Topic(题目)：
A company is going to give some money eitherto support the arts or to protect theenvironment. Which do you think the companyshould choose? Use specific reasons andexamples to support your answer.
Model Essay(范文)：
Deciding between supporting the arts andprotecting the environment is a difficult choice tomake, but I think I would choose protecting theenvironment. Arts help to maintain our culture and serve as a source of entertainment. However, we need a healthy environment in order to survive so we must protect it. We needto protect the environment now to help prevent health problems, to maintain theecosystem, and to preserve the Earth for our children.
Pollution from factories and cars can cause damage to the environment. Moreover, pollution causes health problems particularly for children and the elderly who have weakerimmune systems. We need to ensure that there are controls on the amount of pollution whenpossible so as to prevent health problems caused by breathing dirty air.
We also need to pay attention to the ecosystem. Trees, plant life, and people all depend oneach other. An unhealthy environment can have harmful effects on the ecosystem. Forexample, if a plant dies because of changes to the environment and that plant is food for aanimal, that animal won't have any food. If humans use that animal as a food source, therecould be big problems.
If we do not respect our environment now, it will continue to get worse and our childrenwill suffer the consequences. They would not have the same quality of air to breathe or naturalbeauty to admire. That would be sad.
Without clean air to breathe, a healthy ecosystem, and a future for our children, thehuman race would not survive. That's why protecting our environment is important. If wehave a healthy environment, we have healthy children who will be able to participate andappreciate the arts.
重点单词 全部解释
prevent[pri'vent]v. 预防，防止
preserve[pri'zə:v]v. 保存，保留，维护
n. 蜜饯，禁猎区
entertainment[.entə'teinmənt]n. 娱乐
protect[prə'tekt]vt. 保护，投保
specific[spi'sifik]adj. 特殊的，明确的，具有特效的
n. 特
ecosystem['ekəusistəm]n. 生态系统
pollution[pə'lu:ʃən]n. 污染，污染物
immune[i'mju:n]adj. 免除的，免疫的
participate[pɑ:'tisipeit]vt. 分享
vi. 参加，参与
environment[in'vaiərənmənt]n. 环境，外界
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