經濟發展和環境保護不可缺少Both Economic Development and Environmental Protection are Indispensable

I am not supportive of the idea that either takes priority. It is necessary and absolutely possible that economic development and environmental protection co-exist, in the sense that both of them are indispensable factors for the prosperity of society.
我不支持這兩者任何一種要優先發展。經濟發展和環境保護需要同時存在也是完全有可能的，在一定程度上這兩者都是繁榮社會的不可缺少的因素。
Economic development is seemingly more important, due to the fact that it creates enormous job opportunities, improves living conditions and increases government revenues. Yet, the above goals can only really be reached on condition that the environment is well protected. And, interesting, it is the economic development per se that provides the money and personnel resources required for the protection of the environment. A well-preserved environment is the groundwork for the economy and in a way promotes economic growth. A fast-development and well-functioning economy calls for a good environment, which offers essential resources, e.g. wood, coal, water, and so on. Once the environment deteriorates, the production process is likely to be disturbed or even halted. What is worse, natural disaster that comes with the worsening environmental conditions might even paralyze the whole economy and pose a severe threat to human life. The pursuit of short-term economic profit is the destruction of our home and that of our posterity.
經濟的發展似乎更重要，由於它創造了大量的就業機會，改善了生活條件以及增加了政府收入。然而，如果環境被保護了，以上的目標纔算真正達到了，經濟發展的本身提供了錢，這些資源要用於環境保護上。一個被保護得好的環境是經濟基礎也是提高經濟的一種方式。快速發展和運轉良好的經濟呼籲良好的環境，它能夠提供基本的能源，比如：木材，煤，水，等等。一旦環境惡化，產品進程很可能受到干擾或者甚至中斷。更嚴重的是，自然災害伴隨而來的更爲嚴重的環境問題可能會使整個經濟癱瘓而且對人類生活形成嚴重的威脅。短期經濟利益的追求會使我們的家和權益受到破壞。
So economic development and environmental protection are equally important. In this case, we are actually working on an environment-friendly economy.
因此，經濟發展與環境保護同等重要。在這種情況下，我們實際上是工作在一個環境友好型經濟中。