エッセイを書くための英語表現集、地球環境を守るために私たちが出来ること編です。
電気を付けっぱなしにしない
Not leave the lights on when not needed
エアコンより扇風機を使う
Use the ventilator rather than the air-conditioner
ゴミは分別して捨てる
Separate the garbage before disposing it
1人1人が少し節電すれば、大きな効果を上げる
We can obtain great results if each and everyone saves energy a little
ゴミを増やさない
Not create more disposal waste
節電・節約
Save power / save money
エネルギーを使わないようにする
Try not to use energy
無駄遣いをしない
Not waste energy
ゴミの増加防止
Prevent the production of waste
ご飯を全部食べる
Eat all our food
ポイ捨てはしない
Not litter
車を使わないでバスを使う
Not use the car but rather use the bus
季節がなくなる
There will be no seasons any more
意識改革が必要
Need to raise the awareness of people
エアコンを使わないように、うちわを使って涼む
Avoid using the air-conditioner and use uchiwa (round fan) instead to cool off
ペットボトルや紙パックを無駄に使わないよう、水筒を持って行く
Bring our own canteen / water bottle to avoid using too many plastic bottles or paper containers
スーパーにはエコバッグを持っていく
Bring our own eco-bag / reusable shopping bag to supermarkets
電気をこまめに消す
Switch the lights off frequently when not needed
お店でレジ袋をもらわない
Not get any disposable plastic bags from the stores
すぐに買い替えない
Not buy things to replace with new ones too easily
人のいない部屋は電気をつけない
Not switch the light on when nobody is in the room
このままでは気温がどんどんと上がり、生物が環境に適応できずに死ぬ
If nothing is done, the temperature will keep rising, and life forms will die, unable to adapt to the environment
ゴミ拾いボランティアなどに参加
Participate to volunteer activities like picking up litter / trash
服でできる限りの温度調整をする
Adjust our temperature with clothes as much as possible
エアコンの使用を最小限にする
Keep the use of the air-conditioner to the minimum
手洗い、歯磨きのとき、こまめに蛇口を閉める
Turn off the water faucet frequently when washing our hands, brushing our teeth whenever water is not used
自分ができることを積み重ねる
Accumulate what we can do
3Rを意識する
Keep the 3 Rs in mind
人間という生物がいる限り、環境破壊は続く。人間が進化して、考え方が変わらなければ
As long as there will be humans, the environment will continue to be destroyed. We, humans, need to evolve, and change our minds.
ガソリン車をできるだけ減らす
Reduce the use of gasoline cars as much as possible
家でも太陽光発電ができるようにする
Make it possible to use solar power generators at home
化学洗剤を川などに流さない
Not pour chemical cleaning agents in the nature like in rivers
生態系が崩れる
Our ecosystem will be devastated
使わないコンセントは抜く
Pull out unused plugs
このままでは災害がもっと増える
There will be even more disasters if we do not take action
資源を使う発電に頼らない
Not depend on power generators that use resources
省エネを心がける
Always keep energy-saving in mind
欲張らずに、分け与える
Not be greedy or want more but share and give to others
他人事だと思わない
Not consider it as others’ problem, we are all concerned
小さなことでも、こまめに皆がやれば大きな効果になる
Even small things can produce great results if we do them frequently altogether
山を開拓し過ぎない(緑・木を減らさないために)
Not develop mountains too much (to avoid reducing greenery / trees)
木を伐採し過ぎない
Not deforest too much
風力発電や太陽光発電を主に使う
Mainly use wind or solar power generators
二酸化炭素を減らす
Reduce the production of carbon dioxide
食べ物を安易に捨てない
Not through food away too easily
できるだけ使えるものは最後まで使う
Use up everything that can be used until the end as much as possible
ゴミを道端に捨てない
Not through garbage on the street
ゴミを最小限に抑える
Keep garbage to the minimum
歩いていけるところならバスを使う
Use the bus to places where we can walk to
水の使用を必要最低限にする
Use water not more than necessary
安心して生活できなくなる
We won’t be able to live with peace of mind anymore
絶滅危惧種の動物たちが本当に絶滅してしまう
Animal species with the risk of extinction will really be extinct
セヴァン・スズキは12歳で地球全体のことを考えていてすばらしい
