首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Achieving a sustainable lifestyle today is of paramount importance for the health of future generations. The devastation of our
Achieving a sustainable lifestyle today is of paramount importance for the health of future generations. The devastation of our
admin
2012-01-14
78
问题
Achieving a
sustainable lifestyle
today is of paramount importance for the health of future generations. The devastation of our natural environment by individuals and corporations who carelessly pollute the water and air, clearcut forests, and destroy topsoil and natural habitats is in many cases irreversible. Those of us living an urban or suburban lifestyle may just be beginning to feel the repercussions of our industrial lifestyle in the form of climate change. However, the perpetuation of anti-environment practices is sure to cause consequences that we cannot even imagine.
The world in which we live is a system in which all elements interrelate and coexist in a harmonious balance of creation and destruction. Nothing exists or functions in isolation. Everything is interconnected and every act affects the future of countless other elements. This concept, also known as systems thinking, is easy to see when observing an ecosystem, especially when the harmony of that ecosystem is disrupted. The extinction or reduction of one species rebounds through the entire food chain, causing havoc on the lives of the rest of the species.
A sustainable lifestyle is one that seeks to harmonize with the elements of the natural world. We can use the forces of nature to our advantage, without abusing them and causing as little disturbance to the natural environment as possible. One such example is harnessing the energy of the sun. Solar energy can be captured in a variety of ways. The most basic way, passive solar energy, refers to the type of construction materials used and their placement. For example, a house designed to face the south allows the heat of the sun to warm the house all day long. Add to that other passive solar features such as thermal mass and the house is already well on its way to energy-independence.
Industrialism and the Information Age have provided our society with the tools it needs to reverse our current path of environmental degradation. Solar panel technology and the multitude of other inventions for collecting the energy of the sun are constantly improving and becoming more affordable. We may also gather energy from the wind, water, ground and even our own waste products.
The key to becoming sustainable as individuals and as a society is our own willingness to change and to be creative. Permaculture is a design system that guides us to build and manage sustainable living and working environments in which all of the elements overlap and interrelate to create a functioning whole. Combining our knowledge of ecological principles with our earth-friendly technology we have only to succeed in achieving a more sustainable lifestyle today, and a brighter future for our children and grandchildren. (444 words)
What is the definition of "sustainable lifestyle"(Line 1, Para. 1) in this passage?
选项
A、Seek for a wealthy life.
B、Protect ecological system.
C、Treat wild animals well.
D、Use the forces of nature.
答案
B
解析
第三段第一句是对sustainable lifestyle所下的定义。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Ci6O777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Write200-250wordstocommentonthetopicgivenbelow.UsetheproperspaceontheANSWERSHEET.Topic:TheMoreILearn,
Notuntiltheadventofhistochemistrycouldtheanatomistseethroughthemicroscopewhichcellscarryspecificenzymesorgaug
TheAustrianmanufacturingindustryconsistsofafewlargeorganizations,manyofwhichoperateundergovernmentauspices.
From1965to1978Americanconsumerpricesincreasedatanaverageannualrateof5.7percent.Thisominousshiftwasfollowedb
MostcriticalplotpointsinHarryPotterandtheSorcerer’sStonecamefromJ.K.Rowling’simagination,butFlamelandhispowe
BuildingonthebaseofevidenceandinterpretationinHansen’s(1994)qualitativestudy(workingpeople’sdiaries,weassigned
Therelationshipbetweencorpulenceanddiseaseremainscontroversial,althoughstatisticsclearly______reducedlifeexpectanc
Whichofthefollowingconclusionswouldtheauthorbemostlikelytoagreewitaboutdiscriminationagainstwomenbyprivateem
NepalisacountryincentralAsiathatislandlockedand______bytheHimalayas.
Theteacherofreadingisinvolved,whetherthisisconsciouslyrealizedornot,inthedevelopmentofaliteratesociety.Ande
随机试题
CA6140型卧式车床进给箱中的什么机构是由一个手把集中操纵的。
甲状腺功能亢进患者出现下列哪项表现,护士应警惕甲亢危象发生()
以下有关“ADR因果关系的确定程度分级”的叙述中,最正确的是
与减少桥体颌力相关的是
A.三拗汤B.都气丸C.大青龙汤D.小青龙汤合三子养亲汤E.麻杏石甘汤合苏葶丸治疗热性哮喘的首选方剂是
钢板桩围堰的施工程序是:()。
天美公司是济南一家从事服装生产的企业,在非同一票据交换地区的广州设立了该公司非独立核算的服装专卖店。公司与专卖店有经常性的资金行为。根据以上资料,回答下列问题:专卖店在经营活动中使用该账户时,下列()收付是开户银行允许的。
某大学学生李某因一次考试中携带记有公式的字条而被监考老师停止考试,李某所在学校教务处以考试作弊为由,依据学校关于严格考试纪律的文件对李某作出退学处理的决定。但因该退学处理决定既没有下达至李某所在院系,又没有通知本人,故该决定并未得到实际执行。在此后的两年里
某公司目前的信用条件为“N/30”,年赊销收入3000万元,变动成本率为70%,资金成本率为12%,为使收人增加10%,拟将政策改为“2/10,1/20,N/60”,客户付款分布为:60%,l5%,25%,则改变政策后会使应收账款机会成本()。
假设一片牧场的青草一直都是“匀速”自然生长的,该牧场3月初放养有1000只羊,30天后青草的总量变为3月初的90%,此时牧场又一次性增加了300只羊。12天后青草的总量变为3月初的80%,如果要让青草在接下来4个月内(每月按30天计算)回到3月初的总量,则
最新回复
(
0
)