Money for the Environment

    Both the arts and protecting the environment are important causes, and both are often underfunded. They depend on government grants and private donations in order to continue. If a company were to give a sum of money to one of these causes, it would be difficult to choose between them. However, I believe that the company should put the money toward protecting the environment for the following reasons.

    First, the state of the environment affects everyone, and it affects people in a very important way. If mankind destroys the environment, we will not be able to survive. The arts are important to our quality of life, but the environment is important both to the quality of life and to life itself. Second, because industry causes much of the damage to the environment, I believe that companies have some responsibility to support conservation and cleanup efforts. Finally, protecting the environment is a bigger problem, and so requires a higher level of funding than the arts. A company’s donation to the arts may be more visible, but one to the protection of the environment would be more meaningful.

    In conclusion, while both the arts and environmental protection are worthy causes, I believe the company should make its donation to an environmental cause. The environment affects everyone in important ways and protecting it is a big job. Hopefully, private donations will help to improve both our environment and our lives.

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資助環保

     藝術和環保都是值得努力的重要目標，但卻經常有資金不足的問題。它們必須依賴政府的補助金以及私人的捐贈才能持續發展。如果有公司要提供一大筆錢給其中之一，這將很難做抉擇。然而，我認為基于下列理由，公司應該錢用來資助環保。

    首先，環境會影響到每個人，并且影響重大。如果破壞了環境，人類將無法生存。藝術對我們的生活品質很重要，但是環境對生活品質及生活本身都很重要。第二，因為工業對環境造成重大的傷害，所以我認為，企業有責任支持在環保及環境清潔方面的努力。比較后，環保是個重大問題，比藝術需要更多的資金。公司捐錢資助藝術可能會引起較多的注意，但是捐錢資助環保則更有意義。

    總之，雖然藝術與環保都是值得努力的目標，但是我認為，企業應該捐錢資助環保。環境對每個人都有重大的影響，而且環保是一項大工程。但愿私人的捐贈能協助改善我們的環境及生活。