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（湖南省衡陽八中2010屆高三上學期第二次月考）

學校網站開辦“環境與生活”英語論壇。請你根據下面表格所提供的內容，以“Environmentally Friendly Renewable Energy” 為題，進行陳述并談談你的看法，參加學校網站英語論壇的討論

目前的狀況	我國傳統能源的使用占總用量的80%以上； 可再生新能源正越來越快得到開發利用。
優勢與劣勢的對比	傳統能源	資源有限；造成空氣污染、酸雨；促成全球變暖等環境問題。
	可再生能源	取之不竭；清潔、無污染； 現階段成本偏高; 產能不夠穩定。
你的看法和展望	……

注意：1. 不要逐條翻譯， 可適當發揮。

               2. 詞數：150左右。文章的開頭部分已給出，不計入總詞數。

         3. 參考詞匯： 取之不竭 inexhaustible 

Environmentally Friendly Renewable Energy

In our country, the traditional energy sources like coal, oil and natural gas are still widely used, making up over eighty percent of the total energy consumption. However, ______________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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One possible version:

In our country, the traditional energy sources like coal, oil and natural gas are still widely used, making up over eighty percent of the total energy consumption. However, as a worldwide shortage of such energy is seemingly growing more serious, renewable energy sources, such as, solar energy, wind energy and hydropower, are being developed and made good use of at an increasingly fast rate.

As we all know, our dependence on coal and oil for energy supply has caused severe environmental problems. It has brought about heavy air pollution. There are frequent acid rains and smog in some areas. It has also contributed to the global warming and other problems. Moreover, such energy sources will be exhausted in less than a hundred years if exploited at the present rate. Renewable energy, on the other hand, has great advantages. It is obviously inexhaustible. And above all, it is clean and causes little or no pollution to the environment.

We are glad that our government encourages the development of renewable energy. With more and more renewable energy, we will live in an increasingly beautiful and harmonious environment.