漢譯英

由于世界人口眾多，對消費品的需求已達到頂點。制造這些產(chǎn)品的工廠和工業(yè)通常被認(rèn)為是環(huán)境破壞的始作俑者。原因有很多，有一些有效的解決辦法可以在很大程度上防止這種損害，本文討論了這些問題和解決辦法。

首先，很自然，龐大的人口增加了對各種消費品的需求，為了滿足需求，每天都在建立新的工廠和工業(yè)。為了提供大量工廠所需的空間，樹木和森林正在被砍伐。有時，農(nóng)田被用來建造工廠，這對環(huán)境有直接影響。此外，幾乎每家工廠都在造成全球變暖，污染空氣。工廠經(jīng)常消耗自然資源，排放化學(xué)廢料到水里。這正在污染水源并威脅著自然生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的穩(wěn)定。

再一次，對消費品日益增長的需求是人類開發(fā)自然資源的一個原因。塑料和類似材料用于包裝是土地退化的原因。汽車、電子設(shè)備和奢侈品等消費品直接導(dǎo)致了氣溫升高和溫室效應(yīng)。

解決這個問題的辦法必須是非常有效和長期的。其中一個解決方案是教育人們在購買商品時要節(jié)儉。政府應(yīng)該嚴(yán)格控制工廠的位置和工廠排放的廢物數(shù)量。然后，在河流、湖泊、肥沃的農(nóng)田附近建立工廠應(yīng)該被禁止。除此之外，應(yīng)該引入環(huán)保的替代燃料，并將太陽能用于辦公室和工業(yè)。其他一些解決辦法，如廢物回收、對奢侈品、一次性包裝材料課以重稅、大規(guī)模植樹項目，都應(yīng)該到位。最后，應(yīng)該強迫工廠和消費品銷售組織參與植樹造林。

綜上所述，自然資源的過度使用和人類的奢侈對自然環(huán)境產(chǎn)生了非常不利的影響。為了拯救我們賴以生存的地球，應(yīng)該立即實施有效的解決方案，防止由此造成的破壞。

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With a sheer volume of the world population, the demand for consumer products has reached to the vertex. The factories and industries which are manufacturing these goods are often attributed to deteriorating the natural environment. The causes are many and there are some efficient solutions that can prevent this damage to a great extent and this essay deals with these issues and solutions.

To begin with, it is quite natural that the huge population has increased the demand for various consumer products and to meet the demands, new factories and industries are being established each day. To provide the spaces required for this overwhelming number of factories, trees and forests are being cut. Sometimes agricultural fields are being used to build such factories. This has a direct impact on the environment. Furthermore, almost every factory is contributing to the global warming and polluting the air. Factories often consume natural resources and emit chemical wastages to water. This is polluting the water and threatening the very existence of the natural ecosystem.

Again, the increasing demands for consumer products is a reason humans exploit the natural resources. Plastics and similar materials used for packaging are the reason the degradation of the land. The consumer products like cars, electronic devices and luxury items directly contribute to the temperature increase and greenhouse effect.

The solutions to this problem have to be very efficient and long term. One such solution could be educating people to be frugal while purchasing goods. Governments should strictly control the location of factories and the amount of wastages those factories emit. Then, establishing factories near rivers, lakes, fertile agricultural lands should be banned. On top of that, eco-friendly alternative fuels should be introduced and using solar power for offices and industries should be compulsory. Some other solutions like waste recycling, imposing heavy taxes on luxury items, use of disposable packaging materials and mass tree plantation projects should be in place. Finally, factories and consumer products selling organisations should be forced to participate in tree plantation.

In conclusion, the overuse of natural resources and the human luxury affect the natural environment very adversely. Effective solutions to prevent the damages caused by this should be immediately implemented to save the earth we live in.