Low-carbon Lifestyle
　　1.目前低碳生活成為一種流行
　　2.低碳生活指的是……
　　3.作為大學生我應該怎么做

　　【精彩范文】
　　With the advent of the global environmental protection campaign, “low-carbon” has become an increasingly popular expression, a catch phrase, among the environmentally-conscious people. White-collar workers pride themselves on going to offices on bicycles, on foot, or even on roller skates instead of being “the men behind the wheel”. Housewives save water after washing vegetables or clothes for flushing the toilet. Everybody seems to be an environmental activist nowadays.
　　By “low-carbon lifestyle”, we refer to a pattern of life involving minimum emission of carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important greenhouse gas produced by human activities, primarily through the combustion of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide is detrimental to human, animal and plant life because it is the primary contributor to global warming that threatens to raise the sea level, leading to the extinction of animals and plants, and ultimately to that of human beings. There is only one Mother Earth for human beings and, literally speaking, preserving the Earth means preserving humanity itself.
　　The pursuit of a low-carbon lifestyle seems to be a vogue to many people but, in essence, it is a long-term necessity. As college students, there are many ways we can become involved in low-carbon endeavors. We can conserve water, recycle our textbooks, and turn off lights on leaving our classrooms. We can resort to public transportations like buses and subways instead of taxis or private cars. Most importantly, we should reduce the use of computers by rejecting meaningless computer games. Even as students, we have a whole range of channels to pursue a low-carbon lifestyle that is beneficial to ourselves and to humanity as a whole.

　　【參考譯文】
　　隨著全球性環(huán)保運動的出現(xiàn)，“低碳”一詞在那些有著環(huán)保意識的人們中間，已成為一個日趨流行的語匯，或曰“口頭禪”。白領員工們對于騎車上班、步行上班、甚至滑著輪滑上班倍感驕傲，而不必再做那所謂的“呆坐在駕駛舵后面的有車一族”。家庭主婦們也樂此不疲地在洗衣或洗菜之后，將水保存起來，用以沖廁。當下，每個人似乎都成為了環(huán)保積極分子。
　　所謂“低碳生活方式”， 是指一種僅涉及最低限度二氧化碳排放的生活模式。二氧化碳是人類活動 （主要經(jīng)由化石燃料的燃燒）所產(chǎn)生的最主要的溫室氣體。二氧化碳之所以對人類、動物和植物的生命有害，因為它是全球暖化的主要推手，威脅著致使海平面上升，導致動植物滅絕，并最終導致人類本身的滅絕。對于人類而言，只有一個地球母親，因此，就事論事地講，保護地球亦即意味著保護人類自身。
　　追求低碳的生活方式，對許多人而言似乎是種時尚，但本質而言，它卻是一項長期的必然。作為大學生，我們有多種多樣的方式來投身于低碳事業(yè)。我們可以節(jié)約用水，循環(huán)利用教科書，離開教室時隨手關燈。我們在出行時可利用公交車或地鐵等公共交通，而放棄出租車或私家車。最重要的是，我們可以通過摒棄那些無聊的電子游戲而減少對電腦的使用。即使作為學生，我們有一系列廣泛的渠道，來追求低碳的生活方式，既有益于我們自己，亦有益于全人類。

　　【值得熟記的句式與短語】
　　1. with the advent of sth.:隨著某物的出現(xiàn)
　　2. a catch phrase:口頭禪
　　3. pride oneself on doing sth:對于做某事倍感驕傲
　　4. the men behind the wheel:呆坐在駕駛舵后面的有車一族
　　5. is detrimental to...: 對……有害的
　　6. it is the primary contributor to global warming:它是全球暖化的主要推手
　　7. in essence: 本質而言
　　8. a long-term necessity: 一項長期的必然
　　9. resort to: 依靠
　　10. a whole range of channels: 一系列廣泛的渠道
　　11. is beneficial to...:對……有益的

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