你不進取，再好的時代也與你無關(guān)！

 

At this moment you could be anywhere, doing anything. Instead you sit alone before a screen. So what's stopping us from doing what we want? Being where we want to be?

此刻，你本可以在任何地方做任何事，但你卻獨自坐在屏幕前。究竟是什么在阻礙我們做想做的事，到想去的地方?

Each day we wake up in the same room and follow the same path, to live the same day as yesterday. Yet at one time each day was a new adventure. Along the way something changed.

每天我們都在同樣的房間醒來，遵循同樣的生活軌跡，過著和昨天同樣的生活。曾幾何時每一天都是一場新的冒險。然而某種改變發(fā)生了。
 

screen /skri: n/ n. 屏，幕;屏風(fēng)

path /pα: θ/ n. 道路;小路

adventure /?d'vent??/ n. 冒險;冒險精神

We've become disconnected. Idolizing people we've never met.

人們的隔閡越來越深，以至于把從未見過的人當(dāng)做偶像。

We witness the extraordinary on screens but ordinary everywhere else.

我們見證著屏幕里的偉大事跡，卻在自己的生活中處處平凡。

We wait for someone to bring change without ever thinking of changing ourselves.

我們坐等別人改變世界，卻從未想過要改變自己。

Presidential elections might as well be a coin toss. It's two sides of the same coin.

總統(tǒng)選舉就像是拋硬幣，不管哪一面都是同一個硬幣。

We choose which face we want and the illusion of choice, of change is created.

我們選擇自己想要的一面，仿佛參與了某種改變和選擇。
 

disconnected /d?sk?'nekt?d/ adj. 分離的;不連貫的

idolize /?a?d??la?z/ v. 極端崇拜;把...當(dāng)偶像崇拜

witness /?w?tn?s/ v. 目擊;見證

extraordinary /?k?str?:dnr?/ adj. 非凡的;特別的

ordinary /'?: d?n(?)r?/ adj. 普通的;平凡的

presidential /,prez?'den??l/ adj. 總統(tǒng)的;首長的

election /?'lek?(?)n/ n. 選舉;當(dāng)選

choose /t?u: z/ v. 選擇，決定

illusion /?'l(j)u: ?(?)n/ n. 幻覺，錯覺

But the world remains the same.

但這個世界依舊一成不變。

We need leaders, not politicians.

我們需要的是領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者而非政治家。

But in this world of followers, we have forgotten to lead ourselves.

但在這個充斥著盲從者的世界里，我們忘記了要做自己的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。

Stop waiting for change and be the change you want to see.

別再等待改變的到來，去創(chuàng)造你想要看到的改變吧。

We didn't get to this point by sitting on our asses.

我們能擁有今天的一切并不是一路坐著看來的。

The human race survived not because we are fastest or the strongest, but because we worked together.

人類的幸存并不是因為我們最快、最強壯，而是因為我們懂得合作。

We have mastered the act of killing. Now let's master the joy of living.

我們已經(jīng)精通了殺戮的技巧，現(xiàn)在應(yīng)該學(xué)習(xí)生命的美妙。

This isn't about saving the planet. The planet will be here whether we are or not.

這不是為了拯救地球，因為不管我們拯救與否，地球依舊存在。
 

remain /r?'me?n/ v. 保持;依然

politician /p?l?'t??(?)n/ n. 政治家，政客

follower /'f?l???/ n. 追隨者;信徒

survive /s?'va?v/ v. 幸存;生還

master /'mα: st?/ v. 控制;征服

Earth has been around for billions of years, each of us will be lucky to last eighty.

地球已經(jīng)存在了幾十億年，我們每個人有幸才能活到80多年。

We are a flash in time, but our impact is forever.

我們只是時間長河中的一瞬閃光，但我們的影響確是永恒的。

I often wished I lived in an age before computers, when we didn't have screens to distract us.

我常希望自己生活在電腦之前的年代里，這樣我們才不會被屏幕里的信息分散注意力。

But I realize there's one reason why this is the only time I want to be alive.

然而我意識到，我想要活在當(dāng)下也有一個原因。

Because here today, we have an opportunity we never had before.

因為今天我們有著前所未有的機遇。

The internet gives us the power to share a message and unite millions around the world.

網(wǎng)絡(luò)給予了我們分享信息，聯(lián)合世界各地幾百萬人的力量。

While we still can we must use our screens to bring us closely together, rather than farther apart.

趁還來得及，我們必須用網(wǎng)絡(luò)來拉近我們之間的距離，而不是推得越來越遠。

For better or worse, our generation will determine the future of life on this planet.

無論好壞，我們這一代將決定這個星球的未來。
 

flash /flæ?/ n. 閃光;一瞬間

impact /'?mpækt/ n. 影響;效果

distract /d?'strækt/ v. 轉(zhuǎn)移;分心

opportunity /??p??tju:n?t?/ n. 時機，機會

generation /d?en?'re??(?)n/ n. 一代;一代人

determine /d?'t?: m?n/ v. 決定，確定

We can either continue to serve this system of destruction until no memory of our existence remains.

我們要么繼續(xù)服務(wù)于這個自我毀滅的系統(tǒng)直到我們存在過的記憶消失殆盡。

Or we can wake up. Realize we aren't evolving upwards, but rather falling down...we just have screens in our faces so we don't see where we're heading.

要么覺醒，意識到自己并不是在向前進而是在不斷衰敗。我們把電子屏幕擺在面前，所以看不到前路。

This present moment is what every step, every breath and every death has led to.

過去的每一個腳步，每一次呼吸，每一次死亡將世界帶領(lǐng)到了當(dāng)下。
 

continue /k?n't?nju: / v. 繼續(xù)，延續(xù)

destruction /d?'str?k?(?)n/ n. 破壞，毀滅

memory /'mem(?)r?/ n. 記憶，記憶力

existence /?g'z?st(?)ns/ n. 存在，實在;生存

upwards /'?pw?dz/ adv. 向上;在上部

We are the faces of all who came before us. And now it is our turn.

所有的前人決定了我們今天的面貌?，F(xiàn)在輪到了我們。

You can choose to carve your own path or follow the road countless others have already taken.

你可以選擇開辟自己的道路，或是繼續(xù)無數(shù)前人走過的道路。

Life is not a movie. The script isn't already written. We are the writers.

生活不是電影，劇本還未完成。我們就是編劇。

This is your story, their story, our story.

這是你的故事，他們的故事，我們的故事。
 

carve /kα: v/ v. 切開;開創(chuàng)

countless /'ka?ntl?s/ adj. 無數(shù)的;數(shù)不盡的