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Man and nature
For a long time, our environment has been damaged because humans have been careless. People have harmed nature through agriculture①， fishing, hunting and tourism. We further② damage the Earth by building new channels③ in the sea and factories on the land, and by creating pollution with chemical waste. We will some day destroy the planet we live on④ if we continue in this way⑤.
However, if we focus only on⑥ conservation, then people may suffer
⑦. Not everything that is best for
①agriculture ['?ɡrIk?lt??(r)] n．农业 agricultural adj.农业的
②further adv.进一步；更远地；而且，此外
③channel ['t??nl] n．水道；航道；隧道
④we live on为定语从句，修饰先行词the planet，从句中省略了作宾语的关系代词that或which。 ⑤in this way用这种方式 ⑥focus on关注 ⑦suffer v．受苦；遭受
⑧not everything ...“并非任何事情……”，表示部分否定；that引导定语从句，修饰everything。
⑨favour ['feIv?(r)] n．赞同，支持；
nature is good for people⑧. Would anyone say that development should be stopped in favour of⑨ nature? From the point of view⑩ of some people, we are only doing? what humans have always done, using nature to meet our own needs?.
恩惠，帮助；偏爱，偏袒 in favour of 赞同，支持
⑩point of view观点
?what humans have always done是doing的宾语从句；现在分词短语using nature ...作状语。 ?meet one's needs 满足某人的
Other people argue that such thinking 需求 may cause a catastrophe?， unless we start to look around and
understand how a clean environment benefits? us all.
人类与自然 [第1～2段译文]
长期以来，由于人类的漠不关心，我们的环境遭到了破坏。人类因农业、渔业、狩猎以及旅游业已经损害了自然。我们在海里修建新的隧道，在陆地上建造工厂，产生的化学废物污染环境，这些都在变本加厉地破坏地球。如果我们继续这样做，总有一天我们会毁掉我们赖以生存的星球。
然而，如果我们只关注保护自然，那么人类就要受苦。并非一切对自然最好的对人类也是好的。会有人说为了保护自然就应该停止经济发展吗？根据有些人的观点，我们只是在做人类一直在做的事情——利用自然来满足我们自己的需求。还有一些人则认为这样的想法会带来大灾难，除非我们开始关注周围的环境，懂?catastrophe [k?'t?str?fI] n．灾难，灾祸
?benefit v．对……有益 benefit from 得益于
得清洁的环境如何对我们大家有益。
After decades of destroying nature and using up? natural resources?， many developed nations? are now concerned about? saving nature rather than
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?use up 用尽
?resource [rI's??s] n．资源
?developed nations/countries发达国家
developing nations/countries发展中国家
?be concerned about关心；关注 ?rather than而不是，连接两个并列的
developing or destroying it.
However, many poorer nations must focus on meeting the
everyday needs of their people. In 动名词短语。 doing so?， they are using up natural resources at a fast pace. They have not yet seen the effects of the careless use of the environment like many wealthy nations have. Often they do not realize that the choices they make are bad for the environment. Should they be blamed for destroying hundreds of thousands of acres of rainforest if it means a better income for their people？
?in doing so 为实现这一目标 at a fast pace 以飞快的速度 have 后面省略了seen。 be bad for对……有害 be blamed for因……而受责备 acre ['eIk?(r)] n．英亩 rainforest ['reInf?rIst] n．雨林 mean v．产生……结果；意味着 income ['Ink?m] n．收入，收益 if引导条件状语从句。 make sure确保
动词不定式短语作目的状语；that引导