英语辩论赛:经济增长与环境保护在中国哪个应该优先?

英语辩论——环境保护 VS 经济发展(经济发展正方） Which should receive priority in China? Environmental protection or economic growth. 正 方 陈 词 ： Good morning everyone! We are here now debating about whether environment protection or economy growth should take priority in China, we think it’s environment growth that should be chosen. I have three reasons to prove this point. First, as a developing country, the economy power is far behind the developed counties, China have one fifth of the people in the world, but the income of per head is only in 109th among countries. So the urgent affair of China is developing our economy. Second, economy growth doesn’t necessarily conflict with environment protection. We can develop our economy without environment pollution. Third, when our economy strength becomes strong, we can spend more money and energy on environment protection, till then it will be a win-win. In a word, considering the current situations, economy growth should take priority in China. 反方陈词：We agree economic growth is needed. But think about the past decades, we followed the old model of “first pollution, last treatment”, however, how did it come out? The environment problems have become increasingly prominent, and some local regions’ environment has been polluted to a dangerous extent that poses a great threat to our existence. What’s more, the cost was too high and the effect was not up to much. By this means, it placed us in a completely passive position. At the same time the people started voicing new values: quality of life, urban conservation and the environment. So, we must get to the bottom of the problem and learn from the past. That is, in the course of development, we should consider the effect of pollution and receive environment protection in first priority. Only in this way can we solve the environmental problems in the future reasonably. That’s all I want to say. 自由辩论 正方二辩：We all know that in many places of china like many poor countries, where the environment is pretty good, there are thousands people lack of money for the food the need to live. Then, opponent debaters, do you think we still need to develop our economies? 反方二辩：But opponent debaters can’t ignore the fact that most areas of China have solved the problem of food and clothing at present . Furthermore, the level of economic development in many cities in eastern China is very high .But the pollution is pretty serious accordingly. We have money, but being under the sub health condition. Does it make any sense, opponent debaters? 正方三辩：There do exist some eastern cities whose economy is quite developed, but you forget that China has 130 million people. The eastern cities can’t stand for the whole China. We know that environment protection need high-technology, High-tech personnel, and science research. They all need a lot of money, and money is created by economy. I want to ask my fellow debater that can we protect our environment well without strong economy strength. 反 方 三 辩 ： Environmental protection needs economy . But we can’t sacrifice the environment for the economic growth. If you drink polluted water, eat the toxic food, can we have a high quality of life? Economic development must be on the premise of environmental protection. The policy of “returning farmland to forests and grass” slow down the speed of economic development to protect the environment. Doses it show that the environmental protection is more important? 正方：Opponent debaters have referred the returning farmland to forest policy. We admit our country has paid a lot of money for the environment even sacrificing the profit .But we should still take economic construction as the central task. 反方： admit economic construction is our country’s principle task .But we have to insist We on sustainable development while developing economy. We must attach great importance to the protection of the natural environment in the process of economic development. 总结： 正方总结：Our opponent said , ” we can’t sacrifice the environment for the economic growth” .I think what they said can’t come true at present . It’s unavoidable to harm the environment while developing economy. 反方总结: Our opponent said ” the urgent affairs of china is developing our economy” .The goal we develop the economy today is to create a happy and comfortable life for people in the future . If the economic growth lead to the pollution of the environment, can we live a better life? The excessive economic growth has caused the greenhouse effect, which lead to sea-level rises. As a result, thousands of coastal dweller has to face the fate of the migration. Moreover, the opponent also said,” when our economy strength become strong, we can spend more money and energy on environment protection.” I want to question that when the animals and plants have died out, what the opponent debater protect with the money and energy. If the economic growth delays for two years, we can wait two years to develop it .But, if the environmental protection delays two years, the species will be extinct, the resources will exhaust. The urgency like this can’t wait. So our side advocates the environmental protection should receive priority in China. Thank you