经济发展与环境保护辩论赛

1、environment protection and economic growth which should receive priority正方陈词：good morning everyone! we are here now debating about whether environment protection or economy growth should take priority in china, we think its environment growth should be chosen. i have three reasons to prove this poin

2、t. first, as a developing country, the economy power is far behind the developed counties, china has one fifth of the population in the world, but the income of per head is only 109th among countries.so the urgent affairs of china is developing our economy. second, economy growth doesnt necessarily

3、conflict with environment protection .we can develop our economy without environment pollution .third, when our economy strength become strong ,we can spend more money and energy on environment protection till then it will be a win-win. in a word, considering the current situations, economy growth s

4、hould take priority in china.反方陈词：we agree economic growth is needed .but think about the past decades ,we followed the old model of “first pollution ,last treatment”, however, how did it come out? the environment problems have become increasingly prominent, and some local regions environment have b

5、een polluted to a dangerous extent that poses a great threat to our existence .whats more , the cost was too high and the effect was not up to much by this means, it placed us in a completely passive position. at the same time the people started voicing new values: quality of life, urban conservatio

6、n and the environment .so ,we must get to the bottom of the problem and learn from the past ,that is to say, in the course of development, we should consider the effect of pollution and receive environment protection in first priority. only in this way can we solve the environmental problems in the

7、future reasonably. thats all i want to say.正方一辩：as we all know , china is a developing country , and the economy power is far behind the developed countries .china has one fifth of the people in the world , but the average income is so low that ranks 109th in the world . i have to ask our opponent d

8、ebaters how can we protect our environment without enough money ?反方一辩: first , i have to admit that economy is very important , but i want to ask opponent debaters a question . what is priority? 正方二辩：priority means , when two choices cant be chosen at the same time , we have choose one out . 反方一辩：ye

9、ah , your explanation is perfect . so whether to choose economic or environment protection is just a problem about priority not premise . as we all known , economic growth can only bring short-term profits to people while environment protection can bring long-term benefit . when the two come into co

10、llision with each w other , we should of course choose environment protection .正方二辩 ：not all the environment growth can be realized just through sacrificing economic growth , because not all the environmental problems are caused by economy , such as some natural disasters . and solving these environ

11、mental problems always costs a lot . so , economic growth is needed.反方二辩 ：although not all the environmental problems are caused by economic growth , i think , economic factors are the main causes . as we all known , in order to meet the demand of production , many trees are cut down and many animal

12、s are killed , which causes many species dying out . besides , much harmful gas is poured out from factories , which seriously threaten peoples health . how do you think about it ?正方一辩 : what we should know is that our country hasnt been rich enough . just as you said , now that our environment has

13、been damaged so seriously , we should speed up to develop our economy and when we gain enough money , we can then solve it easily .反方一辩 : our environment problems cant wait to be solved . i believe that many of us should hear of rumour about 2012 . although 2012 is just a rumour , i think it has its

14、 reason which shows that our earth is in danger and our ecological balance is seriously damaged . 正方二辩 : in terms of 2012 , we should calm down first . impulse is the devil . what we should do now is to develop our economy step by step , and i believe we can solve environmental problems efficiently

15、before 2012 .反方总结陈词：nowdays , our demands on materials are basically satisfied , so our central goal is life in good quality . what we need is a happy and comfortable life.environment , in which people can enjoy beautiful scenery , drink clean water , breathe clean air and have a healthy body . in o

16、rder to reach this goal , we have to delay economic growth sometimes .since environment condition is so serious ,economic delays in a short time does no matter ,compared with environment delays .so we think environment protection should receive priority .正方总结陈词：nowadays, environmental protection has

17、 become the hotest topic all around the world . not only the governments, but also enterprises and individuals have paied their great attention to it. however, we have to admit that we are living in a realistic society, and there are too many goals that were not able to achieve effectively without enough funds, in which, unfortunately, environmental protection is included