Severn Suzuki is wonderful, she started thinking about the entire Earth at 12
私たちは何と愚かな生き物か
How foolish creatures we are
私たちは、住む場所を減らしてまでも、快適な生活を求めている
We always want a comfortable life, even if we have less space to live
そろそろ私たちは欲求を抑えるべきである
Now is the time when we should limit our desires
どのような方法でも、地球を守るべきだ
We should protect the Earth at all costs (We should do anything to protect the Earth)
それはきれいごとに聞こえる
It sounds like a naive thinking
今まで食べれていたものが食べられなくなる
We won’t be able to eat what we are used to eat anymore
自然資源を取りすぎない
Not use too much of our natural resources
ビニール袋、割りばし、ペットボトルをなるべく買わない、使わない
Not purchase, not use plastic bags, disposable chopsticks, plastic bottles as much as possible
エアコンの温度を気にしないで使っている
Using the air-conditioner without paying attention to its temperature
ストーブをつけっぱなしにするのは、石油の無駄遣い
Leaving the oil heater on is a waste of oil
身近なところから節約を始める
Start saving with easy things around us
心がければ誰もができることだから、少しずつ頑張っていきたい
Anybody can do it with a little attention, so I wish to make little efforts every day
飢餓で苦しむ人がたくさんいる
Many people are starving to death
格差がある
There are inequalities
みんなが暮らしやすく、平等な世界を作るべきだ
We should create a fair world, to make it easier to live for everybody
島が海に沈んでしまう
Birds will sink into the sea
ゴミを捨てなければ、CO2は増えない
CO2 will not increase if we don’t throw garbage away
いろいろな場所でいろいろな影響が出る
There will be various impacts in various places
水を出しっぱなしにしない
Not leave the water running
食べ残しを極力なくす
Reduce leftovers as much as possible
密猟をやめる
Stop poaching (Stop illegal hunting)
動植物が減り、生態系が崩れる
There will be less animals and plants, and the ecosystem will be devastated
生物の体に影響が出ない物を使う
Use things that don’t impact on creatures’ body
どんな時も、自分の行動が環境に悪影響を与えていないか省みる
Always think back on our actions and ask ourselves whether or not they had a negative impact on the environment
地球に住めなくなる前提で火星移住の話とか出ているが、その辺どうなのだろうか?
Some projects are on going for moving to Mars based on the idea that Earth will become uninhabitable, what should we think about that?
僕はまだ地球に居たい!
I want to still live on Earth!
自分たちの子供が大変な思いをする
Our children will go through a great deal of trouble (Our children will go through a difficult time) (Our children will be in trouble in the future)
今自分たちにできることは、誰か1人が壟断するのではなく、貧しい人々に食べ物や服を分け与えることだ
What we can do, is to share and give food and clothes to poor people, rather than monopolizing all the profit
戦争をすれば、失う物の方が大きい
There is more to lose than win in war
動物の種類・数が減る
There will be less species, less animals
富を独占する
Keep wealth to ourselves
上に立つ人が変えなければならない
People at the top should change things
核実験への反対運動をする
Manifest against nuclear tests
海に入る時は日焼け止めを塗らない
Not using sun screen when going into the sea
エネルギーが無くなる
There will be no energy anymore
物を使う終わるまで使う(使い切る)
Use up things until the end
私たちは今、不自由のない生活を送っている
Right now, we are well provided for (Right now, we have a convenient life)
極端に暑い日、寒い日以外はエアコンを使わない
Not use the air-conditioner except on very hot, very cold days
私たちの小さな意識で地球環境は大きく変わる
Just a little awareness can greatly change the environment of the Earth
考えただけや、口だけでは何も変わらない
Just thinking or saying does not change anything (we need actions to change something)
完璧でなくてもよい。少しずつでも実践しなければ何も変わらない
No need to be perfect. We need to execute what we say even just a little otherwise nothing will change (We just need to do just a little to make things change).
火力や原子力以外の、太陽光、波力、風力、水力発電を利用する
Generate and use sources of power other than thermal and nuclear sources, like sun light, waves, wind and water.