名校勵志英語演講 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)的某個時候就會出現(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. 某些島國就會被大水淹沒，某些國家的經(jīng)濟(jì)社會結(jié)構(gòu)就會遭到破壞。 [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)驗告訴我們美國人，在促使經(jīng)濟(jì)成長的同時保護(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, 我國副總統(tǒng)戈爾已同中國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，在中國引入美國的清潔能源技術(shù)， [01:00.58]to help improve air quality and grow the Chinese economy at the same time. 在促進(jìn)中國經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的同時提高中國的空氣質(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. 這對你們、對美國人民和世界的未來都是一個巨大的挑戰(zhàn)。 [01:22.27]And it must be addressed at the university level, because political leaders will never be willing to 這個問題必須在大學(xué)里提出，因為如果政治領(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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