HumanandNature

　　Nature,theenvironmentwhichhumanbeingsliveby,ismagnificentandunique.Theresionlyoneearthwithsuperlivingconditionsintheuniverse.Weshouldhavecherishednatureandpreservedit.Conversely,however,wehavebeencontinuallyspoilingit,eventoashockingdegree.Nowlet'sseewhatwehavedong.

　　Thousandsoftreeshavebeencutdownperyear,whichhascausedsoilerosion.HundredsofthousandsoftonsofCFCShavebeenleftinthehigherskyinthelastdecadewhichhasledtotheozonelayerleakabovetheSouthPolethatcoversanareaofthatoftheUnitedStates.Milliontonsoffuelcontainingnitrogenandsulphurhavebeenconsumedperyear,whichhaseventuallyresultedinacidrainthroughouttheworld.

　　Similarly,ecologyhasbeenaffectedaswell.Andconsiderablenumberofspecieshavebeenextinctastheyearsgobymanycreatureswhichwerecommoninthepastarebecominglessandless,evenrare.TheTibetantelope,forinstance,isagoodexample.SincetheantelopesofTibethaveapartoffurontheirbodywhichcanbemadeintoapreciouscape,drivenbysomelawlessdealersmanyvillagerskilledantelopesexcessivelyandshockingforthelargesunsoffortune.Becauseofthis,thenumberoftheantelopesofTibethassharplyfallenfromoveronemilliontolessthanonehundredthousand.Andwhat'smore,thenumberhasnowdecreasedby20thousandperyear.QingZangPlatean,whichwastheirhomeland,istheirtombsnow.

　　Thisishownaturehassufferedwhatwehavedonetoit.However,natureandsufferanymore.Shelosthertemperandcouldnolongerpossiblyputupwithhumans.Shegavehumansharshpunishment,whichshethoughttheydeserved.Theacidrainhascausedthelessofmorethan100billiondollarsthroughouttheworldperyear.Andbecauseofdesertisation,soilisbecomingmoreandmorebarren.Thesoilofmanyplanesisnowuntilforgrowingplants.Theairislessfresh,andalotofpeopleevengetmanystrangerdiseases.Thoseareallthepunishmentofnaturetohuman'spollution.Ontheotherhand,humanbeingsufferalotaswell.

　　Soitleadstoaseriousofquestions--

　　Whycan'tweliveharmoniouslywithnature?

　　Whycan'twesetabalancebetweenhumanandnature?

　　Whycan'twepaymoreattentiontonatureandtrytoreserveit?

　　Therefore,beforewetakeimmediatemeasurestodosomething,weshouldbeawareofthefactthat"Conqueringthenature"willneverbeourgoal,instead,weshouldtakethenatureasourintimatefriend.Preservingnatureisnotonlypreservingourhome,butthecivilizationofhumancommunityaswell.