地球日英語(yǔ)作文：個(gè)人責(zé)任與社會(huì)環(huán)境

　　the concept of responsibility is a necessary fiction. although socities must hold their individuals accountable for their own actions, people‘s behavior is largely determined by forces not of their own making.

　　in the title statement, the speaker holds the contention that the concept of ‘individual responsibility‘ is no existence but a fiction. moreover, the speaker says that the behaviors of human beings are fundamentally determined by the environment which out of their control. admittedly, one‘s actions are deeply influenced by laws, societies, schools and families and other exterior forces; individual responsibility exists and functions as a significant role to rule people‘s behaviors as well.

　　on one hand, the highest social animal as human being is, any individual has his specific role in a certain society. and this specific role gives one social identity and individual responsibility through education in schools and influence of ethical and moral standards. though some times one would feel that the certain responsibility is obligation from the society and organizations rather than his ‘individual responsibility‘ at first, in most cases, the accountability would presumably become one‘s own eventually followed by the final identification of his specific social identity, and then direct one‘s behaviors without the force from the exterior world. for example, a soldier would think it is his duty to obey the rules without any hesitation; a surgeon would consider healing the patients as his accountability; and a historian would feel it is his responsibility to discover what is behind the historical descriptions. in fact, different careers and roles form diverse individual responsibilities, which result in individuals’voluntary behaviors.

　　on the other hand, there are not only specific individual responsibilities in diverse areas but also some fundamental values and accountabilities, which we all human beings cherish. from the moment one can speak or even is born, the society begins to instill the moral and ethical standards, which is so called humanity in every one‘s mind. the older one is, the deeper influence the humanity would be. when one is just a little child, he would go directly to what he like and claim it. then when he is old enough, he would realize that it is incorrect and ashamed. and because of the awareness of what is right and wrong, one would probably never do any misdeed again. actually, humanity is just the common individual responsibility shared by all of us.

　　there are still many problems of environmental protection in recent years. one of the most serious problems is the serious pollution of air, water and soil. the polluted air does great harm to people’s health. the polluted water causes diseases and death. what is more, vegetation had been greatly reduced with the rapid growth of modern cities.

　　to protect the environment, governments of many countries have done a lot. legislative steps have been introduced to control air pollution, to protect the forest and sea resources and to stop any environmental pollution. therefore, governments are playing the most important role in the environmental protection today. ad:from .

　　in my opinion, to protect environment, the government must take even more concrete measures. first, it should let people fully realize the importance of environmental protection through education. second, much more efforts should be made to put the population planning policy into practice, because more people means more people means more pollution. finally, those who destroy the environment intentionally should be severely punished. we should let them know that destroying environment means destroying mankind themselves

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　　however, every one lives in a certain society thereby one‘s behavior is more or less influenced by forces not of their own making. and to operate normally, every society has its laws, though many times have differences among them. it is true that humanity plays an essential role in ruling individuals‘ behaviors; yet laws are necessary. under the control of laws, people who have little individual responsibility would probably not dare to do any crime in fear of law punishment. besides laws, for example in school, rules are also an important factor as well as individual responsibility. nowadays, in most universities, a student who does not pass some certain courses in his four years college life would not get his diploma of bachelor‘s degree. so even if a student does not like his discipline, or dose not care about his gpa, the pressure of graduating forces him not to playing computer or basketball all the time.

　　in addition, individual responsibility and forces from outside world have overlapped parts some times. for instance, studying diligently is some hard- working students‘ individual responsibility as well as the pressure from schools and society.

　　generally speaking, it is hasty and incorrect to conclude that the concept of ‘individual responsibility‘ is a necessary fiction. on the contrary, individual responsibility plays an important role which cannot be replaced. however, laws and the exterior force also have their significance as well. thus we can not put either of them aside and pay more attention to another.

　　water is a kind of liquid. it has no taste or smell. it is transparent, too. water is useful and is important to us. why? for example, we use water to water the plants. we use water to wash our face or to have a bath. we drink water or we will die…water is also very important for china. there are 2.8 hundred millions of steres of water in china, but everyone can only use 2300 steres. it is only twenty–five per sent in the world.

　　not too long ago, there was a man called jacques cousteau. he loved the beautiful colors, and the beautiful fish in the sea. however, when he returned some years later, the colorful coral reefs were dead and grey because the factory near the sea poured waste water into the sea. jacques cousteau decided to tell people how important it was to save the environment under the sea. he started the“ cousteau society ” to help protect life in the sea. now there are over 30000 members all over the world. since water covers most of the earth, cousteau knew that we should keep the sea clean. we should not litter the sea, and should clean up the dirty parts. as water is very important to our environment, he encouraged everyone to take part in protecting our lakes, rivers, sea and ocean.

　　there are still a few people who are not protecting the water now in the world. for example, some factories pour waste things into the rivers, lakes or into the sea near by. the water there has become very dirty and we can’t use them at all. although there are seventy–five per sent of water in the world, we can only use fresh water, that there is only a little. so we should use little water when we need to use it. for example, i do not use too much water when i am washing my face or having a bath… it is important for us to keep the water clean. you may ask yourself, have i ever poured or thrown dirty things into the water? if your answer is “no”, that means you have already helped to protect the environment. it is our duty to protect the environment. you may ask yourself again, have i ever helped to clean up the water? if your answer is “yes”, that means that you have already done something useful to improve the water. if we use up all the water, it is difficult for us to get it from anywhere, including the universe. it is terrible to think that people are too thirsty to live! i believe, that if everyone helps to protect the water, the water must be protected. you do not want to “kill” your son or your grandson, do you? so now let us to protect the water! please don’t let the last drop of water on the earth is we human’s tear!

　　（編輯：劉明）