Nowadays we are producing more and more rubbish. Why do you think this is happening? What can governments do to help reduce the amount of rubbish produced?

　　题型：问题解决

　　翻译：现如今我们产生的垃圾越来越多。你认为出现这种现象的原因是什么?政府如何做可以减少垃圾的产生?

　　写作结构

　　开头段：背景引入

　　主体段 1：垃圾增多的原因 1 + 递进解释

　　主体段 2：垃圾增多的原因 2 + 递进解释

　　主体段 3：政府可采取的措施

　　结尾段：总结概括

　　范文解析

　　开头段

　　交代背景“世界各国的家庭每周都会产生很多垃圾，大部分是源自商品的包装袋还有塑料袋”。

　　背景句：I think it is true that in almost every country today, each household and family produces a large amount of waste every week. Most of this rubbish comes from the packaging from the things we buy, such as processed food. But even if we buy fresh food without packaging, we still produce rubbish from the plastic bags used everywhere to carry shopping home.

　　主体段 1

　　垃圾增多的原因 1：我们每天消费的包装要比过去多很多。

　　主题句：The reason why we have so much packaging is that we consume so much more on a daily basis than families did in the past.

　　递进解释：Convenience is also very important in modern life, so we buy packaging or canned food that can be transported from long distances and stored until we need it, first in the supermarket, and then at home.

　　主体段 2

　　垃圾增多的原因 2：一些物品我们总是用一次就扔掉。

　　主题句：However, I think the amount of waste produce is also a result of our tendency to use something once and throw it away.

　　递进解释：We forget that even the cheapest plastic bag has used up valuable resources and energy to produce. We also forget that it is a source of pollution and difficult to dispose of.

　　主体段 3

　　政府的可采取的措施：增强民众意识;包装收费，减少包装袋的使用;

　　I think, therefore, that governments need to raise this awareness in the general public. Children can be educated about environmental issues at school, but adults need to take action. Governments can encourage such action by putting taxes on packaging, such as plastic bags, by providing recycling services and by thing households and shops that do not attempt to recycle their waste.

　　结尾段

　　总结概括文章内容。

　　With the political will, such measures could really reduce the amount of rubbish we produce. Certainly nobody wants to see our resources used up and our planet poisoned by waste.

　　重点表达

　　use up 用完

　　dispose of 解决，处理掉

　　put taxes on 征税