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     “宝剑锋从磨砺出”，经过一个多月的训练，无锡外国语学校高一年级新生在英语学习方面取得了巨大的进步。《外国语学生英语习作欣赏》栏目将延续去年的优良传统，陆续在校方微信公众平台刊登平时的习作以供广大读者欣赏，同时，激励这些优秀的苗子进一步茁壮成长、秀木成林。

高一直升（2）班 周瑜涛

    It can be said with certainty that it is necessary for humans to keep a balance between man and nature, for we live with nature and in nature on the earth.
    But in the recent years, human activities such as the production of steel factories, the people’s hunting activities have made the environment damaged badly. Because of these, the environment and the nature are getting worse and worse, which requires our attention. If this continues, it is likely that humans can’t survive in the natural disasters such as an earthquake someday. That is to say, humans may die because we pay no or less attention to the environment.
    Therefore, nothing is more important than the fact that we should take action to protect the animals, the environment and the nature! First of all, we should stop hunting rare animals for their fur and bones. Fewer killings mean more survival chances. Next, we should keep ourselves from littering in the rivers in order that the rivers can be kept clean. Last but not least, we should call on everybody around us to make a difference with us in doing something for the Mother Nature. If everybody does this, I do believe that the rare animals will soon have big families, the air will soon be more flesh, the rivers will soon be cleaner and the environment will become more and more beautiful.
    That’s all for my views on balancing the relationship between man and nature.  Thank you for your reading.

Teacher’s comments:
    The composition, actually, was a task given to all the students after their watching a video in a Geography class. Therefore, the students are provided with materials like images, expressions to complete the task. Zhou Yutao’s article is chosen, for it may impress the readers by its clear structure, display of details, a range of expressions, and rhetoric devices. In terms of the content, she starts with the necessity of balancing the nature and man. Then, she elaborates on the current phenomena that human activities are the direct causes of environment deterioration, followed by the measures that should be taken to maintain or balance the relationship. To conclude, her article is worth reading and sharing.