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If you're here today -- and I'm very happy that you are -- you've all heard about how sustainable development will save us from ourselves. [00:13]
sustainable development:可持续发展;
However, when we're not at TED, we are often told that a real sustainability policy agenda is just not feasible , especially in large urban areas like New York City. [00:20]
sustainability:n.持续性;永续性;能维持性; policy:n.政策,方针;保险单; agenda:n.议事日程; feasible:adj.可行的;可能的;可实行的; especially:adv.尤其;特别;格外;十分; urban:adj.城市的;都市的;城镇的;都市音乐的;
And that's because most people with decision-making powers, in both the public and the private sector , really don't feel as though they're in danger. [00:31]
decision-making:n.决策; private sector:n.(国家经济的)私营部分;
The reason why I'm here today, in part, is because of a dog -- an abandoned puppy I found back in the rain, back in 1998. [00:39]
abandoned:adj.被抛弃的放纵的;v.抛弃;丢弃,离开;放弃;(abandon的过去分词和过去式) puppy:n.小狗;幼犬;傲慢小子;自负无礼的青年
She turned out to be a much bigger dog than I'd anticipated . [00:46]
anticipated:adj.预期的; v.预期; (anticipate的过去式和过去分词)
When she came into my life, we were fighting against a huge waste facility planned for the East River waterfront despite the fact that our small part of New York City [00:50]
facility:n.设施;设备;特别装置;特色;场所;天资; waterfront:n.滩,海滨;水边;adj.滨水区的; despite:prep.尽管,不管;n.轻视;憎恨;侮辱;
already handled more than 40 percent of the entire city's commercial waste: a sewage treatment pelletizing plant, a sewage sludge plant, four power plants, the world's largest food-distribution center, [00:59]
commercial:adj.贸易的;商业的;赢利的;以获利为目的的;n.(电台或电视播放的)广告; sewage:n.污水;下水道;污物; treatment:n.治疗;疗法;对待;处理;讨论; sludge:n.烂泥;泥泞;泥状雪;沉淀物;(海上)小浮冰;
as well as other industries that bring more than 60,000 diesel truck trips to the area each week. [01:11]
as well as:也;和…一样;不但…而且; diesel:n.柴油机;柴油;柴油车;内燃机车
The area also has one of the lowest ratios of parks to people in the city. [01:17]
ratios:n.比率(ratio的复数); v.以比率表示;
So when I was contacted by the Parks Department about a $10,000 seed-grant initiative to help develop waterfront projects, [01:21]
contacted:v.联系,联络(如用电话或信件)(contact的过去分词和过去式) initiative:n.倡议;主动性;积极性;主动权;adj.起始的;
I thought they were really well-meaning , but a bit naive . [01:27]
well-meaning:adj.善意的;好心的; naive:adj.天真的,幼稚的;
I'd lived in this area all my life, and you could not get to the river, because of all the lovely facilities that I mentioned earlier. [01:30]
facilities:n.设施;设备;特别装置;特色;场所;(facility的复数)
Then, while jogging with my dog one morning, she pulled me into what I thought was just another illegal dump . [01:37]
jogging:n.慢跑锻炼;v.慢跑(尤指锻炼);(偶然地)轻击;轻碰;(jog的现在分词) illegal:adj.不合法的;非法的;n.非法移民;非法劳工; dump:v.倾倒;抛售;抛弃;转存;n.垃圾场;转储;转存;废物堆;
There were weeds and piles of garbage and other stuff that I won't mention here, but she kept dragging me, and lo and behold , at the end of that lot was the river. [01:43]
weeds:n.野草(weed的复数形式); v.清除(weed的第三人称单数形式); piles:n.痔疮;痔; garbage:n.垃圾;废物; stuff:n.东西:物品:基本特征:v.填满:装满:标本: behold:v.看;注视;把...视为;int.瞧;看呀;
I knew that this forgotten little street-end, abandoned like the dog that brought me there, was worth saving. [01:51]
