英语作文四、六级考试万能作文 23Band6January1991

 

[00:00.00]Man Is to Survi

[00:02.43]With the rapid development of civilization,people are getting many"by-products

[00:08.72]Sprawling cities provde us with the finest comforts at the cost of occupying more farmlan

[00:16.40]modern factories provide us with the best commodities at the cost of polluting the environment and consuming energy supplie

[00:27.06]In fact,we are enjoying ourselves at the risk of our existenc

[00:33.18]Some people are afraid of the futur

[00:36.94]They think the continuously decreasing farmland will no longer be able to feed the tremendous population with no energy available,everything will sto

[00:50.39]To make matters even worse,the ever-increasing pollution will cause many incurable¹ diseases and thus kill human being

[01:01.15]Some people sigh that man is not going to pull through the future disaster

[01:08.26]But mere² sighing is not going to save u

[01:13.01]To our relief,more and more people have come to realize that these problems are caused by ourselve

[01:20.88]And that awareness³ is vital to the survival of human being

[01:27.51]"God helps those who help themselves",as the saying goe

[01:33.28]Take action right now to attack these problems,if man is to survive!

1 incurable   

adj.不能医治的，不能矫正的，无救的；n.不治的病人，无救的人

参考例句：

• All three babies were born with an incurable heart condition.三个婴儿都有不可治瘉的先天性心脏病。
• He has an incurable and widespread nepotism.他们有不可救药的，到处蔓延的裙带主义。

2 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

3 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。