?Yao Ming is just one signal of our shared love of basketball.

我們都知道環(huán)境問(wèn)題是雅思議論文中一個(gè)比較熱門(mén)的考題，我們?cè)?jīng)遇到過(guò)：

The environmental problems are becoming worse. What can we do to help to make it better?/ Some people say that solving environmental problems should only be the government concern, companies and individuals can hardly make any effort. What is your opinion?

總統(tǒng)講話中關(guān)于環(huán)境的內(nèi)容還是比較多的，總統(tǒng)認(rèn)為中國(guó)和美國(guó)作為兩個(gè)世界大國(guó)，應(yīng)該在環(huán)境問(wèn)題的解決上起到領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和主導(dǎo)作用。政府應(yīng)當(dāng)首當(dāng)其沖的站在一個(gè)積極保護(hù)環(huán)境的立場(chǎng)。

In the United States, I think we are learning how to develop buildings that use much less energy, that are much more energy-efficient. And I know that with Shanghai, as I traveled and I saw all the cranes and all the new buildings that are going up, it's very important for us to start incorporating these new technologies so that each building is energy-efficient when it comes to lighting, when it comes to heating. And so it's a terrific opportunity I think for us to learn from each other.

So let me give you a specific example, and that is the issue we were just discussing of climate change. The United States and China are the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, of carbon that is causing the planet to warm. Now, the United States, as a highly developed country, as I said before, per capita, consumes much more energy and emits much more greenhouse gases for each individual than does China. On the other hand, China is growing at a much faster pace and it has a much larger population. So unless both of our countries are willing to take critical steps in dealing with this issue, we will not be able to resolve it.

講話中總統(tǒng)還運(yùn)用了美國(guó)本土的俚語(yǔ)：I don't know if there's a similar saying in China -- we have a saying: "You made your bed, now you have to sleep in it." 而這句話用在雅思犯罪類(lèi)的作文里是再貼切不過(guò)的了，類(lèi)似于中文的“咎由自取”。

在總統(tǒng)講話中，還有多處提到了教育問(wèn)題，文化融合問(wèn)題，科技進(jìn)步問(wèn)題，這些問(wèn)題都和雅思議論文密切相關(guān)，不失為一篇好的學(xué)習(xí)寫(xiě)作的背景文章。