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美文背诵 Time Is Money Total:161 words “Time is money.” This saying means that time is very valuable. But time is more valuable than money. The money we have lost can be gained again, but the time we have wasted cannot be regained. Moreover, sometimes persons can exist without money, but nothing can be done without time, just as no one can live without air. Despite being so valuable, time is often neglected by men. Since time is an invisible thing, men often waste their time unconsciously. Without anything to do, they may gossip from morning till night. People can live only at most to about 100 years. It seems fairly long, but in fact it is rather short. We often say “How quickly time flies!” How many things can a man accomplish in such a short period? Hence we should use the valuable time properly to do our work. We will race with it. We will study and work hard. Never waste a little bit of it. 1. neglect [nɪˈglekt] vt. 忽略; 疏忽 2. invisible [ɪnˈvɪzəbl] adj. 看 不见的; 不易为视线所见的，隐匿的 3. unconsciously [ʌnˈkɒnʃəsli] adv. 未意识到地; 不知道地; 失去知觉地; 神志不清地‘ We Have Only One World Total:160 words 1 When industries grow, pollution also grows. Today the problem of environment has become more and more important. The world population is rising so quickly that the world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we don’t take action immediately, then we will destroy our only world. Man has made great progress in environment protection. Government of many countries has established laws to protect the forest and sea resource