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Helping the environment
幫助保護環境
Read this leaflet describing one way in which you can help the environment.
讀這個傳單，其描述了你能幫助保護環境的一條途徑。
We are all aware of the many threats to the environment and the need to act in a responsible manner to protect the world which we all share.
我們都意識到環境所遭受的種種威脅，也意識到有必要以負責任的態度行動起來，保護我們共同擁有的世界。
Many people say that they are in favour of the 'green movement'.
很多人說他們有參加“綠色”運動。
However, it is often difficult to find anything practical which you can do to help, and you may feel that you cannot take any action to support the cause.
然而，要做一些力所能及的實事常常很難。你也許覺得自己采取不了任何行動來支持這個目標。
One thing you can do is to try to buy 'green' products.
但有一件事你可以做，就是盡量買綠色產品。
For example, let us consider the problem of the ozone layer.
比如，我們來考慮一下臭氧層的問題。
Around the Earth, there is a thin layer of ozone, a kind of gas protecting us from many of the harmful rays of the Sun.
在地球周圍有一層薄薄的臭氧層，這種氣體保護我們免遭很多有害太陽射線的照射。
A few years ago, scientists in the Antarctic became aware of holes growing in the ozone layer.
幾年前，在南極的科學家首次意識到了臭氧層洞。
As these holes get bigger, harmful rays from the Sun are increasingly reaching us, causing crop damage and cancer.
隨著這些洞不斷變大，來自太陽的有害射線也就不斷地照射到地球上，從而危害到莊稼，并引發皮膚癌。
This is a big problem in countries near the polar regions, like Australia, where skin cancer caused in part by ozone depletion is now considered a national epidemic.
這在靠近極地地區的國家是一個大問題，比如在澳大利亞，部分由于臭氧空洞而造成的皮膚癌現在被認為是一種全國范圍內的流行病。
