Limiting the  Use of Disposable Plastic Bags
　　In the past, a great many people used to use disposable plastic bags for shopping and other purposes. However, the excessive use of disposable plastic bags has led to great damages both to environment and to people's health.
　　On the one hand, it takes about 200 years for a buried plastic bag to decompose and be absorbed by the soil. On the other hand, the use of disposable plastic bags will indirectly do harm to people's health, which is less known to the public. Sometimes people buy hot food packed into disposable plastic bags to save the time and labor in washing their dining utensils. Yet they are not informed that the chemicals in the bags will be released in high temperature. Therefore, they are eating the poisonous stuff while enjoying the tasty food.
　　It's enlightening and significant that our government has banned the free provision of disposable plastic bags in supermarkets. Trial practice has shown considerable reduction in the consumption of bags. In a word, fewer plastic bags will bring us the sustainable development of our earth.        (177 words)

excessive  adj. 过度的
lead to  导致
decompose  v. 分解
do harm to...  损害，伤害
dining utensils  餐具
be informed that 被告知
enlightening  adj. 有启迪作用的
provision  n. 供应
sustainable development 
可持续发展



The world is like a mirror: frown at it and it frowns at you; smile, and it smiles too.世界犹如一面镜子：朝它皱眉它就朝你皱眉，朝它微笑它也朝你微笑。

限制使用一次性塑料袋
　　过去许多人在购物或其他时候常常使用一次性塑料袋。然而，过度使用一次性塑料袋已对环境和人们的健康造成了巨大的危害。
　　一方面，一只埋在地里的塑料袋需要两百年时间才能降解，被土壤吸收； 另一方面，一次性塑料袋将直接对人体健康造成损害，大家对这一点知之甚少。有时人们为了省时省事，不用清洗餐具，就将买来的热腾腾的食物装进一次性塑料袋里。而他们并不知道袋中的化学物品在高温下会释放出来。因此，在享受美食时，他们吃的其实是有毒食品。
　　我国政府已禁止超市免费提供一次性塑料袋。试行的政策已表明塑料袋的消费有了大幅度的减少。总之，少用塑料袋可让我们的地球保持可持续发展。

1. However, the excessive use of disposable plastic bags has led to great damages both to environment and to people's health. 然而，过度使用一次性塑料袋已对环境和人们的健康造成了巨大的危害。
2. It takes about 200 years for a buried plastic bag to decompose and be absorbed by the soil. 一只埋在地里的塑料袋需要两百年时间才能降解，被土壤吸收。
3. Yet they are not informed of the chemicals in the bags will release in high temperature. Therefore, they are eating the poisonous stuff while enjoying the tasty food. 而他们并不知道袋中的化学物品在高温下会释放出来。因此，在享受美食时，他们吃的其实是有毒食品。