世界各地熄灯响应"地球一小时"

        Some 4,000 cities in more than 120 countries - starting with the remote Chatham Islands off the coast of New Zealand - voluntarily switched off Saturday to reduce energy consumption, though traffic lights and other safety features were unaffected, organizers said.

　　据“地球一小时”活动组织者介绍，从新西兰海岸遥远的查塔姆岛开始，全球120多个国家的约4000个城市自愿参与了上周六的活动，以减少能源消耗，但交通信号灯和其它安全装置未受影响。

　　"We have everyone from Casablanca to the safari camps of Namibia and Tanzania taking part," said Greg Bourne, CEO of WWF in Australia, which started Earth Hour in 2007 in Sydney before it spread to every continent.

　　世界自然基金会澳大利亚分会的首席执行官格雷格?伯恩说：“从卡萨布兰卡到纳米比亚和坦桑尼亚的旅行露营地，每个人都参与到我们的活动中来。”“地球一小时”活动于2007年在悉尼首次发起，之后发展为一项全球性的活动。

　　"It's saying to our politicians - you can't give up on climate change," said WWF spokeswoman Debbie Chapman in the UK.

　　世界自然基金会英国分会的女发言人黛比?查普曼说：“这是在向政治家们发出呼吁：你们不能放弃对抑制气候变化的努力。”