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　　【題目】　　If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would you change?

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　　【題目】

　　If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would you change? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

　　【範文】

　　My hometown is a large city with a dense population. Because it is crowded with people and their vehicles, the environment is not as clean as I would like it to be. Too many cars and buses pollute the air and people also create a lot of garbage that is not always disposed of properly. If I could change just one thing about my hometown, it would be the environment. I would make it a cleaner and less polluted place to live.

　　I believe that such a change is important because a person's living environment can greatly affect both his physical and mental health. Bad air quality can contribute to many health problems such as asthma, and improperly discarded garbage can spread bacteria that are dangerous to health. In addition, the environment can greatly affect the way a person feels. When in clean, attractive surroundings we always feel more optimistic. For these reasons, I think the people of my hometown should work together to make it a cleaner place to live.

　　Insgroupsto accomplish this goal we have to not only enact laws to limit pollution, but also take personal responsibility for our own actions. Only when people realize the effect that the environment has on their well-being will they take such proposals seriously. Therefore, we must first inform people of the dangers of a poor environment. Then I believe we can all live happier, healthier lives.

　　【譯文】改變我的家鄉為何先選環境？

　　我的家鄉是個人口密集的大城市。因為擠滿了人和車輛，所以它的環境沒有我所希望的那麼乾淨。過多的汽車及公共汽車污染了空氣，人們製造的許多垃圾也不一定能夠得到妥善處理。如果我只能改變家鄉的一樣東西，那麼我想改變的就是它的環境。我想使它成為一個更乾淨、污染更少的居住場所。

　　我認為這樣的改變是很重要的，因為居住環境可能會大大地影響人們的身體及心理健康。不良的空氣品質可能會導致許多健康方面的問題，例如哮喘；而隨意丟棄的垃圾也會傳播有害健康的細菌。此外，環境對於人們的感受會有相當大的影響。在乾淨而宜人的環境裡，我們一定會覺得更樂觀。因此，我認為家鄉的居民應該共同合作，讓它成為更乾淨的居住場所。

　　為了達到這項目標，我們不僅要制定法律來限制污染，還必須為自己的行為負責。只有瞭解環境對健康的影響，人們才會認真考慮這些提議。因此，我們必須先讓大家知道不良環境可能造成的危險。我相信這樣一來，我們都能過著更快樂、更健康的生活。

　　【注釋】

　　dense adj.密集的　　　　　　be crowded with擠滿了

　　not always不一定　　　　　　dispose of處理

　　properly adv.適當地　　　　　contribute v.促成〈to〉

　　asthma n.哮喘　　　　　　　discard v.拋棄

　　spread v.傳播　　　　　　　bacteria n. (pl.)細菌

　　optimistic adj.樂觀的　　　　enact v.制定(法律)

　　well-being n.健康　　　　　take. . .seriously把…看得很認真