【考点考向】生态危机，生态平衡，环境保护，环境恶化，环境可持续发展

　　【必备主题词】

　　1. 环境保护 environmental protection

　　2. 生态平衡 ecological balance

　　3. 生态系统 ecosystem

　　4. 可持续发展 sustainable development

　　5. 环境恶化 environmental deterioration

　　6. 乱砍滥伐 deforestation

　　7. 过度开采自然资源 over-exploitation of natural resources

　　8. 水资源短缺 shortage of water

　　9. 环境污染 environmental pollution

　　10. 人口过度增长 population overgrowth

　　【必备论证素材句】

　　1. 我们必须重视保护自然资源。

　　Particular emphasis should be laid on the preservation of natural resources.

　　2. 必须制定一系列的环境保护条例。

　　A series of environment protection rules and regulations should be laid down.

　　3. 有关部门需要制定更多的法规，并将其贯彻实施，以惩罚破坏环境的行为。另外，人们应该共同努力，来创建一个可持续的环境。

　　More regulations should be made and carried out by authorities concerned to punish environmental damage. In addition, individuals must work in joint efforts to create sustainable surroundings.

　　4. 人类必须认识到自己是自然的一部分，自然的毁灭意味着人类自身的灭亡。

　　Human beings must realize that they are an integral part of nature, the destruction of which means the perishing of themselves.

　　【实战演练】

　　Directions:

　　Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should

　　1) describe the drawing briefly,

　　2) explain its intended meaning, and

　　3) give your comments.

　　You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)

　　Depicted in this vivid cartoon is such an alarming scene: the exhausted earth is staggering under the weight of a huge package on which there are five patches—deforestation, environmental pollution, population explosion, shortage of water and over-exploitation. Simple as this drawing may seem, the symbolic meaning conveyed is profound and thought-provoking.

　　Undoubtedly, the cartoonist is reminding us that utmost importance should be attached to the ecological crisis of the earth. The past decades has witnessed a remarkable development in economy. However, it is at the cost of squandering natural resources and damaging ecological system, which in turn will impose an overwhelming threat on human being’s lives. From my perspective, the absence of consciousness of the devastating results of these problems mentioned above can be cited as a major reason accounting for this phenomenon.

　　We are supposed to put an end to these undesirable problems, but how? Apart from establishing and carrying out corresponding laws and regulations and effective supervision from the mass media, the awareness of the public should be cultivated and enhanced that the destruction of the earth means the perishing of themselves. With all the measures reinforcing each other, we can definitely crack this hard nut.