More than 134 countries across the world, including the UK, turned off their lights for an hour on Sunday. The event is in hopes of creating a sustainable future for the planet. Environmental charity World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has organized the Earth Hour event.

包括英国在内，世界上超过134个国家，在周日熄灯一小时。这个活动旨在为我们居住的星球创造一个可持续的未来。环保慈善组织世界自然基金会组织策划了地球一小时活动。

The event saw iconic buildings such as Big Ben, the BT Tower, Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Edinburgh Castle blacking out for an hour. The event took place at 8:30 p.m. Sunday around the world and it started in Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. The aim is to call on governments, organizations and individuals to take actions to tackle climate change.

大本钟、英国电信塔、白金汉宫、温莎古堡、爱丁堡城堡等世界标志性建筑都参与了这次熄灯一小时活动。该活动始于斐济、新西兰和澳大利亚，并在周日晚上8点半席卷全球，其目的在于呼吁政府、组织和个人行动起来应对气候变化。

At the Royal Albert Hall in London, television presenter Kirsty Gallacher led a team of 60 cyclists from the UK-World Wildlife Fund. They aimed to appeal for the public to pay attention to endangered species including dolphins and tigers. Colin Butfield, head of campaigns, WWF-UK, said: “Our event at the Royal Albert Hall, alongside the hundreds of thousands of events across the world, shows global support for the need to tackle climate change and protect the natural world. The challenge for our future well-being could not be greater. WWF's Earth Hour is about to create a message so powerful that governments and individuals cannot fail to take notice.”

在伦敦的皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅里，电视节目主持人Kirsty Gallacher带领来自世界自然基金会的60名自行车手组成的团队。他们旨在呼吁公众关注包括海豚和老虎在内的濒危物种。活动的领导人是来自世界自然基金会英国分会的Colin Butfield，他说：“我们在皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅的活动，以及世界各地的众多活动，都显示了全世界应对气候变化、保护自然的需求和支持。阻碍我们未来幸福的困难不会增加。世界自然基金会发起的“地球一小时”活动，必将发出一个强有力的信息，引发所有政府和个人的关注。

Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. The following year, Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. Four of the world's five tallest buildings turned off their lights with the tallest, the 828-metre Burg Khalifa in Dubai, switching off about half a million lights. Also darkening for the occasion were floodlights at natural wonders such as Niagara and Victoria Falls.

2007年，地球一小时在澳大利亚的悉尼发起，当时220万个人和超过2000家企业熄灯一小时以表明对抗气候变化的立场。第二年，“地球一小时”已经发展成为一个全球性的可持续运动，共有35个国家5000多万人参与。全世界最高的5幢建筑物有4幢熄灯，其中最高的是828米的迪拜哈利发塔，关闭了约50万盏灯。尼亚加拉大瀑布和维多利亚大瀑布等自然景观的投光灯也为这一活动熄灯一小时。