环球教育李敏老师今天来为大家讲一下雅思作文和阅读的关联性，以2016年10月14日雅思大作文题目为例：

　　Some scientists believe that intelligent life forms may exist on other planets and some want to send messages to contact them. Others think it is a bad idea because these life forms may be too dangerous. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

　　翻译：一些科学家认为外星球存在着外星人并且想要试图发送信息去联系他们。另外一部分科学家认为这并不是一个好主意因为外星人可能有危险性。讨论两方面并且给出你自己的观点。

　　分析：这是一个10月出的新题，有些同学看到就觉得没办法写下去，其实这个题目不需要从科学的角度去研究联系外星人，当然也不需要结合三体知识，毕竟目前连NASA也没有证实有外星人的存在。

　　我们只需要有正常的假设分析即可，素材大可来自于剑桥真题中。一般来说，烤鸭们只会刷剑桥真题中的阅读，只为了熟悉各类题型和加快做题速度，但是有些文章的精读不仅可以增加阅读的理解能力，还能作为大作文的素材处理。

　　例如：剑9 Test 1 Is there anybody there?

　　A段：

　　Since the lifetime of a planet like ours is several billion years, we can expect that, if other civilizations do survive in our galaxy, their ages will range from zero to several billion years. Thus any other civilization that we hear from is likely to be far older, on average, than ourselves. The mere existence of such a civilization will tell us that long-term survival is possible, and gives us some cause for optimism. It is even possible that the older civilization may pass on the benefits of their experience of dealing with threats to survival such as nuclear war and global pollution, and other threats that we haven't discovered.

　　翻译：由于地球的年限有几十亿年，那么我们可以预计，如果我们的银河系有其它的文明那么他们的年限也可能有几十亿年。因此，我们听说的其他文明可能平均而言比地球更久远。这些文明的存在就给予我们长期生存的乐观的信心。人类还可能从这些文明中学习到一些处理核战，全球污染以及一些我们还未发现的威胁的解决经验。

　　分析：这一小段内容完全可以作为联系外星人的好处(借鉴长期生存经验)去写，危机还可以补充energy crisis, radiation. Scientists are likely to draw on their experience to innovate some synthetic resources instead of natural resources which human inevitably rely on.

　　E段：

　　There is considerable debate over how we should react if we detect a signal from an alien civilization. Everybody agrees that we should not reply immediately. Would the human race face the culture shock if faced with a superior and much older civilization? Luckily, there is no urgency about this. The stars being searched are hundreds of light years away, so it takes hundreds of years for their signal to reach us and a further few hundred years for our reply to reach them.

　　翻译：关于是否要马上回应外星人的信号有很大的争议。所有人都同意不要马上回复。如果遇到更久远的文明人类会不会遇到文化冲击呢？幸运的是，目前并不急于讨论这个问题。因为那些行星有几百光年远，他们的信号到达地球需要几百年的时间，并且等我们人类回复他们，也需要几百年的时间。

　　分析：此段内容前面部分可以作为联系外星人的弊端进行分析，可能存在文化冲击以及被攻击的风险。后半段内容可以用于作文结尾段，表示现在这个问题的讨论并不紧迫,人类还有大把的时间可以来研究这个问题。

　　Until now there have not been any detections from the few hundred stars which have been searched.

　　对于这篇大作文的结论，是否去联系外星人这并不是关键，因为文章主题段已经有过详细的分析了。