英语辩论：辩题为economy or environment,we have to choose?

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英语辩论：辩题为economy or environment,we have to choose?

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经济重要：the urgent task is to develop economy on a large scale.Surely they have very good reasons to support their viewpoints.China is still a developing country.Although we have made great progress in improving the lives of the people since the open-up policy was adopted in late 1970s,the living standard of our people is still rather low compared to that of the western countries.In some of the poverty-stricken areas,some people even can’t manage to get enough food to feed their families.Many poor children at school age have to drop out of school just because their families can’t afford the tuition fees.Obviously the only way to tackle all these problems is to further develop economy.
保护环境重要：environment protection should be a top priority.Their reasons are hardly refutable as well.As the economy develops,a great deal of waste gases and poisonous water are arbitrarily emitted and the environment has already been seriously polluted.In many places the rivers are contaminated so badly that people can hardly find suitable source of drinking water.In some cities,especially those large metropolitans like Guangzhou,the air is so severely polluted that people not only can hardly see the blue sky or white cloud,but also have to face big health risks.In one word,the environmental pollution has brought great threat to people’s health and survival.Therefore,it is very urgent for both the government and every citizen to take effective measures to reduce pollution and protect the environment.
中立的观点：和谐发展（可作为结束） both economic development and environmental protection are our urgent tasks now.Nobody is willing to live a poor life in order to enjoy the fresh air and clean rivers.Also you can’t imagine that people can have a happy,rich and healthy life in a badly polluted environment where you can’t even breathe freely.Although economic development and environmental protection may sometimes conflict with each other,they are not at all enemies.We don’t have to sacrifice one for the other.We can,and we should,have them both at the same time.On the one hand,we should try our best to develop economy to improve the living standard of the whole society.On the other hand,we must spare no efforts to make this world a cleaner and better place to live in by reducing any possible pollution with a necessary determination of every member of the society and the help of science and technology.Only when mankind coexists with the nature in harmony can we achieve the aim of sustainable development.