【正文】 it is in perfect order. We have bee less sentimental or nostalgic, which reveals itself not only in our discarding of old things but also in our reduced reluctance to abandon old friends. To many, everything is dispensable. Recycling seems the only way to prevent the total inundation of the planet by the garbage produced over generations. People are unlikely to give up their conveniences easily. The demand of goods will increase inexorably, putting more strain on garbage disposal. Therefore, recycling offers the best hope. Not only miraculous but also essential is the idea of turning wastes into treasures. It is estimated that 60 percent of rubbish can be recycled quite economically. With improved technology, recycling will make more economical and environmental sense in the days to e. The throwaway society, as some call it, is mainly the result of technological development and our change of attitude. The conviction that nothing will last is reinforced by the constant changes brought by technology. Without going into the rights and wrongs of this attitude, I am convinced that recycling is essential to the survival of mankind in the future. 單詞注釋：pay through the nose支付高昂的價格 syringe disposable imperative ，誠命；需要 命令的，強制的contagion ，傳染病，蔓延 preferable ，更好的 sanitary adj.(有關)衛(wèi)生的，（保持） 清潔的biodegradable 提供飲食 durability ，耐久sentimental 感情脆弱的nostalgic ，懷舊的discard ，拋棄reluctance ，勉強dispensable ，可有可無的inundation ；洪水inexorably ，冷酷地disposal ，處置miraculous ，不可思議的conviction ，確信；定罪reinforce ，增援，補充 8. Some people believe that damage to the environment is an inevitable consequence of the improvement of living standards. What is your opinion? The city where I live is increasingly teeming with highrise apartment buildings. As can be expected, trees are cut down to make room for those constructions. People are daily plagued by air and noise pollution as a result of the booming economy. As things now stand, we are paying too dear a price for the development. Even the most developed countries are troubled by environmental issue. In fact, the more developed a nation is, the severer the problem. To sustain a prosperous economy, factories and panies have to be in full operation and the workforce putting in long hours. Industrial wastes cost a lot to be disposed of. The huge energy consumption depletes the natural resources at an unsustainable rate. There is every sign that the environment must be sacrificed to some extent for the sake of world economy. However, we are making a blunder by equating economic prosperity with better living standards. A better life should be a life closer to nature. What we are now working so hard for is a massproduced, standardized, seemingly fortable life. It is true that we can now have puters, cars and larger houses, but something more valuable is being lost. We can no longer breathe clean air, have a quiet walk in the woods or even look at the stars because they are being obscured by smog and artificial light at night. Hence, we need to curb the frantic pace of development in order to protect the environment and ironically to improve the quality of life. Our science and technology should be directed to creating harmony between mankind and nature. A better environment means much more than material forts. Besides, by slowing down a little bit, people’s lives bee less stressful. To have a better life，we need to take it easy. The currently environmental damage is the consequence of our misguided conception that material wealth is tantamount to a better life. Environmental protection will not stand in the way of our pursuit of a really better life. 單詞注釋：teem ；大量出現(xiàn) ，使苦惱 booming 39。 the past, people spent their entire lives doing one job. But nowadays, they change their jobs frequently. Please give the reasons and your suggestions. nowadays thousands of employees move from one job to another in rapid succession . Conventional reasons people give for job hopping include lousy bosses, miserable salaries and hostile work environments. Yet the fundamental reason has always been hidden and thus ignored by the general public. The job hopping frenzy can be attributed mainly to the remarkable social changes taking place nowadays. Neither employers nor employees directly link long service with loyalty now. Employers no longer think that the number of employers an individual has worked for provided the best measure of loyalty. This means there is scope for employees to switch jobs with relative ease and take charge of their own progression and development at their own pace. It should be noticed that sometimes employee