節日是不是好？收禮物、收祝福，但植樹節是個節日的異類來著，因為在這個節日，沒人會送我們禮物，它是我們回饋我們賴以生存的地球母親的節日，想想上小學學校組織種的那些樹，你可能已經忘記它們了，但你真的應該為你的植樹行為感到驕傲呢。

作為熱心環保人士，Alex和Julie在這期里，要帶大家靜下心來，想想我們和地球的那些年；來個深呼吸，重新在忙碌的工作和生活之余，喚回我們對地球母親應有的愛與關懷。

Q&A Round 1
Shall we say something sad first in this session?

Preserve the environment: 可以用來替換protect environment

開篇Alex就對如今有些人環保意識淡薄給出了一定的理解，以他的高情商，我完全能想到他會如此站在別人角度，但句式還是有點小復雜，所以我們來看下這段優雅、暖心的措辭，一起學習一下：
And also, just like you mentioned, the fact is that because like, it's becoming a lot more busy, maybe people don't pay attention to the environment as much, so being more aware of the environment is important.

Maybe前面的那個so是不用說的，因為because和so嚴格來講不需要同時出現在一句話中。但后半句'so being more aware of the environment is important.'是以people don't pay attention...much 作為原因的，所以可以加so。

The fact that可以用來引導很多從句，包括這里的主語從句，還有表語從句和賓語從句，如：
The fact that she doesn’t like her second elder brother is known to everyone in her family.
但在Alex的這段話中，是省略掉了is 的the fact is that...

Because like: like是英美人口語中可能最常用的語氣詞了，或者說叫gap filler，就是用來減少停頓的詞，作此功能時在句中并沒有實際含義，去掉原句依然成立。

...People don't pay attention to the environment as much.

Much后面省略了as before, as much as before意思是像以前一樣多,如：

Entering September, I was busy with preparing the interview and didn't listen to music as much. 9月開始我準備面試比較忙，所以聽音樂聽得少了。

Be more aware of the environment 有更多環境意識，也就是環保意識

Global warming 全球變暖
Greenhouse effect 溫室效應
Participate in helping the environment 為環保盡一份力
Desertification 沙漠化
Noise pollution 噪音污染
Light pollution 光污染
Access to clean water 缺水
Deforestation 采伐森林

Q&A Round 2
What do you think are the benefits of planting trees?

Carbon emission 碳排放
Carbon dioxide 二氧化碳
Photosynthesis 光合作用

And that's because trees do something called photosynthesis and the meaning of photosynthesis is the trees absorb the carbon dioxide and produce oxygen which allows the trees to grow and also ensures there's more oxygen in the air.

這里注意動賓搭配的學習：
Absorb the carbon dioxide
Produce oxygen

Biodiversity 生物多樣性

Q&A Round 3
How can we do our part without much hassle? 怎樣能在日常生活中不用很麻煩就可以做環保呢？

This highlights the importance of a community spirit where everybody works together.

Highlight 強調，這句話里，highlight the importance of...，可以理解我這時候社區精神的重要性就體現出來了。

A community spirit: 社區精神

Alex覺得中國的社區還是很不錯的， 廣場舞活動中即可見一斑，看來對于這項活動，外國人比中國人的看法更嚴肅，哈哈。

Square dancing/line dancing: 廣場舞

If everybody plants, ..., targets to plant one tree in a city once year, I don't think that's a very high expectation but that will definitely help improve tree coverage and the quality of the air that we breathe.

I don't think that's a very high expectation. 我認為這個目標并不高。

Tree coverage 森林覆蓋率

Breathe the air 呼吸空氣，注意搭配

Grow a virtual tree and gain points種一棵虛擬樹獲取積分

Virtual 虛擬的

Gain points 獲得積分