TOEFL 4—6月-Dark_Tournament小组 第三次作业 by woodchuck

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Should the government focus more on preserving nature environment and less on economic development?

The progress in science and technology serves as a catalyst in the process of modernization and globalization. As a result, there is a public debate on the issue about whether should the government focus more on natural environment and less in economic development or not. When it comes to me, I maintain the opinion that the government should not concern too much on preserving the environment.

The responsibility of a government is to improve the living quality of its people. It is not possible for a government which response to its citizens to remove its focus from economic development. In the democratic nation, the government has the obligation to meet people’s demand and satisfy their needs which always concentrate on economy. As a result, it must take the economic consideration at the first place. If the government puts excessive investment or concern too much on preserving the nature environment and eventually slows down its development in economy, it is obvious that most citizens will be very angry for they lost the chance to earn more money and improve their lives. As a result, such government will not continue its action, and sometimes even be impeached by the people. Thus, drawing excessive attention on environment and overlooking the importance of economic development will probably impact some undesirable influences on the government, sometimes even the society as a whole.

Admittedly, the government should not overlook the importance of preserving natural environment when advancing its economy. Focus on the economy does not mean to overlook the significance in environment. Instead, we must remember to protect the nature from being damaged when developing our society. In most cases, we can try to minimum the influences we exert on the nature in the process of modernization. It is possible to develop some environment friendly ways to push our society and economy forward. To this extent, developing economy and protecting environment are not two mutually exclusive things.

In sum, it is improper for a government to reduce its attention on economic development. We should still concentrate on developing our economy with proper concern about environment.