To Develop Green Cities

With the development of economy, more and more tall buildings are being built in large and medium-sized cities across the country.In urbanization, however, one thing should not be neglected---environmentalprotection. It is unscientific to judge a city’s modernization level by thenumber of high buildings. Recently, a new concept “environmental image” hascome into being and become an important criterion with which to evaluate acity.

隨著經(jīng)濟的發(fā)展，越來越多的高樓在全國各大中城市崛地而起。然而，在城市化進程中，有一件事不容忽視，那就是環(huán)境保護。憑借高樓的數(shù)量來判斷一座城市的現(xiàn)代化水平是不科學(xué)的。最近，一種新的“環(huán)境形象”的觀念已經(jīng)形成并且成為評估一座城市的重要標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

The concept stresses that a modern city must haveefficient environmental promotion. It must have a proper proportion of greenland, clean water and fresh air. To add more greenery to a city, I would liketo make the following proposals:

這一觀念強調(diào)，一座現(xiàn)代化的城市必須有高效的環(huán)保宣傳。綠地、干凈的水以及新鮮的空氣必須到達一個適當(dāng)?shù)谋壤�。為了給城市增添更多的綠化，我想提出以下建議：

1. We should popularize “vertical greenery” technique,that is, to plant more green-leaved plants like Boston ivy in densely-locatedbuildings. The roof space of buildings should be used fully to plant flowers,fruits and grasses.

1. 我們應(yīng)該推廣“垂直綠化”技術(shù)，也就是說，在建筑密集的地方種植更多的綠色闊葉植物，如波士頓常春藤。我們應(yīng)該充分利用建筑物的屋頂空間，種一些花草和水果。

2. Certain room should be reserved for green belts,green patches in the building of new residential districts and thereconstruction of urban areas.

2.應(yīng)留有一定空間給綠化帶以及新建住宅小區(qū)和重建市區(qū)的綠色補丁。

3. Measures should be taken to strengthen people’sawareness of greenery. People should, for example, be encouraged to plant“wedding trees” and “birthday trees”.

3.應(yīng)該采取一些措施來加強人們的綠化意識。比如，應(yīng)該鼓勵人們種植“婚禮樹”和“生日樹”