虛幻的未來世界
Every day, scientists and government organizations are providing new numbers and data about what terrible outcomes may be waiting for us due to our actions negatively affecting the Earth.
科學家和政府組織每天都提供新的數據和資料，顯示我們對地球造成的負面影響，將可能造成什麼可怕的後果等著我們。
data (n.)資料,數據outcome (n.)結果；the final outcome 最後的結果；a satisfactory outcome令人滿意的結果
Climate fiction, called cli-fi for short, is a creative way for readers to experience these drastic changes in the environment through the eyes of people living in a fictional future.
氣候變遷小說，英文又簡稱為「cli-fi」，是讓讀者透過未來虛幻人物的視角，體驗這些環境劇變的創意方法。
for short 簡稱drastic (adj.) 激烈的,猛烈的fictional (adj.)虛構的
In the 1960s, authors began writing works of fiction that focused on human-caused environmental change.
在1960年代時，作家便開始撰寫以人類造成的環境變遷為主題的小說。
human-caused=human-induced (adj.)由人類造成的
First treated as science fiction, cli-fi grew to reflect scientific discoveries related to climate change and speculate more about living in a world plagued by flooding, melting glaciers and extreme weather events, like storms and droughts.
一開始氣候變遷小說被視為科幻小說，但逐漸開始反映跟氣候變遷相關的科學發現，並更深入臆測生活在受到洪水、融化冰川和像是暴風雨和乾旱等極端天氣事件折磨的世界可能是什麽樣子。
grow to 逐漸,慢慢開始……speculate (v.)猜測plague (n.)瘟疫 (v.)折磨,使受到煎熬
Although the stories are fictional, real science research plays a major role in creating the settings, plots, characters and actions of the stories.
雖然裡面的故事都是虛構的，但真實的科學研究卻在背景設定、劇情、角色和故事情節上扮演重大的角色。
play a major role in 在……扮演重要的角色
Written to draw attention to the Earth’s growing crisis, cli-fi has been raising awareness of many readers to the real issues and possible outcomes of climate change for decades.
氣候變遷小說的目的是吸引人們關注地球日益惡化的危機，並在幾十年以來，提升許多讀者對氣候變遷相關真實議題及可能後果的意識。
draw attention to sth. 讓人注意到某事raise awareness 提高意識
With the increasing effects becoming more and more visible each day, cli-fi is one way to help motivate people to make sure these fictional, future world conditions don’t become a reality.
隨著氣候變遷所造成的影響日益明顯，氣候變遷小說是激勵人們確保這些虛構的未來世界的情況不會成真的一種方式。
motivate (v.)使產生動機,激起；motivate sb. to do sth. 激勵某人去做某事