全球议题：比较、中立与证据
全球议题中的中文表达
Global Contexts asks you to discuss China and the world at a level of generality that stays accurate and neutral. Key topics: 全球化, 国际贸易, 一带一路, 世界卫生组织 and 联合国, 气候变化, 碳排放, 碳中和, 环境保护, 可再生能源, 移民, 华侨/华人, 文化交流, 留学生, 孔子学院, 旅游, 公共卫生, 粮食安全, 减贫.
Traps
The main risk is taking a political stance. Your job is to report and compare, not to editorialize; frames like 有人认为…也有人认为…, 据报道, 据我所知 keep you descriptive and safe. Second, avoid outdated or invented statistics-if you are unsure of a number, substitute a trend (近年来, 越来越多的). Third, do not equate 中国 with 汉语 or with a single region; 华人 communities exist worldwide and are not identical with 中国 citizens. Fourth, in the cultural-comparison speaking task, do not merely list facts about China-the prompt requires comparison, so roughly half your answer must address the other culture as well.
Rule of thumb
The safest high-scoring frame for a comparison is: 相同点 → 不同点 → 原因 → 个人看法. Example: 在环保方面，中国和美国都开始推广电动车，不过中国的高铁更普及，因为人口密集、城市之间距离适中。我觉得交通方式的选择跟地理和政策关系很大。The answer names both cultures, supplies a cause, and closes with a judgment-without ranking one above the other, which is exactly where many candidates lose points.