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)

仔细地研究上面的两幅图，写一篇文章题为“论环境与经济的关系”的作文。在作文中，（1）你应该描述这几幅图并说明它们的意义。(2)用一些论据来证明你的观点。（3）给出结论。你要在答题卡2中写大约200字的作文。

On the Relationship between Environment and Economy

论环境与经济的关系

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.

上面这两幅画都是关于环境和经济发展的关系。第一幅图中国内生产总值是呈上升趋势而环境却是被的污染了。第二幅图是经济发展与环境保护的关系。很容易得出这样一个结论，从发展的角度来看第二幅图比第一幅图更合理。

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.

在社会主义发展初期，我们国家不重视环境保护的问题，现在只得品尝苦果。现在，政府已经采取很多措施并实施可持续发展战略。这个战略一方面是发展经济，同时也采取措施来保护环境。这样，我们才可以以可持续的方式发展我们的国家，我们的后代才能有足够的资源来发展社会。如果我们不特别重视环境问题，盲目的挖掘自然资源，我们国家迟早会变成一个贫瘠的土地。

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.

总之，可持续发展是一个合理的战略，应该长期实行。大自然慷慨的给我们提供了丰富的资源，但如果我们不在乎她的话，它很有可能就会严重的惩罚我们。