Limiting the Use of Disposable Plastic Bags
In the past, a great many people used to use disposable plastic bags for shopping and other purposes. However, the excessive use of disposable plastic bags has led to great damages both to environment and to people's health.
On the one hand, it takes about 200 years for a buried plastic bag to decompose and be absorbed by the soil. On the other hand, the use of disposable plastic bags will indirectly do harm to people's health, which is less known to the public. Sometimes people buy hot food packed into disposable plastic bags to save the time and labor in washing their dining utensils. Yet they are not informed of the chemicals in the bags will release in high temperature. Therefore, they are eating the poisonous stuff while enjoying the tasty food.
It's enlightening and significant that our government has banned the free provision of disposable plastic bags in supermarkets. Trial practice has shown considerable reduction in the consumption of bags. In a word, fewer plastic bags will bring us the sustainable development of our earth. (177 words)
結(jié)構(gòu)剖析
文章分為三段
第一段首句提出在過去的日常生活中人們經(jīng)常使用一次性塑料袋的現(xiàn)象,再通過however進行轉(zhuǎn)折,指出使用一次性塑料袋無論是對環(huán)境還是對人民的身體健康都存在嚴重的危害。
第二段通過使用on the one hand和on the other hand分別說明一次塑料袋的兩個嚴重的危害。
第三段首先指出作者對于政府的限塑令持贊成態(tài)度,并說明限制使用一次性塑料袋的好處,最后一句話用in a word總結(jié)全文。
excessive adj. 過度的
lead to 導致
decompose v. 分解
do harm to... 損害,傷害
dining utensils 餐具
be informed of 被告知
poisonous adj. 有毒的
enlightening adj. 有啟迪作用的
provision n. 供應
sustainable development 可持續(xù)發(fā)展
1. However, the excessive use of disposable plastic bags has led to great damages both to environment and to people's health. 然而,過度使用一次性塑料袋已對環(huán)境和人們的健康造成了巨大的危害。
2. On the one hand, it takes about 200 years for a buried plastic bag to decompose and be absorbed by the soil. 一方面,一只埋在地里的塑料袋需要兩百年時間才能降解,被土壤吸收。
3. On the other hand, the use of disposable plastic bags will indirectly do harm to people's health, which is less known to the public. 另一方面,一次性塑料袋將直接對人體健康造成損害,大家對這一點知之甚少。
4. It's enlightening and significant that our government has banned the free provision of disposable plastic bags in supermarkets. 我國政府已禁止超市免費提供一次性塑料袋。這是很有啟發(fā)性、很重要的。