Man and His Environment

-Robert Arvill

Summary:

To improve the quality of environment we need to improve our perception, education, economic strength, research, plus policies and proper administration. At first we need positive understanding and adjustment. New problems would arise as we solve the old ones. New discoveries would arise new problems as said by Goethe.

First we should understand the need of society; it should have addressed the contemporary situation of the society. People should widen their horizons to solve the problem of environment. They must have deeper understanding to identify the new relationship with environment. The challenge is that we should be able to keep on the new ideas with new context.

We need to understand many things at the same time. We should develop various ways to create new framework to save biotic and physical environment of us. We should understand that man is a part of nature and s/he can influence the natural processes as well. As man needs space and rest like other creatures and environment. Men should understand that their actions have far-reaching effects on other creatures.

Man has changed the earth with his primitive tools and limited knowledge. The question is that what man will have done with vast power and the explosion of knowledge. It is important to note that man has created better food, clothing, housing and hygiene for millions of people. Not only that they have also foiled the land, air, rivers, sea and wild life. He shouldn’t have done so as he could achieve the progress without getting destruction of the land and environment. Waste can be cleared away in the next century with alternative way without any harm. It needs creative solution of understanding national inheritance. As the understanding increases, more values will be established.

People should be aware about the result of their activities. They should be aware that vast quantities of newspapers destructs forests; veneering furniture also destructs trees; speck free fruits and vegetables needs to use pesticides; plastics cannot be disposed easily; coal fire produces more air pollution and so on. Neither people can demand it nor can oppose the production of these materials. It is not sufficient to know about it only. It will be better to develop some alternative ideas or ways to solve the problem. Men should be aware about the mismanagement of themselves.

1.   Drawing your information from the passage given above, answer the following questions in complete sentences using your own words. Your answer to every question should not exceed 35 words.

a.       What are the necessary factors which improve the quality of the surroundings that you live in?

Answer: They are better perception, education, economic strength, research, plus policies and administration geared to the right aims.

b.      What is the first step towards environment improvement?

Answer: It is to understand the need of society with the need of contemporary situation.

c.       What is man’s relationship with nature?

Answer: Man is a part of nature, yet they s/he can influence its processes.

d.      What happened to the environment during the second half of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century?

Answer: Men created better food, clothing, housing, and hygiene for millions and they have contaminated the land, air, rivers, sea and wildlife.

e.       What will help the public decide which new products should be manufactured?

Answer: They should develop the alternative products to save the environment.

2.   Analyze paragraph 14 and say how the three principles of paragraph writing have been utilized.

Answer: The first line of this paragraph is a beginning or the hook of the sentence. The writer has given the examples as body of the paragraph. The last line of the paragraph is the ending which suggests humans to improve their mismanagement. In this way, this paragraph has employed the three principles of a paragraph writing.

-By Prem Prasad Sigdel