Symptoms of waste in our soceity are not difficult to find. Lotsof foods on table which could not be eated at a time are thrown away casually. Besides， new clothes deemed out of fashion are also discarded by people. Last but not least， people without habits of turning off the faucet or power switchin time abound in our life， they waste water and electricity without evenrealizing it. Such careless waste can mostly be attributed to the absence of the consciousness of thrift. People today place a higher value on exploiting resources，while they overlook conserving and economizing resources.

　　There is an old saying in China，waste is shameful， thrif noble.Definitely， China has always been a country which celebrates thrift and distastes waste. If this trend is to be left unfettered， it will not only waste financial and material resources，but also damage Chinese traditional virtue or even impair the interests of our future generations. Perhaps， it is about time we began to address this issue.(172 words)

　　在我們的社會中，浪費的現象并不難發現。滿桌的沒有吃完的食物被人們隨意的扔掉;再者，嶄新的卻被認為跟不上時尚的衣服也被人扔掉了;最后，那些沒有及時關掉水龍頭和電源開關習慣的人在我們生活中大量存在，他們在毫無意識的情況下浪費了水和電。這些漫不經心的浪費大多數可以歸結為節約意識的匱乏。現在的人似乎更重視開發資源，而忽視了保護資源和節約資源。

　　中國有句老話：浪費是可恥的，節約是高尚的。的確，中國自古就是一個崇尚節約，反對浪費的國家。當前這種浪費之風如果得不到有效遏止的話，不僅會浪費寶貴資源，損失財力物力，甚至會破壞中國的傳統美德以及子孫后代的利益。也許，我們是時候想一些辦法解決這個問題了。

　　Symptoms of waste in our soceity are not difficult to find. Lotsof foods on table which could not be eated at a time are thrown away casually. Besides， new clothes deemed out of fashion are also discarded by people. Last but not least， people without habits of turning off the faucet or power switchin time abound in our life， they waste water and electricity without evenrealizing it. Such careless waste can mostly be attributed to the absence of the consciousness of thrift. People today place a higher value on exploiting resources，while they overlook conserving and economizing resources.

　　There is an old saying in China，waste is shameful， thrif noble.Definitely， China has always been a country which celebrates thrift and distastes waste. If this trend is to be left unfettered， it will not only waste financial and material resources，but also damage Chinese traditional virtue or even impair the interests of our future generations. Perhaps， it is about time we began to address this issue.(172 words)

　　在我們的社會中，浪費的現象并不難發現。滿桌的沒有吃完的食物被人們隨意的扔掉;再者，嶄新的卻被認為跟不上時尚的衣服也被人扔掉了;最后，那些沒有及時關掉水龍頭和電源開關習慣的人在我們生活中大量存在，他們在毫無意識的情況下浪費了水和電。這些漫不經心的浪費大多數可以歸結為節約意識的匱乏。現在的人似乎更重視開發資源，而忽視了保護資源和節約資源。

　　中國有句老話：浪費是可恥的，節約是高尚的。的確，中國自古就是一個崇尚節約，反對浪費的國家。當前這種浪費之風如果得不到有效遏止的話，不僅會浪費寶貴資源，損失財力物力，甚至會破壞中國的傳統美德以及子孫后代的利益。也許，我們是時候想一些辦法解決這個問題了。