There's a lot going wrong in the world
世间不如意事 十之八九。
"yeah I'm not a good guy"
“没错,我本来就不是什么好人。”
"And when you're a star they let you do it."
“你要是明星,他们就允许你这么做”
"rained down bullets" "brutal civil war"
“满天都是炸弹”“残酷的内战”
"North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States."
“朝鲜最好不要威胁到美国。”
But when you zoom out in a lot of big ways the world is getting better.
然而,当你把视野放大,你会发现这个世界正在变得越来越好。
People are living longer than ever.
人们的寿命延长了。
Global poverty is plummeting.
全球贫困的趋势也在缩减。
So many fewer people are going hungry.
忍饥挨饿的人越来越少。
And deaths from the scourge of malaria are dropping.
死于疟疾的人数也在减少。
Children are doing better too, child mortality is dropping around the world.
未成年人的境遇也在改善,世界各地未成年人夭折的现象越来越少
And so is child labor.
童工也越来越少了。
Deaths from war are over all headed downward
战争死亡人数下降的趋势最为明显,
and recent decades have been historically less violent.
最近几十年尤为突出。
And though humanity faces a crisis with climate change, there is some good news.
尽管人类面临着气候变化的危机,还是有一些好消息。
More and more countries are signing on to global agreements to fight climate change
越来越多的国家签署了《巴黎气候和谈》
and coal production peaked in 2013 – it's now falling.
煤的产量也在2013年达到了最大值——现在正在逐年减少。
So today let's hope the world keeps getting better and be grateful that it has been.
所以,让我们一起期待世界越来越好,并对此前的进步怀抱感激之情。
Couple more things to give thanks for my parents,
还有几个我需要感谢的,我要感谢我的父母
to our world and data where so much of this data comes from
感谢我们的世界,感谢本视频的资料来源,
and to all of you for watching. Thank you.
还要感谢观看本期视频的你,谢谢大家。