大学英语四级经典范文

大学英语四级经典范文

Food?Contamination

From?time?immemorial,?food?contamination?has?become?a?common?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.?

wｗw.ExamＷ.CoMFood?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?the?introduction?of?illegal?additives?and?non-edible?chemical?substances?into?the?manufactured?food.?Morally,?it?results?from?the?sheer?drive?for?profitability?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!