Is it too late to save environment ??

ĐỀ 10/11/2011

Human activity has had very negative effect on plant and animal species. Some people think that it is too late to do anything to problem, while others believe that effective action can still be taken to improve the situation. Discuss.

Endangered species :

-         Tsunami, green-house effects, global warming and other phenomenon result in the vast disappearance of plants.

-         Animals are, second, thought to be the most to suffer for their mass extinction.

Human activities

-         High technology brings better alternatives, and policies are taken to ask each individual to take part in the campaigns to plant trees and keep waste in check.

-    Scientists and environmentalists reproduce the gene of these animals and spurring the government to place researched animals on the list of danger.

Human has changed our world amazingly since the dawn of history. To some, such shifts human has brought are inevitable and promise the foundation for a civilized planet while pessimists who claim that their actions cause more pains than gains to the kingdom of plants and animals and it is far too late to rescue anything. I strongly believe with a better awareness, people are still able to save our world for the following reasons.

First, people casting doubts of the sustenance of the plants cite abundance of evidence to prove their point. Never do we experience such a non-stop attack of natural disasters caused by so-called over-heating economics of several nations. Tsunami, green-house effects, global warming and other phenomenons become acknowledged threats and trigger more critical erosion, which results in the vast disappearance of plants. Despite human’s effort to call for people’s higher awareness of environment protection, such menaces are here to stay. According to the world’s environmental statistics, three fourth of the globe’s woodland over a century has vanished without a trace. Nevertheless, optimists hold the firm belief that no matter how gloomy the picture of environment may sound, actions of human have been, in time, taken to curb this. Let’s take example the new evidence collected from scientific sources. Until now, high technology offers better alternatives to produce synthetic materials instead of exploiting natural resources while policies, especially in developed nations, such as Singapore and Australia are immediately taken to ask each individual to enthusiastically take part in the campaigns to plant trees and keep waste in check. Creatively, for the time being, houses architecturally surrounded by plants attached to the walls become a trend in Japan, which indicates a closer lianson between human and plants. In other words, in accompany with increasing threats are also escalating actions from human to save our plants.

Animals are, second, thought to be the most to suffer for their mass extinction. Figures have stated that the number of endangered species is higher than ever; in a day in the world somewhere, there are about at least two or three estimated put on this list of dying, but it seems that humans are still so busy with other urges instead of taking deeds to protect their survival. The truth is that the rare genes in these animals, once gone, are unable to be created. A typical example is the case of our great friend, dinosaur which ever contributed significantly to the ecological balance. Even worse, for the sake of profit,  mercenary people are harnessing the skin of animals as cosmetics whereas some are using animals as the object of their research. Yet, is it a total refutation to exclude all human’s genuine effort to save animals? With the scientists and environmentalists working at a long stretch to come up with cutting edge innovations to reproduce the gene of these animals on the list of danger, optimists confirm that several species have actually escaped from the label of extinction. Dolly Sheep is a telling instance of an animal in which scientists have successfully recreated its destiny through genetic studies. Besides, the appearance of ever-increasing zoos and aquariums around the world is self-evident to show that the animal shelters are taken care more than ever. America, according to the annual survey, has poured a dramatic amount of money into the reconstruction of animal kingdoms, such as sea-worlds, so as to raise people’s awareness of species in human’s life and cement the bond between animals and human through creative shows. At a more macro levels, the cross-border legal terms and conditions on the animals’ and plants’ conservation, for example, no testing on animals for cosmetic products, are passed and conferences on the solutions to remedy these problems are seen.

In the final analysis, both the bright and dark sides of the picture are noticed. The most important, I believe, is not about the lateness or earliness, but let’s prioritize the survival of animals and plants over ours to have a better world at any time.

-         Cite abundance of evidence : đưa ra nhiều bằng chứng

-         Cast doubts : nghi ngờ

-         Sustenance (n) phương tiện sinh sống, chất bổ, thức ăn, sự nuôi dưỡng

-         Vanish = disappear (v) biến mất – (n) vanishing = disappearance

-         Gloomy /glu:mi/ (adj) u ám, ảm đạm

-         Curb /kə:b/ (n) (v) kiềm chế, hạn chế, nén lại

-         Synthetic materials (n) nguyên liệu tổng hợp

-         Keep waste in check (v) xử lý rác thải

-         Accompany (v) phụ thêm, kèm theo, đi cùng

-         Mercenary (adj) vụ lợi, hám lợi

-         Harness (v) sử dụng/ khai thác một cách triệt để

-         Cosmetic (n) mỹ phẩm

-         Refutation (n) sự bác bỏ, bắt bẻ, phản bác – (v) refute

-         Exclude (v) không cho ai vào, loại trừ, ngăn chặn

-         At a stretch (idiom) : một hơi, một mạch, không ngừng nghỉ

-         Shelter (n) chỗ trú ngụ, nương náu, ẩn núp

-         Aquarium (n) bể cá, khu công viên có bể nuôi cá