1、 Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. Francis Bacon 欲驾驭自然必先顺之。 弗朗西斯 培根 We wont have a society if we destroy the environment. Margaret Mead 如果我们毁坏了环境，社会也就不复存在。 玛格丽特 米德 Only to obey nature in order to overcome nature. Charles Darwin 要征服自然只能遵从自然。 查尔斯 达尔文 It is usually their own surroundings as a fo
2、rm of free merchandise, I do not know any way to cherish and spoil. Gan Harman 我们常把环境看作免费商品而不知珍惜。 甘哈曼 Care for our earth，imminently！Not only for ourselves，but for our further generations.As senior high school students，there are lots of things we can do to stop damaging our environment.If all of us j
3、oined together and put efforts into environment protection， it would not be a dream for us to have blue days， clean water and a peaceful world. The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place.Now it is an ecological disaster area.The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798.Na
4、urus real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷 酸盐) on the island.In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate.The company began mining the phosphate. A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground, it is a strip mine.When a company stripmi
5、nes, it removes the top layer of soil.Then it takes away the material it wants.Strip mining totally destroys the land.Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon. Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars.In addition, they used millio
6、ns more dollars for personal expenses.Soon people realized that they had a terrible problemtheir phosphate was running out.Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing.By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined.Experts say that it would take approximately $433，600，000 and more than 20 years to repair the island.This will probably never happen. 探索发现 1Find out what was Nauru like before the Europeans came. Beautiful. 2Find out what caused the ecological disaster in Nauru. Overmining. 3Find out the cause of Naurus financial problem. Its leaders misused the money.
