Posted by Jenny on April 29, 19102 at 05:32:42:
Some people believe that the Earth is being harmed (damaged) by human activity. Others feel that human activity makes the Earth a better place to live. What is your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Some people believe that the Earth is being harmed by human activity, while others think they human activity makes the Earth a better place to live. People hold these different opinions because they look at the world from different angles.
The quality of human life has improved greatly over the last few centuries. Human beings have continually developed their technologies and increased their knowledge about improving human life on Earth. People have learned how to turn wild natural areas into farm land, how to mine useful minerals in order to make metals, how to build roads and houses to expand their territories. It cannot be denied that human life has become better than anytime before in our history.
On the other hand, people tend to forget that the natural resources that the Earth provides us are not endless. We can’t just take from the Earth what we want without giving anything back. For example, too many natural areas have been destroyed in order to build shopping centers, houses, apartments, road, factories and so on. It is not surprising that the Earth is being harmed while so much development is going on. We have less fresh air and less clean water. Numerous species have become extinct because they have lost the environments that are necessary for them in order to live.
From my point of view, people cannot just keep demanding natural rescorces from the Earth. We need to try to preserve our planet before it reaches the point when it can’t recover anymore.