歷年英語四級真題作文:食品污染
Food Contamination
From time immemorial, food contamination has phenomenon in China, ranging from poisonous milk power to the plasticizers in huge quantities of Taiwan-manufactured beverages and food exported to the mainland. The public has experienced so many crises of food contamination that only the most deadly cases would create some sensations, which soon pass into oblivion with the quick occurrence of new ones.
Food contamination is indisputably detrimental. The poisonous milk power has bereaved many young couples of their innocent and lovely new babes. Some contaminated foods lead to irreversible and chronic diseases. Some affected individuals, though without visible aftermaths, may suffer from lingering psychological trauma. However, the hazards produced by food contamination are more moral than physiological—with contamination cases cropping up here and there, the credibility of the entire society has been ruined and people find nothing and nobody to be trustworthy.
Technically, food contamination is caused by illegal additives and non-edible chemical substances into the manufactured food. Morally, it results from the sheer by gluttonous merchants who use cheaper, and often harmful, substitutes, all at the expense of the physical welfare of the public. To address the problem, some appeal to the moral conscience of the businessmen. But the high frequency at which contamination cases have happened makes this moral appeal feeble and futile. The ultimate solution lies in law—the profit-minded businessmen would not have a penitent heart unless they are driven to bankruptcy and taken into jail!
食品污染
已記不得從何時起，食品污染在中國已成為一種司空見慣的現象，稍前有毒奶粉事件，稍近則有台灣製造並輸入至大陸的大量飲料與食品中的塑化劑。民眾在經歷瞭如此之多的食品污染危機之後，以至於只有最為致命的個案才會激起一些漣漪，但隨着新危機的快速湧現，此前的危機很快就被人淡忘。
無可辯駁的是，食品污染危害極大。多年輕夫婦們的無辜、些遭到污染的食物，可以導致不可逆轉的慢性疾病。有些受有毒食品影響的個體，雖然並無顯著的後遺症，也會遭受理創傷的折磨。但是，食物污染所造成的危害與其説是生理層面上的，還不如説是道德層面上的。隨着污染個案此起彼伏，層出不窮，整個社會的誠信已被摧毀殆盡。人們發現，任何人，任何事，都不值得信賴。
從技術上講，食物污染是由於非法添加劑或非食用性化學物被引入到所製造的食物中。但在道德層面，它則源自利慾薰心的商人對利潤的不擇手段的.追逐。他們採用成本更為低廉、且往往是有害的替代品，罔顧民眾的身體健康。為了解決這一問題，有些人訴諸於商家的道德良知。但是，食品污染事件如此高頻率的重複發生，已使這一道德訴求蒼白無力，徒勞無效。終極的解決之道只有一個，那就是法律。滿腦子想着如何賺錢的不良商家是絕不會心存懺悔的，除非將他們逼至破產的境地，或令其鋃鐺入獄!
