人教版高中第五册二单元作文：人与自然和谐相处（2）

nature,theenvironmentwhichhumanbeingsliveby,ismagnificentandunique.theresionlyoneearthwithsuperlivingconditionsintheuniverse.weshouldhavecherishednatureandpreservedit.conversely,however,wehavebeencontinuallyspoilingit,eventoashockingdegree.nowletsseewhatwehavedong.thousandsoftreeshavebeencutdownperyear,whichhascausedsoilerosion.hundredsofthousandsoftonsofcfcshavebeenleftinthehigherskyinthelastdecadewhichhasledtotheozonelayerleakabovethesouthpolethatcoversanareaofthatoftheunitedstates.milliontonsoffuelcontainingnitrogenandsulphurhavebeenconsumedperyear,whichhaseventuallyresultedinacidrainthroughouttheworld.

similarly,ecologyhasbeenaffectedaswell.andconsiderablenumberofspecieshavebeenextinctastheyearsgobymanycreatureswhichwerecommoninthepastarebecominglessandless,evenrare.thetibetantelope,forinstance,isagoodexample.sincetheantelopesoftibethaveapartoffurontheirbodywhichcanbemadeintoapreciouscape,drivenbysomelawlessdealersmanyvillagerskilledantelopesexcessivelyandshockingforthelargesunsoffortune.becauseofthis,thenumberoftheantelopesoftibethassharplyfallenfromoveronemilliontolessthanonehundredthousand.andwhatsmore,thenumberhasnowdecreasedby20thousandperyear.

qingzangplatean,whichwastheirhomeland,istheirtombsnow.thisishownaturehassufferedwhatwehavedonetoit.however,natureandsufferanymore.shelosthertemperandcouldnolongerpossiblyputupwithhumans.shegavehumansharshpunishment,whichshethoughttheydeserved.theacidrainhascausedthelessofmorethan100billiondollarsthroughouttheworldperyear.andbecauseofdesertisation,soilisbecomingmoreandmorebarren.thesoilofmanyplanesisnowuntilforgrowingplants.theairislessfresh,andalotofpeopleevengetmanystrangerdiseases.

thoseareallthepunishmentofnaturetohumanspollution.ontheotherhand,humanbeingsufferalotaswell.soitleadstoaseriousofquestions--whycantweliveharmoniouslywithnature?whycantwesetabalancebetweenhumanandnature?whycantwepaymoreattentiontonatureandtrytoreserveit?therefore,beforewetakeimmediatemeasurestodosomething,weshouldbeawareofthefactthat"conqueringthenature"willneverbeourgoal,instead,weshouldtakethenatureasourintimatefriend.preservingnatureisnotonlypreservingourhome,butthecivilizationofhumancommunityaswell.