. Discuss the
advantages and disadvantages of this new influence on your community. Do you support or oppose the
factory? Explain your position.
『分析』
先讨论“假设工厂真的落成了，而带来的好处和坏处”，而后发表看法。
好处：
直接增加了就业机会(到工厂去上班);间接增加了就业机会(会有很多服务业，比如饭店、商店、
超市等等跟着开业)
如果工厂规模足够大，物流规模也足够大，那么将最终成为交通改善的起点
大的工厂可以缴纳很多税，对地方财政有好处，进而促进社区的繁荣
坏处：
带来各种污染，比如，噪音、废气、污水等等
工厂不一定会赢利
『范文』
Edited by Lost Lawyer
I live in a primarily agricultural community, and most of the population lives hand to mouth. Parents keep
children home from school to work in the fields. If there is a flood or a drought, people starve. A new factory
would mean regular monthly salaries as well as protection against natural disasters or a sudden drop in the price of
our main agricultural product, say, corn.
Regular salaries would allow families the confidence to make investments in their futures. The locals would
be able to plan their finances accurately and free themselves from debt. This in turn would encourage
entrepreneurship and further develop the local economy. People could begin to open shops, restaurants,
dormitories, and entertainment facilities to serve the factory workers with their savings. Profits from these small
enterprises would further enrich the local community and turn our relatively poor farmland into a truly profitable
development zone. Perhaps more parents could then afford to send all of their children to high school and maybe
even college.
There would certainly be negative effects as well. If the area becomes prosperous, immigrants from poorer
regions will come here looking for work. Because of their relative poverty they will work harder for less money
than the locals and drive wages down. There might be more immigrants than factory jobs available, leading to an
unemployment crisis with a rising crime rate as a potential negative side effect.
On the other hand, the proposed factory would almost certainly have adverse effects on the local
environment, particularly in regards to polluting the water. This is perhaps the most serious concern, because
without clean water the area cannot sustain life of any kind, com, livestock, or human.
However, because of the relatively desperate economic situation of my hometown, I believe the potential
benefits of opening a new factory would outweigh the risks. If we take the proper precautions, such as imposing
strict environmental standards and providing adequate social services for immigrants, the whole area stands to
benefit.
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