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Man and nature For a long time, our environment has been damaged because humans have been careless. People have harmed nature through agriculture, fishing, hunting and tourism. We further damage the Earth by building new channels in the sea and factories on the land, and by creating pollution with chemical waste. We will some day destroy the planet we live on if we continue in this way. However, if we focus only on conservation, then people may suffer. Not everything that is best for nature is good for people. Would anyone say that development should be stopped in favour of nature? From the point of view of some people, we are only doing what humans have always done, using nature to meet our own needs. Other people argue that such thinking may cause a catastrophe, unless we start to look around and understand how a clean environment benefits us all. After decades of destroying nature and using up natural resources, many developed nations are now concerned about saving nature rather than developing or destroying it. However, many poorer nations must focus on meeting the everyday needs of their people. In doing so, they are using up natural resources at a fast pace. They have not yet seen the effects of the careless use of the environment like many wealthy nations have. Often they do not realize that the choices they make are bad for the environment. Should they be blamed for destroying hundreds of thousands of acres of rainforest if it means a better income for their people? The developed and developing countries of the world need to work together to make sure that people enjoy healthy and happy lives, without the environment around them suffering. It should not be a question of humans winning and nature losing. Humans can only really win by protecting nature. After all, food has to be produced in a healthy, natural system, and we all need clean air to breathe and pure water to drink. It is mankind's responsibility to find answers that are good for everyone, and everything. 人类与自然 很长一段时间，我们的环境由于人类的粗心而遭到破坏。 人们通过农业、渔业、狩猎和旅游破坏地球资源。 通过在海底建隧道、在陆地上建工厂以及化学废物造成的污染，我们更进一步地破坏了地球。 如果我们继续这样的话，终有一天，我们会毁掉这个我们赖以生存的星球。 但是如果我们只注意环境保护，人们将忍受苦难。对自然好的事不一定对人类也好。 难道我们为了保护自然就应该停止经济发展？ 根据有些人的想法，我们只是在做人类一直在做的事情—利用自然满足我们自己的需求。 其他人认为这种想法会招致灾难，除非我们开始巡视周围并理解一个干净的环境对我们所有人都有好处。 破坏了自然几十年并用完自然资源，很多发达国家现在关注的是保护自然而不是开发或破坏自然。 然而，很多贫困的国家必须满足人民的需要。在这个过程中，他们以很快的速度消耗掉自然资源。 他们还没有像许多富裕国家那样，意识到随心所欲消耗自然资源的后果。 他们通常没有意识到他们的决定破坏了自然。 如果破坏千万顷的雨林地区意味着给国民更高的薪水，他们应该为此受到被谴责吗？ 发达和发展中国家应该共同努力不以破坏环境为代价，确保国民享有健康幸福的生活。 这不应该是人类获胜和自然失败的问题。 人类只有保护自然才能真正的获胜。 毕竟，食物得从健康的自然系统中生产，而且人类需要呼吸洁净的空气，需要饮用纯净的水。 找出适合每个人、每件事的答案正是人类的责任。 |
