Have you ever heard of World Oceans Day (WOD)?

你曾聽過世界海洋日（WOD）嗎？

The idea for WOD came from a meeting at the United Nations in 1992.

世界海洋日的想法源自 1992 年在聯合國的一場會議。

It's not a public holiday,

它並不是法定假日，

but people around the world now celebrate this special day on June 8 every year.

但現在全世界的人會在每年的 6 月 8 日慶祝這個特別的日子。

Oceans cover 70% of our planet.

海洋覆蓋地球的百分之七十。

They were once rich in fish and plants,

它們曾經一度富含魚類及植物，

but now they are in serious trouble.

但它們現在面臨嚴重的困境。

Garbage, oil spills, and overfishing

垃圾、石油溢出與過度捕撈

have made the number of ocean fish and plants much lower than before.

已經讓海洋中的魚類與植物數量比以前少了許多。

If we don't beat the clock and fix the problem, a lot of sea life will be gone soon.

如果我們不盡速解決這個問題，許多海洋生物將會消失無蹤。

To save the world's oceans, people celebrate WOD.

為了拯救世界上的海洋，人們慶祝世界海洋日。

On this special day,

在這個特別的日子，

they hold movie festivals to teach the public about the beauty of the oceans.

他們舉辦電影節來教導大眾有關海洋之美。

They also clean up the beaches in their areas.

他們也在自己的區域內淨灘。

By celebrating WOD,

藉由慶祝世界海洋日，

people not only learn a lot about oceans but also start to make them cleaner.

人們不僅學到很多關於海洋的事，也開始讓它們更乾淨。

After all, we only have one Earth, don't we?

畢竟，我們只有一個地球，不是嗎？