The event’s popularity is not hard to fathom. Who but the most die-hard global-warming denier could resist the notion, as Earth Hour’s American website phrased it this year, that merely “by flipping off your lights on March 27 at 8:30 p.m. local time you will be making the switch to a cleaner, more secure nation”?
这个活动那么受欢迎，不难理解。看看美国官网今年的宣传语：“当地时间3月27日晚8:30，只要你随手关灯，就是在帮助这个国家走向更清洁、更安全的未来。”除了那些死硬的全球变暖否定论者而外，谁能抵御这种想法的诱惑呢？