自行動手升級
How many smartphones have you had? Do you have a stack of old phones sitting in the drawer?
你有多少台智慧型手機？ 或者你有一堆舊手機堆在抽屜裡？
a stack of~一堆;一疊
To reduce the amount of waste created by excessive consumerism, a German company has produced modular, easy-to-repair smartphones that allow their owners to replace broken parts and upgrade as technology advances.
為了減少過度消費主義造成的廢棄物，德國一家公司生產了模組化、容易維修的智慧型手機，手機主人夠自行更換損壞的零件，或隨著科技的進步升級。
excessive(adj.)過度的;過分的consumerism(n.)消費主義modular(adj.)模組化的(component) parts零件advance(n.)(v.)進步
Shift is a company founded by two brothers, Carsten and Samuel Waldeck, from Falkenberg, a tiny hamlet in rural Hesse.
Shift是由一對兄弟卡斯敦和山謬沃爾德克創立的公司，他們來自黑森邦一個名為Falkenberg的小村莊，
found-founded-founded創辦find-found-found找到;發現hamlet(n.)(小)村莊
Around three years ago, the company started to launch a more sustainable version of smartphones called “Shiftphones”.
大約三年前，Shift開始推出一款名為「Shiftphone」的永續智慧型手機，
sustainable(adj.)永續的sustainability(n.)永續性
They are built in a modular manner, so that each component part has a substitute and is made with material obtained through fair trade. If customers have problems with their phones or need to upgrade, they can change the parts on their own.
Shiftphone因採用模組化設計，每一塊零件通通都有替代品，並且是經由公平貿易取得的材料，讓顧客無論是手機出問題，還是需要升級更新，都可以自行動手更換部件。
so that…為了;如此一來就…substitute(n.)替代品fair trade公平貿易
Shift’s CEO Samuel Waldeck said “It is very important that a device can be repaired. The more easily it can be repaired, the longer its service life will be. Then it will be more eco-friendly. That is what we value most.”
Shift總裁山謬沃爾德克：「一台裝置能夠被修復，是件很重要的事，越容易被修復，運作壽命就越長，對環境也更友善，這是我們最重視的。」
The 比較級..., the 比較級... 愈…就愈…The more, the merrier.多多益善eco-friendly(adj.)環境友善的;環保的ecology(n.)生態
Since the company started its business in 2015, it has sold 25,000 phones.
自Shift於2015年創立後，已售出2萬5千台手機。
Each phone costs is around 500 euros, which includes a deposit of 22 euros that owners get back if they return the device at the end of its life cycle.
每台手機要價約500歐元，其中包括22歐元的押金，是鼓勵使用者決定淘汰這支手機時，只要寄還給公司，就能領回押金。
deposit(n.)押金
The purpose is to reduce the number of smartphones ending up in landfills or shoved in a drawer, and to encourage people to recycle their old devices.
除了能減少手機淪落到垃圾堆，或埋葬在櫃子裡的下場，更能把廢物再利用，目標是要達到百分之百回收。
reduce(v.)減少=decreaseencourage sb. to RV鼓勵某人做某事
Unlike most companies, Shift’s main priority is not profit, but sustainability.
與大多數公司不同，Shift最重視的事不是利潤，而是永續性。
unlike(prep.)不像是priority(v.)首要之務profit(n.)利潤sustainability(n.)永續性
The company’s co-founders pledged to never distribute profits to themselves or anyone else. Any money that leaves the company’s coffers goes towards financing social or sustainability projects.
Shift的共同創辦人承諾永遠不會向自己或任何其他人分配利潤，任何離開公司金庫的資金都將用於社會或永續發展項目。
pledge to RV 宣誓=vow to~coffer(n.)(存放錢或貴重物品的)保險箱;貴重物品箱safe(n.)保險箱go towards~作為…之用finance(v.)資助(n.)資金;財務管理;財政;金融
“For me it’s the difference between maximizing profit versus maximizing meaning,” says Samuel Waldeck. “We have noticed very often in our lives that it’s really good to strive to maximize meaning rather than profit... But I’m really convinced that those two things have to coincide.”
山謬沃爾德克：「對我來說，利潤最大化和理念最大化是不同的，我們在生活中經常注意到，努力實現理念而不是利潤是非常好的......但我真心認為必須兼顧兩者。」
maximize(v.)使…最大化minimize(v.)使…最小化;將…降至最低maximum(n.)最大值minimum(n.)最小值strive to RV努力做…rather than~而不是…=instead ofconvinced(adj.)深信的;確信的coincide(v.)(幾乎)同時發生