节日是不是好？收礼物、收祝福，但植树节是个节日的异类来着，因为在这个节日，没人会送我们礼物，它是我们回馈我们赖以生存的地球母亲的节日，想想上小学学校组织种的那些树，你可能已经忘记它们了，但你真的应该为你的植树行为感到骄傲呢。

作为热心环保人士，Alex和Julie在这期里，要带大家静下心来，想想我们和地球的那些年；来个深呼吸，重新在忙碌的工作和生活之余，唤回我们对地球母亲应有的爱与关怀。

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

Preserve the environment: 可以用来替换protect environment

开篇Alex就对如今有些人环保意识淡薄给出了一定的理解，以他的高情商，我完全能想到他会如此站在别人角度，但句式还是有点小复杂，所以我们来看下这段优雅、暖心的措辞，一起学习一下：
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前面的那个so是不用说的，因为because和so严格来讲不需要同时出现在一句话中。但后半句'so being more aware of the environment is important.'是以people don't pay attention...much 作为原因的，所以可以加so。

The fact that可以用来引导很多从句，包括这里的主语从句，还有表语从句和宾语从句，如：
The fact that she doesn’t like her second elder brother is known to everyone in her family.
但在Alex的这段话中，是省略掉了is 的the fact is that...

Because like: like是英美人口语中可能最常用的语气词了，或者说叫gap filler，就是用来减少停顿的词，作此功能时在句中并没有实际含义，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意思是像以前一样多,如：

Entering September, I was busy with preparing the interview and didn't listen to music as much. 9月开始我准备面试比较忙，所以听音乐听得少了。

Be more aware of the environment 有更多环境意识，也就是环保意识

Global warming 全球变暖
Greenhouse effect 温室效应
Participate in helping the environment 为环保尽一份力
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.

这里注意动宾搭配的学习：
Absorb the carbon dioxide
Produce oxygen

Biodiversity 生物多样性

Q&A Round 3
How can we do our part without much hassle? 怎样能在日常生活中不用很麻烦就可以做环保呢？

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

Highlight 强调，这句话里，highlight the importance of...，可以理解我这时候社区精神的重要性就体现出来了。

A community spirit: 社区精神

Alex觉得中国的社区还是很不错的， 广场舞活动中即可见一斑，看来对于这项活动，外国人比中国人的看法更严肃，哈哈。

Square dancing/line dancing: 广场舞

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. 我认为这个目标并不高。

Tree coverage 森林覆盖率

Breathe the air 呼吸空气，注意搭配

Grow a virtual tree and gain points种一棵虚拟树获取积分

Virtual 虚拟的

Gain points 获得积分