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随着环境保护意识的传播，“低碳（low-carbon）”这个词变得非常流行。在许多领域都出现了这个词，如低碳产品，低碳消费，低碳旅游等。“低碳生活”是一种新型生活方式，旨在尽量减少生活中的二氧化碳(carbon dioxide emisson)排放。例如 ，一些上班族不再以开私家车通勤自豪，而是以骑车或乘坐公共交通工具而骄傲。此外，他们提倡水的循环利用，并尽可能节约能源。

翻译及详解

参考翻译

As the consciousness of environmental protection spreads, the word “low- carbon” has been very popular. It can be found in many aspects, such as low-carbon products, low-carbon consumption, low-carbon travel and so on. “Low-carbon life” is a new pattern of lifestyle, aiming to lower the carbon dioxide emission in living as much as possible.For example, some office commuters are not proud of driving private cars any more but pride themselves on cycling or taking public transportation.In addition, they advocate recycling water and saving energy as much as they can.

翻译讲解

1.低碳:可用low-carbon表达。如:low-carbon tourism低碳旅游；low-carbon transportation低碳交通;low-carbon holiday低碳假期；low-carbon seal低碳标识。
2.新型生活方式:可翻译为new pattern of lifestyle。