我们赖以生存的环境We Need to Live in a Clean Environment（第二名）之四
    During the past thirty years, people in Taiwan have been devoted to economical development. There is denying that we have done a miracle, but the environmental pollution caused by industrial development has seriously endangered our health if we don’t solve this problem as soon as possible we won’t have fresh air to breath, pure water to drink and nutritious food to eat. In other words, our lives must be threatened. It is high time the government and the public did something for improving our quality of life. Nowadays, the pollution problem is more discussed in Taiwan than in any other places. But when you look around, you’ll certainly find that in addition to in addition to industrial pollution, most people are doing something harmful to our environment. For example, some heavy smokes don’t give up smoking. As a result, the air has become fouler than ever. From this point of view, we know that everybody should take the responsibility improving out living environment. Even if one throws garbage at random. The whole environment must be disrupted. In order not to be a black sheep, let’s work together for a clean environment. From jOOZONE.COM.

Without clean water, the fish would die, which is the same with smoke from the factories’ chimneys. Our dreams have been taken away. What are our dreams? Pretty simple. We only desire to live in a clean environment, where we would not need to tightly close our windows all day long to prevent us from the poisonous smoke, where we could take a deep breath every morning as we did before to greet a new day where we could get a view of a green world, the color of life, instead of a black one, which often reminds me of death. In a highly industrialized country, these dreams may be dreams forever. Some say that if we want a modern life with industrial conveniences. We cannot but sacrifice something. That might be right. However, if the so-called “something” has much to do with our lives, shall we pay no attention to it? Achievements in industry are not to be proud of. We should go a step further to improve our quality of life and our surroundings: otherwise, those achievements amount to nothing. More often than not, we are told by the newspaper about the more and more serious problems of pollution. Polluted water makes creatures in the river die, makes crops nearby die. Air pollution in creases the number of lung illnesses. The pollution from garbage is also a problem. One's memory should to new enough to remember the fire on the“garbage hill,” which burned down the confidence we have in our environment. Don’t be ignorant of this again do something to save our environment and save us. We create the world: do not let the world be destroyed by us ourselves. Do not let the “garbage hill” be a common scene on earth in the future. Do not let our children blame us for the damaged environment we leave to them. It’s high time we thought about these. Human beings. If the ecological balance continues to be disrupted, our lives will encounter a great challenge. It is true that raising the standard of living is important, but improving the quality of life cannot be neglected, either. Among Asian countries, Japan is the most progressive and prosperous. But it is strange that they have a clean environment to live in. thus, I’m sure that industry doesn’t necessarily lead to pollution. As long as we take proper measures to prevent it, we can still make our environment the way it is. We may well be confident that since the Japanese can make it , we certainly have the ability to do so. Facing the serious pollution problem, we should solve it not only for ourselves but also for the future generations. To keep our environment clean, I’d like to call everybody's attention to value the importance of our living space-one globe alone. Remember, “only when we live in a clean environment, can we have a better tomorrow.”