3. Do you feel optimistic that environmental problems will be solved in the future?

今年来，中国经济发展的步伐令世界震撼。但是，生态环境也为此付出了巨大代价。人们有个假设误区：经济增长能解决环境、原材料和人口增长的问题。事实上，我们没有足够的钱，而且时间也来不及。那么环境问题在未来到底能否得到解决呢？答案可以是“Yes”，也可以是“No”，甚至也可以是“Hard to say”。考生只要有理有据、论证充分、自圆其说即可。

Candidate 1: I guess you could say I'm too optimistic, but only in the long term, I think it will, on the basis of when people begin to realize that there's an actual crisis out there. I remember when it seemed that everyone was talking about the issue. Now a lot of people are just saying, "Well, nothing can really be done about the problem." I think that people could do something about it if they really wanted to, but the problem is that they kept delaying the solutions. So I think when they realize they cannot delay the process any more, they will actually start doing something concrete about it.

Candidate 2: Deforestation, global warming, air and water pollution, such environmental problems have caused great damages to human lives.

As far as I'm concerned, human beings are sure to find a way to deal with these problems caused by human's greed.

On the one hand, with the development of economy and improvement of people's life, more and more people pay close attention to our mother earth. We all know that human beings' existence and future are related to the earth and we all want to do what we can do to help her. As a saying goes, where there is a will, there is a way. The desire to help our mother earth determines that solving environmental problems is not a dream.

On the other hand, new invention and technology will supply us with the solution to environmental problems as well. For instance, improve the procedure to reduce the pollution and increase the use of clean energy. Reduce! Reduce! Recycle! With the use of developing technology, people can do more to solve these problems.

To conclude, with the desire and advanced technology of human beings, a beautiful and green earth would be here again!

Candidate 3: I feel doubtful about it. We all know that human beings are now facing the rapid economic development, which has brought the heavy pressure onto the environment.

Now, we have to worry about the environment in the future.

Huamn beings are human beings. It is our nature to make progress in every day's life. We will not stop building machines and factories until the nature punishes us in a serious way. We are blind to the ailing earth and we just care about ourselves.

Since there are still a lot of people who are making contribution to protect the nature, many people come to understand the seriousness of environmental problems. However, what if I ask them to give up their cars? You know now most cars use gasoline as fuels. Not to mention the terrible nuclear war.

I think the fundamental reason of environment problems is that we are never satisfied with what we have got. Can we stop polluting the environment and enjoy a peaceful life? Most people will probably say: "No!"

Candidate 1第一位答题者在句首就点明了自己的态度，即是乐观的，但前提是从长远来看。当人们开始意识到我们正在面临着真正的危机的时候，问题的解决就有希望。但是，现在人们似乎还没有意识到这一点，拖拖拉拉，并未采取实际行动；Candidate 2的回答比较充分，而且比较自信。首段提出了一系列环境问题，接着第二段回答了就自己而言，认为人们一定能找出一种解决的方案。一方面，目前越来越多的人们开始关注我们的地球母亲，关注我们的环境问题，非常渴望找出有效的方法。另一方面，科技的发展可用于解决环境问题，比如利用清洁能源等；Candidate 3首先在开头点明了自己持怀疑的态度，环境的问题产生的最根本原因是我们不满足自己已拥有的东西，只考虑自身的需要，贪婪地从环境中汲取越来越多的东西。

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