Plastic Bags 塑料袋问题

关键词：2008，中国，塑料袋
2008年6月作文第二大热点中国禁用塑料袋
     在中国这片土地上，发生的事情实在是太多了，大多是与灾难有关，与困难有关，但有一件也引起了世界各媒体的关注，也是四六级作文的热点哦。
请看这样一篇文章，常用句型与短语我已经重点突出了。
      China is banning free plastic bags common at shops and supermarkets and ordering customers to be charged for any they use, the government said Wednesday.
      The rules, which take effect June 1, come as the country tries to tackle a significant source of litter, a statement on the government's Web site said.

        The bags also are banned from all public transportation, including buses, trains and planes and from airports and scenic locations, the government said.

       Companies caught breaking the new rules face fines and possible forfeiture of goods, the government said. Shops have been instructed to mark the price of the plastic bags clearly and not fold them into the cost of other items.

       Environmental organizations, including Greenpeace, praised China's move, and Christopher Flavin, president of Worldwatch Institute, an independent research organization in Washington, said "China is ahead of the U.S. with this policy."

     The Chinese use up to 3 billion plastic shopping bags a day. It conytibue to the banning of free plastic bags.

     Often, the flimsy bags are used once and discarded, adding to waste in a country grappling with air and water pollution as a result of rapid economic transformation,

        Let's take a look at the cosumer's comment on this probblem, "Our country consumes a large amount of plastic bags. While convenient for consumers, the bags also lead to a severe waste of resources and environmental pollution because of their excessive use and low rate of recycling," the statement at the Web site  said. "The ultra-thin bags are the main source of 'white' pollution as they can easily get broken and end up as litter."

    "We should encourage people to return to carrying cloth bags, using baskets for their vegetables."

  At the same time, more durable plastic bags still will be allowed for sale by markets and shops,
   

     Similar experience in other countries:

     Bangladesh banned plastic bags four years ago when officials realized they blocked drains and led to flooding. Since then, customers have taken to using bags made of jute or cloth for shopping.

     Last year, San Francisco, California, became the first U.S. city to outlaw plastic checkout bags at supermarkets.

四级预测作文:塑料袋问题
The Problems of Plastic Bags
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        　　 Plastic bags have found their way into a wide area of everyday life. They are applied in big supermarkets, ordinary shops, small stores and street markets. People put in plastic bags everything they buy. They no longer need to carry cloth bags, leather bags or basket bags with them when go shopping. Obviously it is very convenient for plastic bags to be used in people’s everyday life. They are also very cheap. They are usually offered free of charge.
        　　However, plastic bags also bring us side effects. Some people throw away plastic bags causally. This causes the white pollution to our environment , which is very harmful because plastic bags can not disappear by natural decomposition. This is certainly not beneficial to our future.
         　　 People have to be careful with the use of plastic bags. They should make sure they put the sued plastic bags into the dustbin when they want to dispose of them. It also might be better for people to use the traditional cloth bags to hold the goods they buy instead of using plastic bags.