1.6.1第一段翻譯

How can we live more sustainably?
我們如何才能使生活永續發展？

According to environmental scientists, we should study how life on the earth has survived and adapted to major changes in environmental conditions for billions of years.
根據環境科學家，我們應該學習在地球上的生命如何生存和適應環境經過數十億年時間的重大變化。

We could make the transition to more sustainable societies by applying these lessons from nature to our lifestyles and economies, as summarized below and in Figure 1-13, p.20 (Concept 1-6).
我們可以轉變成永續發展的社會並應用這些來自大自然的經驗給我們的生活方式和經濟，如下面的總結和表1-13中，及第20頁 (概念1-6)。

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1.4.1~1.4.2 第一段翻譯

Pollution is any chemical or physical change in the environment that is harmful to humans or other living organisms.

污染就是任何的化學或物理變化改變了環境，有害於人類或其他生物有機體。

Pollutants can enter the environment naturally, such as from volcanic eruptions, or through human activities, such as burning coal and gasoline.

污染物可以自然的進入環境，如火山爆發，或透過人類的活動，如燃燒煤和汽油。

1-1.2 第一句翻譯

Sustainability is the ability of the earth’s various natural systems and human cultural systems and economies to survive and adapt to changing environmental conditions indefinitely.

永續發展的能力是地球的各種自然系統和人類文化制度和經濟為了生存和適應不斷變化的環境能力。