study the two pictures above carefully and write an essay entitled “On the Relationship between Environment and Economy” In the essay, you should (1) describe the pictures and interpret their meaning (2) give your opinion with some proof (3) give your conclusion.You should write about 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)

仔細地研究上面的兩幅圖，寫一篇文章題為“論環境與經濟的關系”的作文。在作文中，（1）你應該描述這幾幅圖并說明它們的意義。(2)用一些論據來證明你的觀點。（3）給出結論。你要在答題卡2中寫大約200字的作文。

On the Relationship between Environment and Economy

論環境與經濟的關系

The two pictures above are both about the relationship between the environment and the economic development. In the first picture, GDP is on the rise while the environment is drastically polluted. In the second picture, economic efficiency progresses with environmental protection. It’s easy to get the conclusion that development according to the second picture is more reasonable than that in the first one.

上面這兩幅畫都是關于環境和經濟發展的關系。第一幅圖中國內生產總值是呈上升趨勢而環境卻是被的污染了。第二幅圖是經濟發展與環境保護的關系。很容易得出這樣一個結論，從發展的角度來看第二幅圖比第一幅圖更合理。

In the early development of socialism, our country didn’t pay much attention to the issue of environmental protection and savored the bitterness. Now, the government has taken many measures and is implementing the strategy of “sustainable development”. One aspect of the strategy is to develop the economy and take measures to protect the environment at the same time. In this way, we can develop our country in a sustainable manner and our offspring can have enough resources to develop society. If we don’t put much emphasis on the environment issue and excavate the natural resources blindly, our country will become a barren land sooner or later.

在社會主義發展初期，我們國家不重視環境保護的問題，現在只得品嘗苦果。現在，政府已經采取很多措施并實施可持續發展戰略。這個戰略一方面是發展經濟，同時也采取措施來保護環境。這樣，我們才可以以可持續的方式發展我們的國家，我們的后代才能有足夠的資源來發展社會。如果我們不特別重視環境問題，盲目的挖掘自然資源，我們國家遲早會變成一個貧瘠的土地。

In a word, sustainable development is a reasonable strategy which should be implemented for a long time. The nature is providing us with plentiful resources generously, but it may punish us severely if we don’t care her.

總之，可持續發展是一個合理的戰略，應該長期實行。大自然慷慨的給我們提供了豐富的資源，但如果我們不在乎她的話，它很有可能就會嚴重的懲罰我們。