名校勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 第115期:21世紀(jì)的挑戰(zhàn)(9)

[00:00.32]If the nations of the world do not reduce the gases which are causing global warming, 如果世界各國(guó)不減少排放造成全球性升溫的氣體， [00:07.37]sometime in the next century there is a serious risk of dramatic changes in climate which will change the way we live and the way we work, 下世紀(jì)的某個(gè)時(shí)候就會(huì)出現(xiàn)氣候急劇變化的嚴(yán)重威脅，這將改變我們的生活和工作方式， [00:19.10]which could literally bury some island nations under mountains of water and undermine the economic and social fabric of nations. 某些島國(guó)就會(huì)被大水淹沒(méi)，某些國(guó)家的經(jīng)濟(jì)社會(huì)結(jié)構(gòu)就會(huì)遭到破壞。 [00:29.02]We must work together. We Americans know from our own experience that it is possible to grow an economy while improving the environment. 我們必須大力合作。經(jīng)驗(yàn)告訴我們美國(guó)人，在促使經(jīng)濟(jì)成長(zhǎng)的同時(shí)保護(hù)環(huán)境是有可能的。 [00:41.55]We must do that together for ourselves and for the world. 為了我們自己也為了世界，我們必須做到這一點(diǎn)。 [00:47.33]Building on the work that our Vice President, Al Gore, has done previously with the Chinese government, 我國(guó)副總統(tǒng)戈?duì)栆淹袊?guó)政府合作開展了不少工作。 [00:54.07]President Jiang and I are working together on ways to bring American clean energy technology 在此基礎(chǔ)上，我和江主席正在一起探討方法，在中國(guó)引入美國(guó)的清潔能源技術(shù)， [01:00.58]to help improve air quality and grow the Chinese economy at the same time. 在促進(jìn)中國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的同時(shí)提高中國(guó)的空氣質(zhì)量。 [01:07.11]But I will say this again—this is not on my remarks—your generation must do more about this. 但我還要重申—這話不在我的講稿上—在這一點(diǎn)上你們這一代還要有更多的作為。 [01:14.39]This is a huge challenge for you, for the American people and for the future of the world. 這對(duì)你們、對(duì)美國(guó)人民和世界的未來(lái)都是一個(gè)巨大的挑戰(zhàn)。 [01:22.27]And it must be addressed at the university level, because political leaders will never be willing to 這個(gè)問(wèn)題必須在大學(xué)里提出，因?yàn)槿绻晤I(lǐng)導(dǎo)人認(rèn)為采取環(huán)保措施 [01:29.46]adopt environmental measures if they believe it will lead to large-scale unemployment or more poverty. 會(huì)導(dǎo)致大規(guī)模的失業(yè)或嚴(yán)重的貧困，他們就不愿意這樣做。

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