encourage city-residents鼓勵市民

　　protect forest resources保護森林資源

　　air pollution空氣污染

　　extremely serious problem極其嚴重的問題

　　fight against與戰斗

　　pose a host of public hazards造成了許多公害

　　greenhouse effect溫室效應

　　lead to grave consequences導致了嚴重的后果

　　ever-accelerated不斷發展

　　water and soil conservation水土保持

　　weather forecast天氣預報

　　exert a disastrous effect on產生災難性的影響

　　raw materials原料

　　let this situation go as it is任由態勢發展

　　suffer a great destruction遭受破壞

　　pursue one’s short-term interest追求眼前利益

　　deterioration of the ecology生態惡化

　　raise people’s awareness of the environment提高人們環境意識

　　use up valuable energy resources用盡珍貴的資源

　　conservation of the natural environment保護自然環境

　　enhance the quality of life提高生活質量

　　cause serious environmental pollution造成嚴重污染

　　break the ecological balance破壞生態平衡

　　for the future generations; for our descendants 為了子孫后代

　　bring about a lot of losses / disasters造成巨大損失/災難

　　三、經典句式：

　　1.There is no denying the fact that air pollution is an extremely serious problem: the city authorities should take strong measures to deal with it.

　　無可否認，空氣污染是一個極其嚴重的問題：城市當局應該采取有力措施來解決它。

　　2.Any government, which is blind to this point, may pay a heavy pric.

　　任何政府忽視這一點都將付出巨大的代價。

　　3.In view of the seriousness of this problem, effective measures should be taken before things get worse.

　　考慮到問題的嚴重性，在事態進一步惡化之前，必須采取有效的措施。

　　4. We should spare no effort to beautify our environment.

　　我們應該不遺余力地美化我們的環境。

　　5. This view is now being questioned by more and more people.

　　這一觀點正受到越來越多人的質疑。

　　6.Environmental experts point out that increasing pollution not only causes serious problems such as global warming but also could threaten to end human life on our planet.

　　環境學家指出：持續增加的污染不僅會導致像全球變暖這樣嚴重的問題，而且還將威脅到人類在這個星球的生存。

　　7.In view of such serious situation, environmental tools of transportation like bicycle are more important than any time before.

　　考慮到這些嚴重的狀況，我們比以往任何時候更需要像自行車這樣的環保型交通工具。

　　8. A series of environment protection rules and regulations need to be laid down

　　必須制定一系列的環境保護條例。

　　9. This issue/phenomenon has caused wide public concern in many places of world.

　　這一問題/現象在全世界許多地方已引起了廣泛關注。

　　10.At the time when technology means ever more harmful carbon in the air we breathe, we need these forests now more than ever.

　　當技術的發展意味著我們會吸入更多有害氣體時，我們比任何時候更需要森林。

　　四、熱點預測：能源短缺問題/加氣難問題 自然災害

　　例文一

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic How to Solve the Energy Shortage. You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: