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MrWaiting 发表于 2014-9-10 21:53 ![]()
9.9 modern agriculture method damage the environment, but providing food for the growing population ...
9.9 modern agriculture method damage the environment, but providing food for the growing population around the world is more important than protecting the environment
It has been debated for decades that whether people should continue using modern agriculture to gain food at the cost of environment. Indeed, the number of population is increasing dramatically. In my opinion, however, if people keep draining the earth greedily, there is much possibility that we will put offspring in danger.
To begin with, it is more likely (that?) natural resources will be depleted first(用fast之类的词?) in (the) foreseeable future if people do not take measures. As is known to all, resources, such as crude oil, coal and natural gas, are limited. Studies have shown that at current pace, within a hundred years, the earth will be unsustainable for human beings to live. Actually, numerous problems have been reported throughout the press or media. For example, Shanxi, a province in China, has such abundant coal storage that people do not have to dig in most occasions. For almost a hundred years, this place supplies coal for the entire China. Now, series of problems have emerged because of coal mining. It is reported that the coal storage is under the red line. However, there is no sign that people will stop someday. Furthermore, every year, the ground of Shanxi province falls several meters due to mining. Thus, environmental problems are more pressing matters to human beings
(论述的没有问题 就是这个比较突出的不明显。本段完全没有提及food这一个话题 直接得出结论“环境问题更重要” 显得不太完整。)
In addition, people have a lot of choices in food selection, but it seems we have no choice(太绝对了吧 less比较好) in environmental protection. There is no doubt that scientists have realized the food problems the entire human race faces. Food crisis will probably be resolved within next twenty years. For example, I read that(最好细节一下从哪里看到的) scientists (have) successfully synthesized high energy food with limited substances, which has been used in space field. With a bite of highly compacted food, an astronaut can survive for days without any food ingested. Probably, decades of years later, people do not have to eat three meals a day. So, I believe people will deal with the food problems.
(你举的栗子只是宇航员的个例呀 相对于全人类来说... 我觉得不是很有力...而且 你的论点是人们有很多解决食品短缺的办法 但只主要说了一种 可以多说几个。然后 我觉得你的论点说"没有解决环境问题的方法" 这个太绝对了 太违背现实了 )
Finally, the introduction of modern agriculture methods outweighs the advantages (应该是缺点对应优点吧...) they could bring. I assume that the chemicals used in pesticide or fertilizer do more harm to environment than they could benefit people. For instance, the manufacture process of pesticide and fertilizer damages the natural environment. In China, numerous factories straightly dump their polluted water into the natural water system, resulting in water pollution or healthy problems of people. Thus, I think it is safe to say that the advantages the modern agriculture brings have not change the world greatly.
(你都木有说优点...怎么就得出来缺点大于优点这个结论呢?)
To summarize, it is too early to worry about how to provide enough food for the increasing population. However, the environmental problems are getting severe for human beings to ignore.
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