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1、1.Doyouagreeordisagreewiththefollowingstatement:Governmentsshouldspendmoremoneyonenvironmentprotectionthanoneconomicdevelopment.Theissueofhowenvironmentalprotectionandeconomicdevelopmentinterrelateishighlydebatableinrecentyears.Somepeopleholdtheviewthatthedevelopmentofeconomyshouldbeputonthe
2、firstplaceforthegrowthofthecity.Othersmaintainthatgovernmentsshouldinvestmoreinsolvingenvironmentalissuesinthelongrun.Iagreewiththelatteropinionforthethreereasonslistedbelow.Tobeginwith,agovernmentissupposedtotakeitintoaccountthatacity’sdevelopmentshouldbesustainable.Thatmeansenvironmentalpr
3、otectionwithoutwhichtheprogressofacitywillcometoanendisacrucialpartofthecity’sdevelopment.Takeachemicalfactorynearmyschoolforexample.Inthepast,itwouldreleasegreenhousegasesintotheatmosphereandpourwastedirectlyintorivers,whichcontributedtoglobalwarmingandleadtothecontaminationofthewatersource
4、.Astimewentby,theenvironmentnearthefactoryruinedrapidlywhichcompletelypreventedthefactoryfromdeveloping.Asaresult,thefactoryendedupwithclosingdown.Thiscouldhavebeenavoidedifthefactoryrealizedtheimportanceofenvironmentalprotection.Secondly,environmentalprotectionwhichcreatesaneco-friendlyarea
5、whereresidents’mentalhealthiswellprotectedpromotesthestabilityofthewholesociety.Obviously,withoutsomedegreeofenvironmentalsacrificeeconomicdevelopmentcanhardlybemade.Thus,hugedamagetotheenvironmentaswellashumanbeingswillbedoneasaresultofthefactories’andgovernment’neglect.Tobespecific,factori
6、esthatdumptoxicwasteintothesurroundingregion’smainwatersupplywillcausediseaseandotherhealthdefectsofthecitizenslivinginthearea.Furthermore,thelocalhealthcaresystemisgoingtobeburdenedanincreasingnumberofpatientswhichresultsinalargecostofmillionsofdollarswhichcouldhavebeenspentonfurtherdevelop
7、ingtheeconomy.Onthecontrast,adequateenvironmentalprotectioncanmakeitpossibleforthewholenaturalandsocialsystemtodevelopinamoreeco-friendlyway.Lastly,byinvestingmoreindevelopingtechnologywhichiseco-friendly,governmentscannotonlyleaveournextgeneration
