雅思阶梯阅读3unit five text A 的翻译

洛阳大华雅思提醒您，
Unit five
中英文对照翻译

Text A

Yes, We Can Support Mother Earth

1 Turning off the lights for an hour on March 26 is just a step to
recognize that mother earth needs our help. Together we can protect
earth
’
s precious resources by conserving developing, and spreading
the word. How can you conserve this year?

在

3
月

26
日熄灯一小时只是我们认识到地球母亲需要我们帮
助的一步。

我们可以通过节约、开发、宣传这一信息来共同保护地
球珍贵的资源。

熄灯一小时就是你对地球母亲的支持。除了熄灯
,
你今年还能怎样保护资源呢
?

2
Earth Hour was
first started in
Australia
in 2007 as a way
to
bring
community
together
to
acknowledge
the
importance
of
reducing consumption of earth
’
s natural resources. Turning off the
lights
for
an
hour
helps
us
see
the
impact
we
have
on
the
environment.

2007
年澳大利亚最先发起“地球一小时”活动
,
目的在于让全社
会认识到减少地球自然资源消耗的重要性。

熄灯一小时让我们看到
人类对环境的影响。

3 Just one year after the first Earth Hour in Sydney, Australia, it
became
a
widespread
phenomenon,
now
spreading
globally
with
a
movement
reaching
more
than 50
million
people
that
participate
in
more than 35 countries. Sydney set a goal to reduce carbon emissions
by
5%.
Recent
estimates
show
1
billion
supporters
in
4,100
cities
from
87
countries
located
on
seven
different
continents
joined
in
turning off their lights for Earth Hour. Earth Hour hopes encourage
consumers,
businesses,
and
governments
to
be
thoughtful
in
action
plans to carry out practical ways to reduce emissions

在澳大利亚悉尼举行过第一次“地球一小时”之后仅一年
,
这场
活动就掀起一阵热潮。

现在这个活动在全球传播
,
超过三十五个国家
的五千多万人参与进来。

悉尼的目标是降低

5%
的二氧化碳排放量。

在美国
,
估计八千万人加入

2009
年的“地球一小时”运动。

最新的
评估显示
,
来自七大洲
87
个国家
4100
个城市的
10
亿支持者加入到
了“地球一小时”活动的队伍中。

“地球一小时”的活动希望能鼓
励消费者、商人、政府深思熟虑
,
提出实际可行的减排行动计划。

4 Let
’
s go beyond the light switch! Look at what some are doing
to save energy to conserve precious fossil fuels:

让我们不仅仅是关灯吧
!
看看人们在保护珍贵的矿物燃料和节
约能源方面在做什么吧
!

5
“
For
me
it
starts
early
„

I
’
m
trying
to
teach
my
kids
to

conserve electricity by turning off lights when not in use. We try to
make it a game!
”

“对我来说
,
我着手比较早
,
我正努力教孩子节约电
,
让他们不用的
时候关掉灯。

我们设法把它弄成个游戏。
”

6
“
I
just
bought
a
bunch
of
energy-conserving light bulbs
and
replaced
my
old
‘
Watt
Guzzling
’

light
bulbs.
I
don
’
t
always
remember to turn off the lights, so at least I
’
m now using less energy
when I forget.

“我刚买了一批节能灯泡
,
换下了之前功率极大的旧灯泡。

我经
常不记得关灯
,
现在至少在我忘记关灯的时候
,
浪费的能源比以前少一
点。
”

7
“
We removed the old single pane windows and upgraded to the
double pane lo-e glass. Now my house is less drafty and it helps a bit
with the gas bill.
”

“我们把旧的单片玻璃窗升级成双片玻璃窗。

现在我的房子不像
以前那么漏风了
,
燃气费也比以前少了。
”
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