英语

1、城市化进程的利益：

合理的城市化可以改善环境，例如：通过平整土地、修建水利设施、绿化环境等措施，使得环境向着有利于提高人们生活水平和促进社会发展的方向转变，降低人类活动对环境的压力。

作为区域发展的经济中心，能带动区域经济发展，而区域经济水平的提高又促进城市的发展；促使生产方式、聚落形态、生活方式、价值观等的变化。

2、城市化进程的弊端

地价上涨，成本上升。农民大量离开原耕种土地，弃耕抛荒问题越来越严重，中国粮食进口率逐渐，使得人口大国中国的粮食安全问题存在隐患，这不利于中国发展和政局稳定。

现代城市化的弊端主要体现在两个方面：一是“城市病”，表现在住房、交通、环境、就业、安全、卫生等方面；二是“城市文化病”，即人们对城市本身的怀疑、失望、厌恶、憎甚至敌视等极端心态与行为。

扩展：

中国城市化进程，总的看来仍处在城市化集中阶段。建国以来中国城市化进程，可以分为以下几个阶段：

（1）1949 --1957年，是城市化起步发展时期；

（2）1958--1965年，是城市化的不稳定发展时期；

（3）1966--1978年，是城市化停滞发展时期；

（4）1978至今，是城市化的稳定快速发展时期。

参考：百度百科-城市化进程

参考：百度百科-城市化

we see a newly emerging community: there are supermarkets, schools, banks and hospitals. A resident tells us, “Eight years ago it was still the countryside.” The history of reform and openingup is the history of rapid economic development; it is also the history of largescale urbanization of our nation.

I firmly believe that the advantages of urbanization are many. First, when more and more people flood into cities, the city is often becoming bigger and bigger and many people move out of the downtown area and into the suburbs. This trend of urban construction is beneficial to future city development as a whole. Second, it provides more development opportunities for big cities. With more and more people coming to the city, urban development is experiencing a new round of leaping forward.

Urbanization may also bring a series of unfavorable consequences. First, the farmland in the country is shrinking. Second, sometimes, the rural land, rivers and air are polluted. When more and more new factories are set up, the surrounding environment is likely to decay. In my mind, it is not necessarily the result. Finally, the young people who still practice farming are becoming fewer and fewer. Some of them go to big cities to pursue a ter life. Some of them stay at home, but begin to do business or work in local factories.

All in all, urbanization brings more benefits than problems. The present society is experiencing great changes—what we should be sure is that we strike a balance ween economical development and environmental protection.

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这里的urbanization，城市化，即是文章讨论的主题。
文章共分四段。首段在描述图画后做了小结，巧妙引入本文主题——城市化。第二段与第三段分别谈论城市化的利和弊。第二段列举了城市化的两个优点。第三段写了城市化的三个缺点。第四段下结论——城市化的利大于弊。