Water has always been necessary for our health. Then what kind of water do you drink, tap water or bottled water? Do you get a healthier, safer and more refreshing drink when you buy bottled water off the shelf? My answer is “no”, and doing so hurts the environment and your wallet.
First of all, there are no studies showing that bottled water is better for you, and in fact, it may be less safe than tap water. A study of over 1,000 people in Belfast found that they couldn’t tell the differences between tap water and bottled water when asked which was purer, more pleasant, natural and refreshing. Bottled water can come from springs or from the mountains. It can also be treated, for example, to have iron removed. It is reported that there is around 82.8g of CO2 for a half-liter bottle. This will be harmful to people’s health when everyone’s drinking it. However, bottled water is popular with many people. Its success is from excellent marketing and our laziness in filling reusable bottles with tap water.
Secondly, bottled water can cost between 500 to 1,000 times more than tap water. In 2015, the UK drank 2.4 billion liters of bottled water, and by 2016, this had risen to 2.6 billion liters. Yet you get this from the tap, for free,
Besides, recycling is improving, but in America, it is said only a quarter of bottles can be used again. So is it really so much better than it is worth both paying for and harming the earth? Or should you stop buying it?
As a general rule, I believe that most of us should enjoy more tap water, and stop using so many bottles.
28. Why do many people like bottled water?
A.Because bottled water has iron removed. |
B.Because bottled water is cheaper than tap water. |
C.Because there’s around 82.8g of CO2 for a bottle. |
D.Because people are lazy to fill reusable bottles with tap water. |
29. What can we learn from the numbers in the third paragraph?
A.People spend more and more money on bottled water every year. |
B.Bottled water sells well because of its excellent marketing. |
C.More people begin to drink tap water to save money. |
D.The British drink the most bottled water in the world. |
30. What does the writer mainly talk about in the passage?
A.How tap water should be drunk. |
B.The advantages of drinking tap water. |
C.Why people like drinking bottled water. |
D.The disadvantages of drinking bottled water. |