You should spend about 40 minutes on this task, Write about the following topic : People generally know that the environment is important. However, most individuals still don't take responsibility to protect the environment. Why is this? What should be done to encourage people to protect the environment? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

Humans have been damaging the

environment

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ever since we realized our powers to harness nature. Global warming and air pollution are now frequent

headlinee

the heading or caption of a newspaper article

headlines

headline e

headline

on TV and in the

newapapers

a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

newspapers

all

ove

from a particular thing or place or position

off

of

-the world, which keep reminding us of our

obligntion

the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

obligation

to protect the

environment

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.

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, few actions are actually being taken at the individual level, and I think there are two major reasons why

poople

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

people

are being so indifferent. The

first

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reasona

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reason a

is that many people consider the environmental problems as a

fature

a citizen who has a legal right to vote

voter

concern. Environmental reports often warn us of the dire consequences of climate change or energy crisis 100 or 200 years later.

As a result

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, many people feel that money and time are

bettor

comparative of 'well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.

better

apent

depleted of energy, force, or strength

spent

on solving more immediate

problema

a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

problems

such

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as housing

shortnge

the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

shortage

and traffic congestion than on preventing a disaster

that is

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only predicted to happen in the future.

Also

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, people feel that the environmental problems are too complex for individual people to cope with. Indeed, a combination of

factora

anything that contributes causally to a result

factors

causes environmental problems, many of which are

impoasible

not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with

impossible

to be controlled through individual actions. The above attitudes are

understandable but

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understandable, but

are

obvioualy

unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')

obviously

mistaken, so the government needs to take proactive measures to make people

imore

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

more

ignore

envíronmentally responsible. They can make more public service advertisements to encourage people to consume

more green

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greener

greenest

most green

products

instead

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of

diaposable

free or available for use or disposition

disposable

good are harmful to the

environment

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. They can

also

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offer more incentives to people who have been active in cleaning up the neighbourhood or

aeverely

to a severe or serious degree

severely

punish those who have been unfriendly to the

environment

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.