3/２６翻譯作業

　Chattanooga’s story shows that a key to finding solutions to environmental problems and making a transition to more sustainable societies is to recognize that most social change results from individual actions and individuals acting together to bring about change by bottom-up grassroots action

加得奴加的故事表示，為了找到解決環境問題的方法和對永續發展社會所做出變革，關鍵是，要認清大多數社會變化是因為個人的行為和性質，得藉由全民的行為來引起改變


　In other words, individuals matter — an important theme of this book.

換句話說，個體問題是這本書的重要題材


　Research by social scientists suggests that it takes only 5–10% of the population of a community, country, or the world to bring about major social change

社會學家的研究建議，它只能採取社區、國家或者世界的人口5-10%以達到主要社會改變

3/12翻譯作業

　Suppose that China’s economy continues growing exponentially at a rapid rate and its projected population size reaches 1.47 billion by 2031.

假如中國經濟持續成長的話 我們能迅速算出它的人口大小在2031年之前就會達到14.7億之多


　Then China will need two-thirds of the world’s current grain harvest, twice the world’s current paper consumption, and more than the current global production of oil.

那麼中國會需要全球三分之二的農作物(五榖) 兩倍祇的消耗量 以及更多目前石油的生產量