Introduction to Sustainability · 可持续性导论
| English | 中文 | Pinyin · 拼音 |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainability/səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/ | 可持续性 | kě chí xù xìng |
| sustainable yield/səˈsteɪnəbl jiːld/ | 可持续产量 | kě chí xù chǎn liàng |
| Renewable/rɪˈnjuːəbl/ | 可再生 | kě zài shēng |
Living so it can last
- Many of the impacts we have seen come from using resources too fast.
- The opposite way of living is to use them so they never run out.
- That is the idea at the heart of environmental science.
- It is called sustainability.
这样生活才能长久
- 我们看到的许多影响来自太快地使用资源。
- 相反的生活方式是这样使用它们,让它们永不用尽。
- 那是环境科学核心的想法。
- 它叫做可持续性。
What sustainability means
- Sustainability 可持续性 means using resources in a way that can continue indefinitely.
- It meets today's needs without spoiling the future.
- The classic definition: meet the needs of the present without preventing future generations from meeting theirs.
- In short, do not use up what tomorrow will need.
可持续性是什么意思
- 可持续性(sustainability)意味着以能无限期持续的方式使用资源。
- 它满足今天的需求,而不糟蹋未来。
- 经典的定义:满足当前的需求,而不妨碍未来世代满足他们的。
- 简言之,不要用尽明天将需要的。
Sustainability means using resources in a way that… · 可持续性意味着以……的方式使用资源。
Sustainability means meeting today's needs without preventing future generations from meeting theirs. · 可持续性意味着满足今天的需求,而不妨碍未来世代满足他们的需求。
Sustainable yield
- A sustainable yield 可持续产量 is the amount you can harvest without shrinking the resource.
- Catch only as many fish as breed each year, and the stock never runs out.
- Cut only as many trees as regrow, and the forest lasts forever.
- Take more than that, and the resource slowly disappears.
可持续产量
- 一个可持续产量(sustainable yield)是你能收获而不缩小资源的量。
- 只捕每年繁殖的那么多鱼,种群就永不用尽。
- 只砍重新长出的那么多树,森林就永远持续。
- 取用超过那个量,资源就慢慢消失。
A sustainable yield is the amount you can harvest… · 一个可持续产量是你能收获的量……
A sustainable yield takes only as much as the resource can naturally replace, so it lasts. · 一个可持续产量只取用资源能自然补充的量,所以它能持续。
Resources like sunlight and wind that never run out are called . · 像阳光和风这样永不用尽的资源叫做。
Renewable resources replenish naturally, making them the basis of sustainable living. · 可再生资源自然地补充,使它们成为可持续生活的基础。
Renewable is the key
- Renewable 可再生 resources — sunlight, wind, growing plants — replenish naturally.
- Building life around them is the basis of sustainability.
- Non-renewable resources, like fossil fuels, cannot be used sustainably forever.
- A sustainable society lives mostly on what nature keeps renewing.
可再生是关键
- 可再生(renewable)资源——阳光、风、生长的植物——自然地补充。
- 围绕它们构建生活,是可持续性的基础。
- 不可再生资源,像化石燃料,不能永远可持续地使用。
- 一个可持续的社会大多靠大自然不断再生的东西生活。
Sustainable or not? · 可持续还是不可持续?
Sort each practice by whether it can continue indefinitely without depleting resources. · 按照每种做法能否无限期地持续而不耗尽资源,给它们分类。
Sustainability considers the needs of future generations, not just today. · 可持续性考虑未来世代的需求,不只是今天。
Sustainability means living so that future generations still have the resources they need. · 可持续性意味着这样生活,让未来世代仍然有他们需要的资源。
Select all · 所有 true statements about sustainability. · 选出关于可持续性的所有正确说法。
Using resources as fast as possible is the opposite of sustainability. The other three are correct. · 尽可能快地使用资源是可持续性的反面。其余三条正确。
Sustainability is about the future, not just the present. A practice might seem fine today yet be unsustainable — like pumping groundwater that took thousands of years to collect. Always ask: could this continue forever? If not, it is not sustainable, no matter how well it works right now.
可持续性关乎未来,不只是当前。一种做法今天可能看起来没问题,却是不可持续的——像抽取花了几千年才积累的地下水。总要问:这能永远持续吗?如果不能,它就不可持续,无论它现在运作得多好。
A sustainable fishery:
- Scientists work out how fast a fish population reproduces.
- Fishers are allowed to catch only that much each year — the sustainable yield.
- The stock stays healthy year after year, providing food indefinitely — the opposite of overfishing.
一个可持续的渔业:
- 科学家算出一个鱼种群繁殖得多快。
- 渔民每年只被允许捕那么多——可持续产量。
- 种群年复一年地保持健康,无限期地提供食物——过度捕捞的反面。
Sustainability means using resources so that they can continue indefinitely, meeting today's needs without spoiling the future. A sustainable yield harvests only what a resource can naturally replace. Renewable resources, which nature keeps refilling, are the foundation of sustainable living.
可持续性意味着这样使用资源,让它们能无限期持续,满足今天的需求而不糟蹋未来。一个可持续产量只收获一个资源能自然补充的量。可再生资源,大自然不断补充的,是可持续生活的基础。