欧美人文风情第328篇:不愿面对的真相

 It's supposed to be 70 degrees today; it's freezing here. Speaking of global warming, where is—we need some global warming! It's freezing! 今天应该要有华氏 70 度；可是这里好冷。讲到全球暖化，哪里啊－－我们需要一点暖化!有够冷的!

From the creators of the Academy Award-winning An Inconvenient¹ Truth 奥斯卡得奖电影《不愿面对的真相》团队打造

The most criticized scene in the movie An Inconvenient Truth was showing that 电影《不愿面对的真相》里最受争议的一幕，

the combination of sea level rise and storm surge would flood the 9/11 Memorial site, and people said, "What a terrible exaggeration." 就是拍摄出海平面上升和暴潮将淹没 911 纪念遗址，人们说：「这太危言耸听了吧。」

Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York City last night, flooding the World Trade Center site. 飓风珊迪昨晚重挫纽约市，大水淹没世贸中心遗址。

Storms get stronger and more destructive. Watch the water splash off the city. This is global warming. 暴风雨的威力更强大，变得更具毁灭性。看这大雨冲毁城市。这就是全球暖化。

I felt so scared, so I hid. 我好害怕，所以我就躲起来。

Despair can be paralyzing, but this, to me, is the most exciting new development. 绝望可能让人手足无措，但这对我来说是最振奋人心的新进展。

We're seeing a tremendous amount of positive change. The basis is there, but it's still not enough. 我们正看到许多正向的改变。基础已经打好了，但还是不够。

It's crunch² time at the climate change conference in Paris... 现在是巴黎气候变迁大会决定性的一刻...

...feel some really tough negotiations³ going on. ...可以感受到正在进行一些艰难的协商。

What would it take to shift to renewables? I'm talking about breaking the impasse⁴. 改用可再生能源的代价是什么？我说的是打破僵局。

Virtually every nation in the entire world agreed to get to zero greenhouse emissions⁵. It is unprecedented⁶. 几乎全世界所有国家都同意要达到温室气体零排放。这是前所未见的局面。

It's time to put America first. That includes a promise to cancel billions in climate change spending. Our plan will end the EPA. 是时候把美国放在第一位了。那包含一个承诺，砍掉好几十亿花在气候变迁上的经费。我们的计划将会终结美国环保局。

The next generation would be justified⁷ in looking back at us and asking, 我们的下一代将有理由回头看着我们并问：

"What were you thinking? Couldn't you hear what the scientists were saying? Couldn't you hear what Mother Nature was screaming at you?" 「你们到底在想什么？难道你们没听见科学家说的吗？难道你们听不见大自然在耳边的怒吼吗？」

This movement is in the tradition of every great movement that has advanced humankind. 这一个行动和史上每个让人类更进步的伟大行动一样。

We're not going to recognize it. We don't want to discuss it. 我们不会承认这现象是真的。我们不想多作讨论。

It is right to save humanity. It is wrong to pollute this earth. It is right to give hope to the future generation. 拯救人类是对的。污染地球是错误的。留给后代希望是正确的事。

Don't let anybody tell you that we're gonna get on rocket ships and live on Mars. This is our home. 不要听信任何人说我们会坐上火箭然后住到火星上。这是我们的家。

 

1 inconvenient   

adj.不方便的，令人感到麻烦的

参考例句：

• You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
• Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？

2 crunch   

n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声

参考例句：

• If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
• People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。

3 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

4 impasse   

n.僵局；死路

参考例句：

• The government had reached an impasse.政府陷入绝境。
• Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse.谈判似乎已经陷入僵局。

5 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

6 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

7 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。