Question

最近，网上展开一场关于“教科书是否要循环使用”的辩论。假如你是Li Hua，请你向报社写信谈谈你自己的一些想法。要点如下：

1. 据说我国的教科书寿命一般是半年，而美国则是五年。这说明浪费严重；

2. 我国有两亿两千万学生，每年要用三十亿本教科书，这就需要消耗一千一百万棵树木。如果将教科书的寿命延长

年的话，那么将节省好多树木；

3. 许多贫困家庭的学生买不起教科书，如果将不用的教科书赠给他们岂不是更好？

4. 你的看法（至少两点）。

要求：1. 语句通顺，结构合理；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数（字数：150左右）。

3. 参考词汇：lifespan 寿命   thriftiness  节约

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