And I knew it would grow to become the proud beginnings of the community-led revitalization of the new South Bronx . [01:56]
revitalization:n.复兴;复苏;新生; Bronx:n.布朗克斯(纽约市最北端的一区);布朗克斯鸡尾酒;
And just like my new dog, it was an idea that got bigger than I'd imagined. [02:02]
We garnered much support along the way, and the Hunts Point Riverside Park became the first waterfront park that the South Bronx had had in more than 60 years. [02:06]
garnered:v.获得,得到,收集(信息、支持等);(garner的过去分词和过去式) Riverside:n.河边;河畔;adj.河畔的;
We leveraged that $10,000 seed grant more than 300 times, into a $3 million park. [02:14]
leveraged:adj.杠杆的; v.举债经营; (leverage的过去式和过去分词); grant:v.授予;允许;承认;同意;n.拨款;[法]授予物;
And in the fall, I'm going to exchange marriage vows with my beloved . [02:19]
exchange:n.交换;交流;交易所;兑换;v.交换;交易;兑换; vows:n.婚誓;誓约(vow的复数);v.发誓;郑重声明(vow的三单形式); beloved:adj.心爱的;挚爱的;n.心爱的人;亲爱的教友;
(Audience whistles) [02:24]
Thank you very much. [02:25]
(Applause) [02:27]
That's him pressing my buttons back there, which he does all the time. [02:31]
(Laughter) [02:35]
(Applause) [02:37]
But those of us living in environmental justice communities are the canary in the coal mine . [02:40]
justice:n.公平;公正;司法制度;审判; communities:n.社区;社会;团体;共有(community的复数) canary:n.[鸟]金丝雀;淡黄色; coal mine:煤矿;
We feel the problems right now, and have for some time. [02:45]
Environmental justice, for those of you who may not be familiar with the term, goes something like this: no community should be saddled with more environmental burdens and less environmental benefits than any other. [02:49]
familiar:adj.熟悉的;常见的;亲近的;n.常客;密友; community:n.社区;[生态]群落;共同体;团体; saddled:v.给(马)备鞍;(saddle的过去分词和过去式) burdens:n.负担;责任;船的载货量;v.使负担;烦扰;装货于;
Unfortunately , race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities. [02:59]
Unfortunately:adv.不幸地; extremely:adv.非常,极其;极端地; reliable:adj.可信赖的;可依靠的;真实可信的;可靠的; indicators:n.指示信号;标志;指针;方向灯;(indicator的复数)
As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. [03:10]
poses:姿势;
I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility, which I do. [03:17]
power plant:n.发电厂;发电站; chemical:n.化学制品,化学药品;adj.化学的;
These land-use decisions created the hostile conditions that lead to problems like obesity , diabetes and asthma . [03:24]
land-use:土地利用; hostile:adj.敌意的; n.敌对分子; obesity:n.肥大,肥胖; diabetes:n.糖尿病;多尿症; asthma:n.[内科][中医]哮喘,气喘;
Why would someone leave their home to go for a brisk walk in a toxic neighborhood ? [03:29]
brisk:adj.敏锐的,活泼的,轻快的; vi.活跃起来; vt.使…活泼; toxic:adj.有毒的;中毒的; neighborhood:n.附近;地区;街坊;adj.附近的;
Our 27 percent obesity rate is high even for this country, and diabetes comes with it. [03:33]
One out of four South Bronx children has asthma. [03:38]
Our asthma hospitalization rate is seven times higher than the national average. [03:40]
hospitalization:n.住院治疗;医院收容;住院保险(等于hospitalizationinsurance);
These impacts are coming everyone's way. [03:44]
impacts:n.影响; v.有影响,有作用;
And we all pay dearly for solid waste costs, health problems associated with pollution and more odiously, the cost of imprisoning our young black and Latino men, who possess untold amounts of untapped potential . [03:46]
