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Scientific theories are not to be taken lightly
科學理論並不會輕易的被採用
extensive 多方面的
evidence 證明、證據
particular 特殊的
relate 有關聯的

In an overwhelming body of observations and measurement supports a scientific hypothesis, it becomes a scientific theory. Scientific theories are not to be taken lightly. They have been tested widely, are supported by extensive evidence, and are accepted by most scientists in a particular field or relate fields of study.

在觀察和測量一個壓倒性的物體支持著一個科學假論，它變成一個科學理論，科學理論並不會輕易的被採用。他們廣泛的被測試，被支持藉由多方面的證明和被接受藉由多數科學家在一個特殊的地方或著是有關聯的地方研究。

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environmental worldviews(環境世界觀)
assumptions(假定)
values(價值觀)
environmental ethics(環境倫理觀)
involves(牽涉)
ethical questions (道德問題)

Differing views about the seriousness of our environmental problems and what we should do about them arise mostly out of differing environmental worldviews. Your environmental worldview is a set of assumptions and values reflecting how you think the world works and what you think your role in the world should be. This involves environmental ethics, which are our beliefs about what is right and wrong with how we treat the environment. Here are some important ethical questions relating to the environment.

關於我們嚴重的環境問題的不同意見和關於他們大多不同的環境世界觀我們應該怎麼做。你的環境世界觀是一套假定和價值觀反射你認為如何為這世界工作和你認為你在世界的角色應該做什麼。這個牽涉到環境倫理觀，是一個信仰關於什麼是對和錯伴隨我們如何對待環境。這一些道德重要問題與我們環境息息相關。

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From a human standpoint, a resource is anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants. Conservation is the management of natural resources with the goal of minimizing resource waste and sustaining supplies for current and future generations.

從一個人的立場來看，資源是從環境中獲得來滿足我們的需求和慾望，維持管理現在的資源 以最小化資源浪費及維持供給必需品是當前和未來的世代目標。