2018-08-15 TOEFL 黄金口语 物品类 书

Talk about a book you have read that was important to you for some reason. Explain why the book was important to you. Give specific details and examples to explain your answer.

Intro

Two decades ago a UCLA geography professor named Jared Diamond published Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. This book influenced me a lot because it laid a foundation for me to understand the human history.

Body

First, this book is thought-provoking. Why economic development is so uneven around the world? The author refutes the idea that Eurasian hegemony is due to intellectual, moral, or genetic superiority. Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world.

Second, the book is artful, informative, and delightful. It provides a lot of details about topics such as history of food production, animals domestication, writing and political organizations. It is a great read!

Conclusion

In all, this book is important to me. It gives me a better understanding about the human history in more scientific perspectives.