Question

最近，網上展開一場關于“教科書是否要循環使用”的辯論。假如你是Li Hua，請你向報社寫信談談你自己的一些想法。要點如下：

1. 據說我國的教科書壽命一般是半年，而美國則是五年。這說明浪費嚴重；

2. 我國有兩億兩千萬學生，每年要用三十億本教科書，這就需要消耗一千一百萬棵樹木。如果將教科書的壽命延長

年的話，那么將節省好多樹木；

3. 許多貧困家庭的學生買不起教科書，如果將不用的教科書贈給他們豈不是更好？

4. 你的看法（至少兩點）。

要求：1. 語句通順，結構合理；

2. 開頭和結尾已給出，不計入總詞數（字數：150左右）。

3. 參考詞匯：lifespan 壽命   thriftiness  節約

Dear Editor,

Recently there has been an argument about the reuse of textbooks on the internet. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes,

Yours truly,

Li Hua

 

Answer 1

One possible version:

Dear Editor,

Recently there has been an argument about the reuse of textbooks on the internet. I am writing to talk about it.

As we all know, the average lifespan of a copy of a textbook is only half a year in our country while in America it is five years or so, which shows we waste too much. There are 220 million students consuming 3 billion textbooks each year, so about 11 million trees are needed to produce them! If the lifespan of textbooks could be extended for one more year, a large number of trees could be saved each year. In addition, many children from poor families can’t afford textbooks. Will it be good if we can afford them to reuse the books?

So I suggest that all of us should encourage students to take care of their textbooks, and not only does it do good to us but also to nature. At the same time, this can also help us develop awareness of thriftiness.

Best wishes,

Yours truly,

Li Hua