每年的4月22日是世界地球日。
这是一个为世界环境保护而设立的节日，希望提高人们对于环境问题的意识，并动员大家参与到环保运动中，通过绿色低碳生活，改善地球的整体环境。
地球日是1970年发起的，现在，全球已经有193个国家，每年超过10亿人参与，变成了世界上最大的民间环保节日。
我们只有一个地球，让我们一起保护环境，保护我们的生活！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 地球 | dì qiú | the earth |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 为 | wèi | because of / for / to |
| 环境 | huán jìng | environment / circumstances / surroundings |
| 保护 | bǎo hù | protection |
| 而 | ér | and so / (indicates causal relation) |
| 设立 | shè lì | to set up; to establish |
| 节日 | jié rì | holiday / festival |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise / to increase / to improve |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 对于 | duì yú | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 意识 | yì shí | consciousness; awareness |
| 并 | bìng | furthermore / also / simultaneously |
| 动员 | dòng yuán | to mobilize |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 参与 | cān yù | to participate (in sth) |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 环保 | huán bǎo | environmental protection |
| 运动 | yùn dòng | campaign |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 通过 | tōng guò | by means of; through; via |
| 绿色 | lǜ sè | green |
| 低 | dī | low |
| 碳 | tàn | carbon (chemistry) |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 改善 | gǎi shàn | to make better; to improve |
| 整体 | zhěng tǐ | as a whole / integral / holistic / whole |
| 发起 | fā qǐ | to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time) |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 全球 | quán qiú | the whole world |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 国家 | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 超过 | chāo guò | to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip |
| 亿 | yì | 100 million |
| 变成 | biàn chéng | to change into / to turn into / to become |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 民间 | mín jiān | among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |