The place I’ve been to that has been polluted is Dalian, which is a coastal city in the northeast of China.
I first went there when I was in primary school. In my memory, it was a place withrefreshing breeze, crystal clear ocean and lively beach. So I’ve always had a great affectionfor that city. However, I went back there a couple of months ago during summer vacation, andall the good memories were ruined.
When I arrived at the train station, I was stunned/shocked by the piles of garbagescattered all over the place. And it was a windy day, so I could see plastic bags flying in the air.The sky was not as blue as I remembered either. I was a little disappointed, to be honest. Itired to comfort myself, I kept saying that’s fine ‘cause there would still be the lovely beach andocean. But it turned out that bigger disappointment was waiting for me.
When I got to the beach, it was even more terrible. There was dirty oil floating on thesurface of the seawater, and no one was swimming. I remembered there used to be small crabsunder rocks along the beach, but I didn’t see any of them that time. I was told, a few weeksearlier, an oil tanker spilled tons of oil in that area, killing numerous seabirds, fishes, crabs andother marine animals.
It was heartbreaking really, ‘cause it used to be such a lovely city. And I believe the tourismindustry would be seriously affected.
I first went there when I was in primary school. In my memory, it was a place withrefreshing breeze, crystal clear ocean and lively beach. So I’ve always had a great affectionfor that city. However, I went back there a couple of months ago during summer vacation, andall the good memories were ruined.
When I arrived at the train station, I was stunned/shocked by the piles of garbagescattered all over the place. And it was a windy day, so I could see plastic bags flying in the air.The sky was not as blue as I remembered either. I was a little disappointed, to be honest. Itired to comfort myself, I kept saying that’s fine ‘cause there would still be the lovely beach andocean. But it turned out that bigger disappointment was waiting for me.
When I got to the beach, it was even more terrible. There was dirty oil floating on thesurface of the seawater, and no one was swimming. I remembered there used to be small crabsunder rocks along the beach, but I didn’t see any of them that time. I was told, a few weeksearlier, an oil tanker spilled tons of oil in that area, killing numerous seabirds, fishes, crabs andother marine animals.
It was heartbreaking really, ‘cause it used to be such a lovely city. And I believe the tourismindustry would be seriously affected.