dearly:adv.深深地;昂贵地; associated:adj.有关联的; v.联想; (associate的过去分词和过去式) imprisoning:vt.监禁;关押;使…下狱; Latino:adj.拉丁美洲的;拉丁美洲人的;n.拉丁美洲人; possess:vt.控制;持有;迷住;具备; untold:adj.数不清的;未说过的;未透露的;无限的; untapped:adj.未开发的;未使用的;塞子未开的; potential:n.潜能;可能性;[电]电势;adj.潜在的;可能的;势的;
Fifty percent of our residents live at or below the poverty line; 25 percent of us are unemployed . [03:57]
residents:n.居民;住院医生;房客;(resident的复数) poverty:n.贫困;困难;缺少;低劣; unemployed:adj.失业的;下岗的;n.(集合词)失业者;
Low-income citizens often use emergency-room visits as primary care. [04:02]
emergency-room:n.急诊室;
This comes at a high cost to taxpayers and produces no proportional benefits. [04:06]
taxpayers:n.纳税人(taxpayer的复数); proportional:adj.比例的,成比例的;相称的,均衡的;n.[数]比例项;
Poor people are not only still poor, they are still unhealthy . [04:10]
unhealthy:不健康的
Fortunately, there are many people like me who are striving for solutions that won't compromise the lives of low-income communities of color in the short term, and won't destroy us all in the long term. [04:14]
striving:n.努力;奋斗;v.努力;奋斗;力争;力求;(strive的现在分词) compromise:n.妥协;折中;互让;和解;v.妥协;违背(原则);达不到(标准);使陷入危险;
None of us want that, and we all have that in common. [04:24]
So what else do we have in common? [04:27]
Well, first of all , we're all incredibly good-looking . [04:28]
first of all:adv.首先; incredibly:adv.难以置信地;非常地; good-looking:adj.好看的;美貌的;
(Laughter) [04:31]
Graduated high school, college, post-graduate degrees, traveled to interesting places, didn't have kids in your early teens , financially stable , never been imprisoned . [04:32]
post-graduate:研究生; teens:n.十多岁,十几岁;青少年; financially:adv.财政上;金融上; stable:n.马厩;牛棚;adj.稳定的;牢固的;坚定的;vi.被关在马厩;赶入马房; imprisoned:v.监禁;关押;(imprison的过去分词和过去式)
OK. Good. [04:42]
(Laughter) [04:43]
But, besides being a black woman, [04:45]
besides:adv.此外;而且;prep.除…之外;
I am different from most of you in some other ways. [04:46]
I watched nearly half of the buildings in my neighborhood burn down. [04:49]
My big brother Lenny fought in Vietnam, only to be gunned down a few blocks from our home. [04:52]
Jesus . [05:00]
Jesus:int.上帝啊:天哪:n.耶稣:耶稣基督:
I grew up with a crack house across the street. [05:02]
crack house:n.强效可卡因毒品站;
Yeah, I'm a poor black child from the ghetto . [05:06]
ghetto:n.犹太人区;贫民区;vt.使集中居住;
These things make me different from you. [05:10]
But the things we have in common set me apart from most of the people in my community, and I am in between these two worlds with enough of my heart to fight for justice in the other. [05:12]
So how did things get so different for us? [05:23]
In the late '40s, my dad -- a Pullman porter , son of a slave -- bought a house in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx, and a few years later, he married my mom. [05:25]
porter:n.门房;服务员;行李搬运工;守门人;
At the time, the community was a mostly white, working-class neighborhood. [05:33]
working-class:adj.工人阶级的;劳动阶级的;
My dad was not alone. [05:37]
And as others like him pursued their own version of the American dream , white flight became common in the South Bronx and in many cities around the country. [05:38]
pursued:v.追击,追踪;继续从事(pursue的过去分词形式); American dream:n.美国梦(美国人传统的价值观和社会标准,如民主、权利平等和财富); white flight:n.白人迁移(白人因担心市中心的治安而到郊区居住);
