200年才能分解
With the rise of fast fashion, 62 tons of clothing are consumed globally every year.
隨著快時尚的興起，每年全球會消費62公噸的衣服。
rise (n.)上升,興起consume (v.) 消耗,消費,吃,喝consumer (n.)消費者consumerism (n.)消費主義globally (adv.)全球地globe (n.)球體,全世界
People stop mending their clothes, and clothes are getting thrown away when they are worn out or simply out of season.
人們不再修補他們的衣服，衣服也因為磨損或過季而被丟棄。
stop V-ing 停止做某事stop to V 停下來去做某事mend (v.)修補throw away丟棄throw away the trash=take out the trash 丟垃圾wear out 磨損out of season 過季,淡季
This is why the fashion industry has now become the second largest polluter in the world, second only to the oil industry.
這就是為什?時尚產業現在成為世界上第二大污染源，僅次於石油產業。
polluter (n.)汙染源pollute (v)汙染second to 在…之後,位居第二second to none 首屈一指second to last 倒數第二
Caused by the fast fashion industry, water pollution is a major problem in countries with many clothing factories.
由快時尚產業所造成的水汙染在有很多衣服工廠的國家是一個重大的問題。
major (adj.)主要的,重大的=main (v.)主修
Waste water produced by these factories contains toxic substances that are harmful to the human body and marine creatures.
由這些工廠所製造出來的廢水包含對人體和海洋生物有害的物質。
substance (n.)物質illegal substance毒品substantial (adj.)相當大的,重大的marine (adj.)海洋的marine creature=marine life海洋生物submarine (n.)潛水艇
As consumers, we can do our part by choosing clothes made in countries with stricter environment regulations or going for organic fibers that do not require chemicals to be produced.
身為消費者，我們可以盡一己之力，選擇於擁有較嚴格環保規範的國家所製造的衣服，或選擇不會造成化學物質產生的有機纖維。
do one’s part 盡自己的一份責任regulation (n.)規則,條例go for 選擇organic (adj.)有機的 organic produce 有機農產品organ (n.)器官organism (n.)生物,有機體
Having fast fashion in our life means clothing has become disposable.
生活中擁有快時尚表示衣服變成可隨意丟棄的。
disposable (adj.)用完即棄的,一次性的daily disposable contact lenses 日拋隱形眼鏡
On average, a family throws away 30 kg of clothing each year, among which only 15% is recycled or donated, and the rest goes directly to landfills.
平均來說，一個家庭每年會丟掉30公斤的衣服，其中只有百分之十五會被回收或捐贈出去，其它則直接被丟到垃圾掩埋場。
clothing (n.)衣服的統稱cloth(n.)布料,抹布donate (v.)捐贈 donate blood 捐血donation (n.)捐贈 organ donation 器官捐贈landfill 垃圾掩埋場
Synthetic fibers that are often used by fast fashion clothing can take up to 200 years to decompose. As you can imagine, the world is now cluttered with clothing waste.
快時尚衣服常使用的合成纖維需要花上200年才能分解。你可以想像，世界上現在充滿了廢舊衣服。
synthetic (adj.)合成的,人造的synthetic leather 人造皮革clutter (n.)(v.)雜亂,使散亂