6.1号考了动植物环境保护的discuss类作文，环保类话题最近异常活跃，各位考生应多重视。除了课后消化我们的素材，日常读读外刊也可以很好地治疗“无话可说”、提高阅读速度、跟陌生单词混个眼熟。一举多得。
注： 以下段落选自CNN
There is no processing of waste in most Indian cities, according to the Central Pollution Board, and in some cases, trash is simply burned in open dump yards on the main highway.
Most likely, what is collected in Ravidas will end up on one of the huge landfills around New Delhi, where non-biodegradable materials mix with recyclable plastics -- a mounting symbol of India's trash turmoil.
解析：
我们能从这两段中学到一些垃圾粗暴处理/不环保的表达方法，比如，There is no processing of waste 垃圾未经处理。粗暴处理的垃圾的具体表现，trash is simply burned in open dump yards。或者是堆放在垃圾掩埋场，will end up on the huge landfills。垃圾中不可降解的材料，non-biodegradable materials,对环境的伤害最大。
From dramatic beach clean-ups in Mumbai to plastic recycling vending machines in Delhi, and public initiatives like Modi's Clean India campaign, plastic waste is becoming more of a public concern. The #Jholachallenge is a government campaign to get citizens to ditch their plastic bags in favor of cloth totes.
解析：
面对垃圾带来的环境污染问题，我们应该怎么解决？这一自然段给出了很多ideas。比如，沙滩垃圾大清扫beach clean-ups，街边摆放的负责回收塑料的垃圾贩卖机，plastic recycling vending machines，以及政客们的各种campaigns, 让群众意识到垃圾问题的严重性。Waste is becoming more of a public concern, 从而 抛弃塑料袋，转而使用布袋子，ditch their plastic bags in favor of cloth totes。
One school in the country's northeastern state of Assam has reportedly rolled out a scheme where kids pay for their school fees by bringing in plastic waste. And there are a plethora of start-ups using innovative means to recycle plastic materials or cut down on waste.
解析：
这一自然段较详细地描述了印度某学校如何鼓励学生回收垃圾，并且创业公司如何为环保做贡献。
While these are steps in the right direction, environmentalists say that without government standardization in recycling systems and greater industry efforts to reduce plastic consumption and production, change will not come.
解析：
有一道雅思写作题目问究竟是政府还是个人能更好地保护环境。这一自然段给出了很好的示范，教你如何做到有态度的折中（即个人的努力很重要，但仍离不开政府的统一调控、强制性管理）
