修復地球
Earth Day is an annual event held on April 22 which aims to raise public awareness of environmental protection.
「世界地球日」是於每年4月22日舉行的活動，旨在提升人們的環保意識。
annual(adj.)每年的;一年一度的aim to RV=旨在做某事raise awareness of (about) sth.=提高~的意識We should raise public awareness of climate change.environmental(adj.)環境相關的Some people go vegan out of environmental concerns.
In 1969, a massive oil spill occurred in Santa Barbara, California, after a well blew out and spewed millions of gallons of oil into the sea.
1969年，加州聖塔芭芭拉發生大規模漏油事件，油井噴發造成數百萬加侖的石油外漏。
massive(adj.)大規模的;大量的blow out=吹熄;油井噴發spew(v.)噴出;湧出;洩漏
Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who is also an environmentalist, later began a teach-in about environmental issues on college campuses.
威斯康辛州參議員、環保主義人士尼爾森開始在大學校園舉辦環境議題座談會。
environmentalist(n.)環保主義者teach-in(n.)座談會
He brought the pollution issues to public attention, pushing forward environmental laws and education.
他使大眾開始關注污染議題，也推動環保立法與教育。
bring sth. to one’s attention=讓某人注意到某事pollution(n.)污染pollute(v.)污染Air pollution is serious in Beijing.push forward=推動;推進
On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was celebrated. Around 10% of the total population of the United States at that time took to the streets on that day.
1970年4月22日，第一屆世界地球日盛大舉行，當時全國10%的美國人都走上街頭參與示威遊行。
celebrate(v.)慶祝population(n.)人口take to the streets=走上街頭Thousands of people took to the streets to protest the nuclear power plant.
Over the decades, Earth Day has brought hundreds of millions of people across 193 countries into the global movement.
數十年來，世界地球日吸引了全球193個國家上億人一同參與這世界性的環保運動。
bring sb. into sth.=讓某人參與或投入某事global(adj.)全球性的movement(n.)運動social movement=社會運動She joined the women’s movement in the 1960s.
Typically, Earth Day is assigned a different theme or area of focus each year.
每年世界地球日都會訂定不同的主題或行動重點，
assign(v.)分配;指派;訂定assign a task=指派任務theme(n.)主題
The theme of this year is “Restore Our Earth” and the focus is on living in harmony with nature, the development of green technologies and restoring ecosystems.
今年的主題則是「修復地球」，聚焦在與自然共處、發展環保技術與修復生態系統。
live in harmony with…=與...和諧共處ecosystem(n.)生態系統Deforestation has a negative impact on the ecosystem.