作文題目：
16 Some people believe that the Earth is being harmed(damaged) by human activity. Others that human activity makes the Earth a better place to live. What is your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
范文：
The quality of human life has improved greatly over the past few centuries, but Earth is being harmed more and more by human activity. As we develop our technology, we demand more from our planet. Eventually, this will harm people as well.
Our planet gives us everything we need, but natural resources are not endless. Strip mining devastates whole regions, leaving bare and useless ground. Deforestation removes old growth trees that can't be replaced. Too much fishing may harm fish populations to the point where they can't recover. We are too careless in taking what we want without giving anything back.
There are more people than ever, living longer that ever. So is it any surprise that many areas suffer from too much development? Anyone living in or near a city has experienced "urban sprawl". There is a new shopping area on every corner and new houses, townhouses and apartments everywhere. Traffic gets worse and worse because planners can't keep up with growth. Keeping up with human demand is hard enough. Environmental concerns come in last. “易優(yōu)閱讀寶”，中小學生語文題庫，語文成績提升就是快。
With growth comes pollution. Companies and communities dump waste into water. Landfills are full of trash. Emissions from factories pollute the air. Barrels of industrial waste and worse, radioactive waste, have no safe place to go. If we're not careful, we can harm our planet beyond repair.
People need to respect the Earth and try to preserve it. If we don't, what kind of future will we have?
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experienced [iks'piəriənst] 想一想再看
adj. 有經(jīng)驗的
pollution [pə'lu:ʃən] 想一想再看
n. 污染，污染物
careless ['kɛəlis] 想一想再看
adj. 粗心的，疏忽的
n. 不關(guān)心的，粗心
preserve [pri'zə:v] 想一想再看
v. 保存，保留，維護
n. 蜜餞，禁獵區(qū)
聯(lián)想記憶 X 單詞preserve 聯(lián)想記憶：
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pre預先+serve保持→預先保留→保存，保藏
urban ['ə:bən] 想一想再看
adj. 城市的，都市的
聯(lián)想記憶 X 單詞urban 聯(lián)想記憶：
urb城市+an表名詞和形容詞，“…地方.…人參考：suburb郊區(qū)，aub+urb→城市的
deforestation [.di:fɔris'teiʃən] 想一想再看
n. 森林開伐，濫伐森林
聯(lián)想記憶 X 單詞deforestation 聯(lián)想記憶：
deforest（v 濫伐森林；de去掉，forest森林）
quality ['kwɔliti] 想一想再看
n. 品質(zhì)，特質(zhì)，才能
adj. 高品質(zhì)的
planet ['plænit] 想一想再看
n. 行星
specific [spi'sifik] 想一想再看
adj. 特殊的，明確的，具有特效的
n. 特
聯(lián)想記憶 X 單詞specific 聯(lián)想記憶：
speci外觀+fic帶來→帶來外觀的→具體的
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eventually [i'ventjuəli] 想一想再看
adv. 終于，最后