Red-lining was used by banks, wherein certain sections of the city, including ours, were deemed off-limits to any sort of investment . [05:47]
wherein:adv.在其中;在何处; deemed:v.认为;视为;相信;(deem的过去分词和过去式) off-limits:adj.禁止进入的,禁区的; investment:n.投资;投入;封锁;
Many landlords believed it was more profitable to torch their buildings and collect insurance money rather than to sell under those conditions -- dead or injured former tenants notwithstanding . [05:54]
landlords:[租赁]房东;地主;老板;(酒吧或招待所的)店主(landlord的复数); profitable:adj.有利可图的;赚钱的;有益的; torch:n.火炬;手电筒;火把;v.纵火烧(建筑物或汽车); insurance:n.保险;保险业;保险费;保费;adj.胜券在握的; injured:adj.受伤的:委屈的: v.伤害,使受伤: n.伤员; tenants:n.房客;居住者(tenant的复数形式);v.租借(tenant的第三人称单数); notwithstanding:adv.尽管,仍然;prep.尽管,虽然;conj.虽然;
Hunts Point was formerly a walk-to-work community, but now residents had neither work nor home to walk to. [06:04]
formerly:adv.以前;原来;
A national highway construction boom was added to our problems. [06:11]
construction:n.建设;建筑物;解释;造句; boom:n.繁荣;吊杆;v.激增;繁荣昌盛;轰鸣;轰响;adj.(美)猛涨起来的;
In New York State, [06:14]
Robert Moses spearheaded an aggressive highway-expansion campaign. [06:16]
Moses:n.摩西(《圣经》故事中犹太人古代领袖);立法者;领导者; spearheaded:v.做…的先锋;带头做;领先突击;(spearhead的过去分词和过去式) aggressive:adj.侵略性的;好斗的;有进取心的;有闯劲的;
One of its primary goals was to make it easier for residents of wealthy communities in Westchester County to go to Manhattan. [06:19]
Westchester:n.韦斯切斯特(美国伊利诺伊州东北部城市); County:n.郡,县;
The South Bronx, which lies in between, did not stand a chance . [06:27]
stand a chance:有希望;有可能;
Residents were often given less than a month's notice before their buildings were razed . [06:30]
razed:adj.被夷平的;被忘却的;v.被夷平(raze的过去式及过去分词形式);
600,000 people were displaced . [06:34]
displaced:v.取代;替代;置换;迫使(某人)离开家园;转移;(displace的过去式和过去分词)
The common perception was that only pimps and pushers and prostitutes were from the South Bronx. [06:36]
perception:n.感知;知觉;看法;洞察力; pimps:n.皮条客;男妓;vi.拉皮条; pushers:n.推进器;推进式飞机;推销员;非法销售者; prostitutes:n.卖淫者;妓女v.滥用才能;出卖肉体(prostitute的第三人称单数和复数)
And if you are told from your earliest days that nothing good is going to come from your community, that it's bad and ugly , how could it not reflect on you? [06:42]
ugly:adj.丑陋的;邪恶的;令人厌恶的; reflect on:仔细考虑,思考;反省;回想,回顾;怀疑;
So now, my family's property was worthless , save for that it was our home, and all we had. [06:51]
worthless:adj.无价值的;不值钱的;卑微的;
And luckily for me, that home and the love inside of it, along with help from teachers, mentors and friends along the way, was enough. [06:56]
mentors:n.导师,教练(mentor复数);
Now, why is this story important? [07:05]
Because from a planning perspective , economic degradation begets environmental degradation, which begets social degradation. [07:07]
perspective:n.观点;远景;透视图;adj.透视的; economic:adj.经济的,经济上的;经济学的; degradation:n.退化;降格,降级;堕落; begets:vt.产生;招致;引起;当…的父亲;
The disinvestment that began in the 1960s set the stage for all the environmental injustices that were to come. [07:15]
disinvestment:n.减资;停资;撤资; injustices:n.不公正;不讲道义;
Antiquated zoning and land-use regulations are still used to this day to continue putting polluting facilities in my neighborhood. [07:21]
Antiquated:adj.过时的; v.废弃,使变旧(过时,复古); (antiquate的过去分词和过去式) regulations:n.章程;规则;法规;管理,控制;(regulation的复数) to this day:至今;
