中国现代化建设是在人口基数大，人均资源少，经济发展和科学技术水平都比较落后的条件下进行的。70年代以来，随着中国人口的增长、经济的发展和人民消费水平的不断提高，使本来就已经短缺的资源和脆弱的环境面临着越来越大的压力。选择一条什么样的发展道路，历史地成为与当代中国人民及其子孙后代生存息息相关的'重大问题。China'smodernizationdrivehasbeenlaunchedinthefollowingconditions:Thecountryhasalargepopulationbase,itsper-capitaaverageofnaturalresourcesislow,anditseconomicdevelopmentaswellasscientificandtechnologicallevelremainquitebackward.AlongwiththegrowthofChina'spopulation,thedevelopmentoftheeconomyandthecontinuousimprovementofthepeople'sconsumptionlevelsincethe1970s,thepressureonresources,whichwerealreadyinrathershortsupply,andonthefragileenvironmenthasbecomegreaterandgreater.Whichroadofdevelopmenttochoosehasturnedout,historically,tobeanissueofparamountimportancetothesurvivaloftheChinesepeopleaswellastheirposterity.
中国政府十分重视因人口增长和经济发展而出现的环境问题，把保护环境作为提高人民生活水平和生活质量的一个重要方面。为了促进经济、社会与环境的协调发展，中国在80年代制定并实施了一系列保护环境的方针、政策、法律和措施。TheChinesegovernmenthaspaidgreatattentiontotheenvironmentalissuesarisingfromthecountry'spopulationgrowthandeconomicdevelopment,andhasmadeprotectingtheenvironmentanimportantaspectoftheimprovementofthepeople'slivingstandardsandqualityoflife.Inordertopromotecoordinateddevelopmentbetweentheeconomy,thesocietyandtheenvironment,Chinaenactedandimplementedaseriesofprinciples,policies,lawsandmeasuresforenvironmentalprotectioninthe1980s.
——确立环境保护为中国的一项基本国策。防治环境污染和生态破坏以及合理开发利用自然资源关系到国家的全局利益和长远发展，中国政府坚定不移地贯彻执行环境保护这项基本国策。--MakingenvironmentalprotectiononeofChina'sbasicnationalpolicies.Thepreventionandcontrolofenvironmentalpollutionandecologicaldestructionandtherationalexploitationandutilizationofnaturalresourcesareofvitalimportancetothecountry'soverallinterestsandlong-termdevelopment.TheChinesegovernmentisunswervinglycarryingoutthebasicnationalpolicyofenvironmentalprotection.
Pollution:AnIncreasingConcerninChina
ItisreportedthattenbigcitiesinChinaarebeingrankedamongthetoptwentycitieswiththehighestpollutionindexintheworld.Thismeansitishightimewedidsomethingtobringthesituationundercontrol.Manyfactorsarecontributingtothedeterioratingsituation:industrialwastespumpedintotheair，thelakesandrivers;aincreasingnumberofautomobilescrowdingintothestreets;thewidespreaduseofplasticbagsetc.
Tomyview，stifferlawsandregulationsmustbeimplementedtocheckpollution.Industriesthatreleasewasteswithoutpermissionshouldbeheavilyfined.Carsshouldbeequippedtominimizetheexhausttheyreleaseintotheair.Andtheuseofplasticbagsanddisposablemealboxesshouldbebanned.What’smore，themediashouldplayanimportantroleinimplantingasenseofenvironmentalconsciousnessintopeople’smind.Ifeverybodyworkstowardacommongoalofmakingtheenvironmentbetter，wecancreateacleanerandlovelierworldforusandforthecominggeneration.
我们生活的世界正变得越来越难以忍受,因为对环境的破坏.禽流感和SARS的是两个典型的'例子,对环境的破坏,可能危及自己的生命.此外,森林破坏,水和空气污染导致减少种植业土地及不愉快的天气.
严重的问题,看来,我们可以得出一些措施来对付它.首先,当局应该采取的政策是"可持续发展",法律和有关环保工作应该要付诸实施,执法不严,正如我国政府一直在做的事.
何况,每个公民都应该明白问题的严重性,并共同努力,为保护我们的环境.此外,植树有利于改善和美化环境.
Theworldweliveinisbecomingmoreandmoreintolerablebecauseofenvironmentaldestruction.BirdfluandSarsaretwotypicalexamplesthatenvironmentaldestructionmaythreatenourlife.Besides,forestdestruction,waterandairpollutionresultindecreaseofplantinglandandunpleasantweather.
Seriousastheproblemseems,wecancomeupwithsomemeasurestodealwithit.Firstofall,theauthoritiesshouldadoptthepolicyof"sustainabledevelopment",andlawsconcerningenvironmentalprotectionshouldbeputintoeffectandenforcedstrictlyjustasourgovernmenthasbeendoing.
What'smore,everycitizenshouldrealizetheseriousnessoftheproblemandmakeconcertedeffortstoprotectourenvironment.Inaddition,plantingtreeshelpsimproveandbeautifytheenvironment.