世界地球日英文資料

　　background information: earth day

　　april 22 is earth day, our country this year to determine the theme of "treat the earth, protect the environment."

　　earth day originated in the u.s.. in 1969, democratic senator gaylord nelson proposed the park in the u.s. schools held workshops on environmental issues, and the following year on april 22 as "earth day." then 25-year-old harvard law school student dennis will soon be the proposal throughout the united states into a large-scale community-based activities, specific ideas, and get enthusiastic support of many young students. april 22, 1970, the united states for the first time held a massive "earth day", around 2,000 people participated, the united states since world war ii, was hailed as the largest social activities.

　　april 22, 1990, more than 140 countries around the world, 200 million people around the same time held a variety of promotional activities, the theme is how to improve the overall global environment. the event made people more clearly recognize, as the global industry continues to develop, ozone layer destruction, and the resulting global climate change, is becoming a direct threat to the global problem of human existence. the activities of the united nations approval, then, every year on april 22 was identified as the "world earth day."

　　currently, the more prominent environmental issues, soil erosion, desertification, pollution of freshwater resources. according to un figures released by the 20th century, the world's forest area 90 at an average annual rate of 2.4% reduction in the past 10 years, the world's total forest area of the disappearance of 94 million hectares. at present nearly half the land surface and more than one billion people affected by desertification. pollution in the atmosphere, from 1965 to 1998, global carbon dioxide emissions doubled. the world is facing a water crisis in many countries: 12 million people short of water, 3.0 billion people lack water sanitation

　　each year from 3,000,000 to 400 million deaths and water-related diseases. by 2025, the water crisis will be spread to 48 countries, 35 million are trapped by the water.

　　earth day activities held to raise human caring for the earth, protect the home in promoting the coordinated development of resource development and environmental protection. my 90 years from the 20th century, the annual april 22 earth day celebrations are held.

　　中文對照翻譯 背景資料：世界地球日

　　4月22日是世界地球日，我國今年確定的主題是“善待地球，保護環境”。

　　地球日起源于美國。1969年，民主黨參議員蓋洛德·尼爾森提議，在美國各校園內舉辦有關環境問題的講習會，并將次年的4月22日作為“地球日”。當時25歲的哈佛大學法學院學生丹尼斯·海斯很快將這一提議變成了一個在全美各地展開大規模社區性活動的具體構想，并得到很多青年學生的熱烈支持。1970年4月22日，美國首次舉行了聲勢浩大的“地球日”活動，各地約2017萬人參加，當時被譽為二戰以來美國規模最大的社會活動。

　　1990年4月22日，全世界140多個國家、2億多人同時在各地舉行了多種多樣的宣傳活動，主題是如何改善全球整體環境。這次活動使人們更加清醒地認識到，隨著全球工業的不斷發展，大氣臭氧層遭到破壞，由此帶來的全球氣候異常變化，正在成為直接威脅人類生存的世界性問題。這項活動得到了聯合國的首肯，其后，每年的4月22日被確定為“世界地球日”。

　　目前，世界環境問題越發突出，水土流失、土地沙漠化、淡水資源污染等。據聯合國公布的數字表明，20世紀90年代全球森林面積以平均每年2.4%的速度縮減，近2017年來，全球消失的森林總面積達到9400萬公頃。目前全球近二分之一的陸地表面和10億以上人口受到沙漠化影響。在大氣污染方面，從1965至1998年，全球二氧化碳排放量翻了一番。目前世界上許多國家正面臨水資源危機：12億人用水短缺，30億人缺乏用水衛生設施，每年有300萬到400萬人死于和水有關的疾病。到2025年，水危機將蔓延到48個國家，35億人為水所困。

　　世界地球日活動的舉辦，以期喚起人類愛護地球、保護家園的意識，促進資源開發與環境保護協調發展。我國從20世紀90年代起，每年4月22日都舉辦世界地球日紀念活動。