公众人物毕业演讲第162期:比尔·奈马萨诸塞大学2014(9)(在线收听

   But even harder than the technological troubles are the political ones as preposterous as it might sound to many of us

  但在技术难题之外 更复杂的是政治难题也许看起来有点荒谬
  there are great many people claim that climate change is a hoax
  很多人都声称气候变化只是个骗局
  perpetrated by an international conspiracy of scientists and government officials
  是科学家和政府官员编造的国际阴谋
  Oh but it were that simple
  有这么简单吗
  If there were a conspiracy our path forward would be easy
  如果确实是阴谋我们前进的道路就简单了
  None of us would be responsible for climate change
  没人需要对气候变化负责
  It would be those bad guys. All we'd have to do is expose them and everything would be fine but my friends, there is no such thing
  需要负责的是坏人 我们只需要曝光坏人就行了一切都会很好但是朋友们 根本不是这样的
  Have you ever tried to get along with a bunch of scientists?
  你们能同一堆科学家相处得好吗
  They're at each other's throats and they're happy about it
  他们吵得不可开交 而且乐此不疲
  Climate change is happening because we are all using the atmosphere for chemical energy and as ways to dump our airborne carbon
  气候变化正在发生因为我们都在使用大气提供化学能并往空气中排出碳
  It's a much more complicated problem than any that could be caused by a misguided conspirator
  这个问题太过复杂根本就不是一个阴谋者能够想出来的
  Conspiracy theories are for lazy people people that don't want to get down to business at hand
  阴谋论只适用于懒人只适用于不想严肃考虑问题的人
  So everybody, please dismiss those ideas at once
  我请所有人立刻摒弃阴谋论观点
  The US cannot wait for the others we have to overcome the notion that
  美国不能等别人我们不能总想着
  since other large carbon dioxide emitters like China, Russia and India
  其它二氧化碳排放大国 例如中国 俄罗斯 印度
  have not come around to the idea of reducing emissions
  都没有考虑减排
  then the United States and the class of 2014 shouldn't either
  那么美国和2014届毕业生也不应该考虑减排
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