helps to maintain the earth’ s ecological balance as green mantles(绿色斗篷) and oxygen bars (E WE). Once such ecosystem is ruined, the wildlife, together with mankind, will stand no chance to survive on this planet. Thus while seeking to develop our economy, we should never neglect environmental protection. In fact, protecting the environment should be a top priority II. Text Analysis The writer of this article lists a few examples of countries undertaking new environmental initiatives. Most of the examples are presented in a problem-solution structure. Some of the a very common writing structure-a Main Idea and Devices for Developing it 1)Main Idea: As the world economy develops dramatically, the environmental damage has een becoming increasingly severe. Therefore, many countries in the world, which used to pay little attention to environmental protection, now begin to undertake diverse initiatives to reverse the current trend. The typical examples of such countries include Canada, Costa Rica, Brazil Eastern Europe, Ghana, and Indonesia 2)The method of organizing the text: With subtitles, the structure of the whole passage becomes quite clear. The "introduction, which serves as part one, introduces the main point which the author is going to illustrate. The following paragraphs, the body part of the whole passage, support the main point through several examples. So the whole passage is developed hrough exemplification 3)Devices for Developing the main idea Phenomenon-describing(现象法) Describing the phenomenon or concrete situation is a common method of starting a passage In this part, the author first describes the situation around the world most countries are careless about the environment, and the environmental damage has increased. Then the author naturally ntroduces the main point to be expanded in the next part: more countries have changed their attitudes and even taken actions to solve the environmental problems Exemplification(BJEiE): Illustrations of the main point through exemplification To illustrate the signs of change in some parts of the world, the author cites six typical examples of countries: Canada, Costa Rica, Brazil, Eastern Europe, Ghana, and Indonesia. The examples are effectively employed by following the problem-solution pattern Typical examples to illustrate the main point 1. Canada protects its fish supply by closing fish areas and setting strict limits. Para. 2-4) 2. Costa Rica issued new laws and created parks and nature preserves to protect its rain forests 3. Brazil has taken steps to protect the Amazon rain forests. ( Para. 6-8) 4. Eastern European countries have dealt with the water pollution. (Para. 9-10) 5. Ghana strengthened its agricultural base and developed a new source of income.(Para 11-12) 6. Indonesian government has taken measures to encourage birth control and provide enoughhelps to maintain the earth’s ecological balance as green mantles (绿色斗篷) and oxygen bars ( 氧 吧 ). Once such ecosystem is ruined, the wildlife, together with mankind, will stand no chance to survive on this planet. Thus while seeking to develop our economy, we should never neglect environmental protection. In fact, protecting the environment should be a top priority. II. Text Analysis The writer of this article lists a few examples of countries undertaking new environmental initiatives. Most of the examples are presented in a problem-solution structure. Some of the examples are presented in a very common writing structure—a situation-problem-solution-result/evaluation. Main Idea and Devices for Developing it 1) Main Idea: As the world economy develops dramatically, the environmental damage has been becoming increasingly severe. Therefore, many countries in the world, which used to pay little attention to environmental protection, now begin to undertake diverse initiatives to reverse the current trend. The typical examples of such countries include Canada, Costa Rica, Brazil, Eastern Europe, Ghana, and Indonesia. 2) The method of organizing the text: With subtitles, the structure of the whole passage becomes quite clear. The “introduction”, which serves as part one, introduces the main point which the author is going to illustrate. The following paragraphs, the body part of the whole passage, support the main point through several examples. So the whole passage is developed through exemplification. 3) Devices for Developing the main idea: Phenomenon-describing (现象法): Describing the phenomenon or concrete situation is a common method of starting a passage : In this part, the author first describes the situation around the world: most countries are careless about the environment, and the environmental damage has increased. Then the author naturally introduces the main point to be expanded in the next part: more countries have changed their attitudes and even taken actions to solve the environmental problems. Exemplification (例证法): Illustrations of the main point through exemplification To illustrate the signs of change in some parts of the world, the author cites six typical examples of countries: Canada, Costa Rica, Brazil, Eastern Europe, Ghana, and Indonesia. The examples are effectively employed by following the problem- solution pattern. Typical examples to illustrate the main point: 1.Canada protects its fish supply by closing fish areas and setting strict limits. (Para. 2-4) 2.Costa Rica issued new laws and created parks and nature preserves to protect its rain forests. (Para. 5) 3. Brazil has taken steps to protect the Amazon rain forests.(Para. 6-8) 4. Eastern European countries have dealt with the water pollution. (Para. 9-10) 5. Ghana strengthened its agricultural base and developed a new source of income . (Para. 11-12) 6. Indonesian government has taken measures to encourage birth control and provide enough