Advantages(优点) and disadvantages (缺点)of private cars

Advantages（优点） and disadvantages （缺点）of private cars（私人汽车）.With the fantastic（奇异的，稀奇古怪的，空想的） spur（刺激） both in industry（工业，产业） and in economy in China, the number of people who own private cars is on the rise. Some people have bought cars of their own, and others are planning to buy cars. But there have been two quite different views on this phenomenon（现象）.Some claim（主张） that there are many advantages brought about by cars. First, the automobile（汽车） industry provides jobs for countless（无数的） workers and strong support for other industries. Second, if conditions permit, owning a car can make us work more efficiently（有效率的）. Finally, life will become more convenient（方便的，便利的）. A car allows one to move freely and with a car there is no need to wait for the bus in the cold or under the burning sun.However, others strongly object to（反对） the increase in developing private cars. They hold that automobiles will give rise to a series of（一连串的）problems. In the first place, as more and more cars are produced and run in the street, a large volume（大量） of poisonous gas（有毒气体） will be given off, polluting（污染） the atmosphere（大气） and causing actual（实际的真实的现行的目前的） harm（伤害损害） to the health of people. Next, private cars contribute to（捐献） traffic congestion（拥塞充血） so greatly that the advantages gained in comfort and freedom are often cancelled（抵偿） out by the frustration（挫折） caused by traffic jams（交通阻塞）. The last problem is the increasing number of car accidents that have killed and will kill a lot of people in a friction（摩擦） of a second.In my opinion, although automobiles have been playing a vital（至关重要的） part in the daily activities（日常生活） of our society, they also bring us numerous（众多的无数的） troubles such as more serious environmental pollution（环境污染）, more traffic accidents and more energy consumption（能量消耗）. They drink up huge amounts of（大量的） fuel（燃料） and throw out huge amounts of pollutants（污染物质）. Traffic accidents kill thousands and thousands of people each year and cripple（瘸子、削弱） more. Jams（短裤睡衣、宽短裤） waste our precious time. Therefore I am against developing private cars.Some people claim（主张） that the disadvantages of the car are more than the advantages. Do you agree or disagree?Advantages:Many people are very attached to（使依恋、把。放在） their cars. They say that having a car is an essential（本质的、实质的、基本的、精化的、提炼的） part of their lives.uick and easy transportation（运输、运送）:Cars offer flexibility（弹性、适应性、机动性） and mobility（活动性、灵活性） to people抯 life and work.Cars enable（使能够，） rapid（高速交通工具） and timely（及时的、适时的） distribution（发送发行）/delivery（交货、发送、传输） of goods.Cars offer people ready access to（有权使用） a variety of services and leisure（空闲、悠闲） options（选项、选择权）.Economic and social benefits（社会公益）:The car industry（汽车制造工业） is the largest industry in the world economy.In most parts of（大部分） the world the motor car is seen as a sign of progress and development.Different makes of cars with different colors run on the roads, creating（创造、造成、引起） beautiful scenery（风景、景色）.The car industry in China is developing rapidly, creating millions of job opportunities and boosting（助推） China抯 economy.The development of car industry is accompanied（陪伴、伴奏） by / has lead to city expansion（扩充、开展、膨胀）.Disadvantages:Pollution: The widespread（分布广泛的） use of cars has real environmental and economic costs（经济成本）.Vehicles（交通工具） are major sources（来源） of urban（城市的、市内的） air pollution and greenhouse（温室） gases（气体、煤气、毒气、汽油、瓦斯的复数） emissions（光、热等的散发，发射）.Road traffic is the source of one third of all harmful（有害的、伤害的） air pollution in the world. Car exhausts（用尽） contain nitrogen oxide（氮氧化物）, which contributes（捐献） to acid rain（酸雨）, carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）, which contributes to global warming（全球变暖）, and lead, which damages human brain and kidney（肾）.The motor car industry requires a vast quantity of raw（未加工的、生疏的、出于自然状态的、不掺水的、擦掉皮的、阴冷的、刺痛的） materials（原料）.It uses 20% of all world抯 steel（钢铁）, 10% of aluminum（铝）, 7% of copper（铜）, 50% of lead and 60% of natural rubber（天然橡胶）.The development of motor vehicles（机动车辆） has worsened（恶化） world energy crisis（能源危机）. The transport sector（运输部门） consumes（消耗） about one half of the world抯 oil production（石油生产）.Car engines（发动机） use only 10 to 20% of energy in the fuel（燃料）. The rest is lost as noise, heat and pollution.Traffic Jam（交通阻塞）As more and more people drive to work rather than walk, cycle or take public transport to work, there are heavy traffic jams almost every day at rush hours（高峰时间）.Road building withdraws（收回、撤销、缩回、退出） large areas of land from agricultural use（农业利用）.Motorways（汽车高速公路） and the associated（联合的、关联的） interchanges（相互交换）, exits and entry ramps（斜坡） cover thousand of acres（大片田地） of prime（最好的、精化的、第一流的） food-producing land.In places where roads are built, the topsoil（表层土） is pushed aside（把。推开、避开。这里指水土流失）, the vegetation（植被） is stripped away（退掉） and animal habitats（动植物的生活环境、产地、栖息地） are destroyed.In cities close to（接近于，在附近） one third of all land goes to accommodate（供应、供给、使适应、调解、和解、向。提供、容纳、调和） the car, parking lots（停车场）, expressways（高速公路）, roundabouts（环形路）, bridges, petrol stations（汽油站） and garages（汽车件、修车厂、车库）. Parking lots devour（尤指动物吞吃、狼吞虎咽、挥霍、（火灾等）毁灭、破坏、吞没、贪看、贪听） huge stretches（伸展、延长一段时间、一段路程） of land and are empty 80 per cent of the time.Safety（安全设备）Car accidents are causing huge numbers of casualties（人员伤亡） every year.Large numbers of women, all children, most young people, the elderly and the poor cannot or do not want to own or use a car. Building more cars and roads does not solve（解决、解答） these people transport problems（迁移问题、运输