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不同于政治宣言：数据表明气候变化正在可视地进行，正如Vicki Arroyo 所言，现在就是为我们的家园和城市做好准备对应气候变化的时刻了，正是因为不断增加的洪暴几率，干旱无常。她所发表的激情洋溢的演讲同时阐述了全世界的大胆工程- - -当地应对气候变化的例子和当地所做到的前卫的思考。
vt. 影响，作用，感动
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- This is the skyline of my hometown, New Orleans.
- 这是我家乡新奥尔兰的天际线，
- It was a great place to grow up,
- 这是一个适合长大的地方。
- but it's one of the most vulnerable spots in the world.
- 但这也是这世上最脆弱的地方之一，
- Half the city is already below sea level.
- 一半的城市都已经低于海平面了。
- In 2005, the world watched as New Orleans and the Gulf Coast were devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
- 在2005年，全世界目睹了，新奥尔兰和墨西哥湾岸区被凯瑟琳台风所摧毁，
- One thousand, eight hundred and thirty-six people died. Nearly 300,000 homes were lost.
- 一千八百三十四人不幸丧命，近三十万人流离失所。
- These are my mother's, at the top -- although that's not her car,
- 在那上面，是我妈妈的屋子－尽管那不是她的车
- it was carried there by floodwaters up to the roof -- and that's my sister's, below.
- 那是被洪水带到上面的。而下面的，则是我姐姐的
- Fortunately, they and other family members got out in time,
- 万幸的是，她们和其他家庭成员都及时逃生了
- but they lost their homes, and as you can see, just about everything in them.
- 但是正如您所见，她们失去了自己的家园和里面几乎一切
- Other parts of the world have been hit by storms in even more devastating ways.
- 这个世界其余地方也遭遇暴风雨，甚至是以一种更毁灭性的方式。
- In 2008, Cyclone Nargis and its aftermath killed 138,000 in Myanmar.
- 在2008年，飓风纳尔吉斯及其余波使138,000缅甸人遇害。
- Climate change is affecting our homes, our communities, our way of life.
- 气候变化正在影响着我们的家园及社区和我们的生活方式。
- We should be preparing at every scale and at every opportunity.
- 我们需要准备好面对任何规模，任何机会。
- This talk is about being prepared for, and resilient to
- 这个话题使关于准备好，能时刻适应
- the changes that are coming and that will affect our homes and our collective home, the Earth.
- 即将来临的变化和其将为我们的家和我们共同的家园：地球所带来的影响。
- The changes in these times won't affect us all equally.
- 我们将面临的改变不会对每个人造成一样的影响。
- There are important distributional consequences, and they're not what you always might think.
- 这里有很多重大的次生结果，并且可能与你一直所想的大相径庭。
- In New Orleans, the elderly and female-headed households were among the most vulnerable.
- 在新奥尔兰，老年人和需要支撑起整个家庭的主妇们是最脆弱的。
- For those in vulnerable, low-lying nations,
- 对于那些脆弱，无依无靠的人，
- how do you put a dollar value on losing your country where you ancestors are buried?
- 你怎能等同一美元和失去你的国家和你祖先所埋葬的地方？
- And where will your people go?
- 而且你又能去哪儿呢？
- And how will they cope in a foreign land?
- 再之他们又怎么适应新的地方？
- Will there be tensions over immigration, or conflicts over competition for limited resources?
- 他们是否会因为移民而焦虑，又或为了争夺匮乏的资源而争吵？
- It's already fueled conflicts in Chad and Darfur.
- 这已曾在乍得共和国和苏尔富尔引起过冲突
- Like it or not, ready or not, this is our future.
- 喜欢或不喜欢，准备好了或是没有，这，就是我们的未来。
- Sure, some are looking for opportunities in this new world.
- 是的，有人在寻找新世界的机遇。
- That's the Russians planting a flag on the ocean bottom
- 那是俄罗斯在海底插上他们的国旗
- to stake a claim for minerals under the receding Arctic sea ice.
- 去申明矿物所有权，在北极渐渐退去的冰底中
- But while there might be some short-term individual winners,
- 但是当这可能会有一些短期获利的同时
- our collective losses will far outweigh them.
- 我们累计起的损失会远远超过这些。
- Look no further than the insurance industry as they struggle
- 不要舍近求远，就像保险行业挣扎着
- to cope with mounting catastrophic losses from extreme weather events.
- 去赔偿灾难的损失，来源于恶劣的天气环境。
- The military gets it.
- 军队懂得了，
- They call climate change a threat multiplier that could harm stability and security,
- 他们把气候改变称为一个威胁倍增器，它们可以威胁稳定和安全，
- while governments around the world are evaluating how to respond.
- 正当全世界的政府正在评估如何去回应的时候。
- So what can we do? How can we prepare and adapt?
- 所以，我们能做什么？我们如何准备并去适应？
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| 重点单词 | 查看全部解释 | |||
| affect | [ə'fekt] | 联想记忆 | ||
| devastated | ['devəsteitid] | |||
| threat | [θret] | |||
| stability | [stə'biliti] | 联想记忆 | ||
| cyclone | ['saikləun] | 联想记忆 | ||
| devastating | ['devəsteitiŋ] | |||
| collective | [kə'lektiv] | 联想记忆 | ||
| claim | [kleim] | |||
| flag | [flæg] | 联想记忆 | ||
| resilient | [ri'ziliənt] |
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