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Earth Day 世界地球日 One theme in the past was to live a low carbon life. 过去的主题是倡导低碳生活。 This year&`&s theme is saving our resources and living a more simple and green lifestyle. 今年的主题是节约利用资源，倡导绿色简约生活。 noble 高尚的 asthma 哮喘 tailpipes 排气管 a gas guzzling, air polluting, potentially life threatening accident waiting to happen 尾气排放、大气污染、潜在的生命威胁即将发生 sustainable 合理利用的、可持续的 advocating 宣传 tilapia 罗非鱼 Ghana 加纳 shrunk 缩小 It’s very easy to pick up a stainless-steel bottle or a glass bottle, so if you’re travelling you can fill that up with water, instead of purchasing plastic bottled water. 出行前可以把不锈钢或者玻璃杯灌满水，不去买塑料瓶装水。 They are three Rs in environmental protection—reduce, reuse, and recycle. I think we need to add a 4th R——refuse. Whenever possible, refuse single—use and disposable goods. 环保上有三个R，减少使用、重复使用和循环利用。我因为应该再加一个R，拒绝使用，有可能的话，拒绝使用一次性用品。 Raising awareness of these issues and practicing environmentally friendly habits can help save our planet and ourselves. 提高公众意识、培养环保习惯能够保护我们的星球，从而保护我们自己。 a giant tortoise 一个巨大的乌龟 on the brink of extinction 濒临灭绝 wandering aimlessly 无目的的徘徊 breeding 使…繁殖 Lynx 猞猁 A century ago, more than 10 million Lynx lived in the shrub jungles of Spain and Portugal. As nocturnal predators, they almost only eat rabbits. In the mid 20th century, humans introduced a virus, in order to control the number of rabbits. With the disappearance of the rabbit, the Lynx population also rapidly decreased. 一个世纪前，超过10万只猞狸生活在西班牙和葡萄牙的灌木丛林中。作为夜行性食肉动物，他们几乎只吃兔子。20世纪中期，人类引入了一种病毒，以控制兔子数量。随着兔子的消失，猞狸也随之减少。 Madagascar 马达加斯加 Humans can be such a destructive species. 人类是一种毁灭性的物种。