活力绿

Kermit the Frog， a popular puppet character from US kids show Sesame Street， is probably most well-known for saying， “Its not easy being green.” Well， our famous frog friend wont have to worry much longer！ It seems that the color green is coming back in style.

This new trend in seeing the color green as fashionable shouldnt come as a surprise， though. The popularity of the color has actually been growing for a while now. In 2017， Pantone named Greenery its color of the year as a symbol of new beginnings. Also， with an increased focus on the environment， designers and fashion brands are trying to make their clothes more eco-friendly and sustainable.

Green is a strong fashion trend for 2020 and it seems like it is here to stay. According to the famous Dutch trend forecaster， Li Edelkoort， green will be a major color of the decade. She believes the new “Green Wave” is linked to a hunger for nature. “The need for green is so powerful that it will turn around fashion and design without any doubt… it is impossible to ignore，” Edelkoort writes on her company website describing the new trend.

There is much more to green than it being just a color. Edelkoort continues， “But maybe the most important thing about green is its capacity to bring joy.” Maybe its easier to be green than Kermit originally thought.

美國儿童节目《芝麻街》中的明星木偶角色科米蛙最出名的或许要数这句话：“当只绿青蛙可不是一件容易的事。”不过，我们这位著名的青蛙朋友如今无需太过担心了！绿色似乎要再次掀起一股时尚风潮。

但将绿色视作时尚的这股新潮流并不出人意料。绿色已经流行了相当一段时间。2017年，潘通将象征着新开始的草木绿定为年度流行色。与此同时，日益关注环境的设计师与时尚品牌也试图令服饰更加环保且可持续。

绿色是一股强劲的时尚潮流，而这股潮流似乎还会持续下去。在荷兰著名潮流预测专家里·爱德科特看来，绿色将会是近十年的主流色。她认为这股全新的“绿色潮流”与人们对自然的渴望息息相关。“人们对于绿色的需要如此迫切，毫无疑问这会颠覆时尚与设计界……令人无法忽视。”爱德科特在其公司官网上如此形容这一新趋势。

绿色绝不仅仅只是一种颜色而已。爱德科特继续说道：“但绿色最重要之处或许在于它能带来喜悦。”或许，穿绿色比科米蛙原本想的要容易。

Word Study

sustainable /s?'ste?n?bl/ adj. 可持续的

The creation of a sustainable transport system is extremely important.

capacity /k?'p?s?ti/ n. 能力

Our capacity for giving care， love， and attention is limited.