Economic Development and Environmental Protection

　　Economic development and environmental protection are a pressing issue primarily for developing countries where, in trying to catch up with developed countries, they have to consume natural resources on an unprecedented scale. This has seriously polluted our environment and, with the global environmental campaign gaining momentum, many people in China call for the precedence of environmental protection over economic development.　　Any attempt to pose economic development and environmental protection as diametrically contradictory is simple-minded. Since no country is willing to stop its economic development, the best way is to strike a balance between the two and to heighten the environmental awareness of those solely concerned with economic development.　　European countries both economically developed and environmentally friendly can serve as perfect examples for China. Their success story in both undertakings illustrates that environmental protection does not mean a complete standstill of economic activities or exploitation of natural resources, but rather an active development and application of effective technologies to minimize environmental consequences. In Germany, environmental protection has become part of economic development as it boasts the world’s most successful environmental industry. With a developed economy, we are well equipped to develop sophisticated technologies that can effectively safeguard our environment.　　The relationship between economic development and environment protection is a complex one. For modern men, neither a primitive society which is perfectly ecologically friendly nor an industrial civilization which is ecologically hostile is what we want. Environmental problems arise as a result of industrialization and only technologies can deliver solutions to those problems. Rather than simply returning to the past of non-human activity, we can seek active technological solutions in solar energy and wind energy to replace fossil fuels. By the time this key contributor to environmental deterioration is eradicated, man will achieve a win-win result between economic development and environmental protection.　　【參考譯文】

　　經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展與環(huán)境保護(hù)

　　經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展與環(huán)境保護(hù)構(gòu)成了一個(gè)迫在眉睫的問題，這主要發(fā)生在發(fā)展中國家，因?yàn)樵谶@些國家，在不遺余力追趕發(fā)達(dá)國家的過程中，人們不得不以史無前例的規(guī)模去消耗自然資源。這便嚴(yán)重地污染了我們的環(huán)境。隨著全球范圍內(nèi)的環(huán)保運(yùn)動(dòng)勢頭日趨強(qiáng)勁，中國國內(nèi)的許多人便大聲疾呼，相對于經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展，環(huán)境保護(hù)應(yīng)被擺在首要位置。　　任何將經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展與環(huán)境保護(hù)絕然對立起來的做法，都顯得頭腦簡單。既然沒有哪個(gè)國家會(huì)愿意讓其經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展停滯下來，最好的方法就是在兩者之間達(dá)成一種平衡；對于那些只關(guān)注經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的人，應(yīng)努力提高其環(huán)保意識(shí)。　　那些既經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)達(dá)又環(huán)境友好的歐洲國家，可以為中國充當(dāng)一種完美的典范。它們在這兩項(xiàng)事業(yè)中的成功故事，例證著這樣一個(gè)道理，即環(huán)境保護(hù)并非意味著經(jīng)濟(jì)活動(dòng)或自然資源的開發(fā)利用徹底陷入停頓，而是意味著積極主動(dòng)地去研發(fā)并應(yīng)用有效的技術(shù)，以便將環(huán)境后果降至最低限度。在德國，環(huán)保已變成經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的一個(gè)部分，因?yàn)樵搰鴵碛惺澜缟献畛晒Φ沫h(huán)保產(chǎn)業(yè)。擁有了發(fā)達(dá)的經(jīng)濟(jì)，我們才有充分的條件去研發(fā)尖端的技術(shù)，才能真正有效地保護(hù)我們的環(huán)境?！　〗?jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展與環(huán)境保護(hù)之間的關(guān)系甚為復(fù)雜。對于現(xiàn)代人而言，完全環(huán)境友好型的原始社會(huì)，或者是充滿生態(tài)敵意的工業(yè)文明，二者中沒有哪個(gè)是我們所要的。環(huán)境問題因工業(yè)化過程而產(chǎn)生，但也只能經(jīng)由工業(yè)技術(shù)才能對這些問題帶來解決之道。我們不應(yīng)該簡單地回歸過去，讓人類陷入無為的狀態(tài)，而是要在太陽能、風(fēng)能等能源中尋找積極主動(dòng)的技術(shù)解決方案，來替代化石燃料。當(dāng)化石燃料這個(gè)環(huán)境惡化的主要推手被鏟除之際，人類在經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展與環(huán)境保護(hù)之間，就能實(shí)現(xiàn)一種雙贏的格局?！　　局档檬煊浀木涫脚c短語】　　1. consume natural resources on an unprecedented scale以史無前例的規(guī)模去消耗自然資源
　　2. global environmental campaign gaining momentum全球范圍內(nèi)的環(huán)保運(yùn)動(dòng)勢頭日趨強(qiáng)勁
　　3. many people in China call for the precedence of environmental protection over economic development中國國內(nèi)的許多人便大聲疾呼，相對于經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展，環(huán)境保護(hù)應(yīng)被擺在首要位置。
　　4. strike a balance between the two在兩者之間達(dá)成一種平衡
　　5. to heighten the environmental awareness提高環(huán)保意識(shí)
　　6. a complete standstill徹底陷入停頓
　　7. exploitation of natural resources對自然資源的開發(fā)利用
　　8. to minimize environmental consequences將環(huán)境后果降至最低限度
　　9. environmental industry環(huán)保產(chǎn)業(yè)
　　10. develop sophisticated technologies that can effectively safeguard our environment研發(fā)尖端的技術(shù)，真正有效地保護(hù)我們的環(huán)境
　　11. a primitive society which is perfectly ecologically friendly nor an industrial civilization which is ecologically hostile完全環(huán)境友好型的原始社會(huì)，或者是充滿生態(tài)敵意的工業(yè)文明
　　12. only technologies can deliver solutions to those problems只有技術(shù)才能對這些問題帶來解決之道
　　13. environmental deterioration環(huán)境惡化
　　14. a win-win result一種雙贏的格局

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