Are these factors taken into consideration when land-use policy is decided? [07:28]
factors:n.因素(factor的复数); v.做代理商; consideration:n.顾及;报酬;斟酌;仔细考虑;
What costs are associated with these decisions? [07:31]
And who pays? Who profits ? [07:34]
profits:n.利润; v.获益; (profit的第三人称单数和复数)
Does anything justify what the local community goes through? [07:36]
justify:v.证明合法;整理版面;替…辩护;
This was "planning" -- in quotes -- that did not have our best interests in mind. [07:40]
quotes:n.引用,引号;报价(quote的复数);v.报价(quote的第三人称单数);引用;复述;
Once we realized that, we decided it was time to do our own planning. [07:45]
That small park I told you about earlier was the first stage of building a Greenway movement in the South Bronx. [07:48]
Greenway:n.园林路;林荫道路;
I wrote a one-and-a-quarter-million dollar federal transportation grant to design the plan for a waterfront esplanade with dedicated on-street bike paths. [07:53]
federal:adj.联邦的;同盟的;联邦政府的;联邦制的;adv.联邦政府地; transportation:n.运输;运输系统;运输工具;流放; esplanade:n.游憩场,散步路;平坦空地; dedicated:adj.献身的; v.把…奉献给; (dedicate的过去分词和过去式) on-street:adj.在街道上的(停车);
Physical improvements help inform public policy regarding traffic safety, the placement of the waste and other facilities, which, if done properly, don't compromise a community's quality of life. [08:00]
Physical:adj.[物]物理的;身体的;物质的;符合自然法则的;n.体格检查; improvements:n.改善;改进;改善的事物;(improvement的复数) inform:v.通知;告诉;报告;告发;告密; regarding:prep.关于;至于;v.将…认为;把…视为;看待;(regard的现在分词)
They provide opportunities to be more physically active, as well as local economic development. [08:10]
Think bike shops, juice stands. [08:15]
We secured 20 million dollars to build first-phase projects. [08:17]
first-phase:第一期的;
This is Lafayette Avenue -- and that's redesigned by Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects . [08:19]
Lafayette:n.拉斐特(美国印地安纳州西部城市);老佛爷(法国百货公司);三刺光鲳; Avenue:n.途径;(城镇的)大街;林荫道(尤指通往大住宅者);选择; redesigned:adj.重新设计的;修订的;v.重新设计;重新制订(redesign的过去式); Landscape:n.景观;乡村风景画;(文件的)横向打印格式;v.对…做景观美化;美化…的环境; Architects:n.建筑师;设计师;创造者;(architect的复数);
And once this path is constructed , it'll connect the South Bronx with more than 400 acres of Randall's Island Park. [08:24]
constructed:v.修建;建造;组成;编制,绘制;(construct的过去分词和过去式)
Right now we're separated by about 25 feet of water, but this link will change that. [08:30]
As we nurture the natural environment, its abundance will give us back even more. [08:34]
nurture:v.养育;培养;养护;支持; abundance:n.丰度;丰富;大量;富足;
We run a project called the Bronx [Environmental] Stewardship Training, which provides job training in the fields of ecological restoration , so that folks from our community have the skills to compete for these well-paying jobs. [08:38]
Stewardship:n.管理工作;管事人的职位及职责; ecological:adj.生态的,生态学的; restoration:n.恢复;复位;王政复辟;归还; compete:v.竞争;对抗;参加比赛(或竞赛); well-paying:adj.工资优厚的,报酬优惠的;
Little by little , we're seeding the area with green-collar jobs -- and with people that have both a financial and personal stake in their environment. [08:50]
Little by little:渐渐;逐渐地; seeding:n.播种;晶种;v.播种(seed的ing形式); personal:adj.个人的;身体的;亲自的;n.人事消息栏;人称代名词; stake:n.桩,棍子;赌注;火刑;奖金;v.资助,支持;系…于桩上;把…押下打赌;
The Sheridan Expressway is an underutilized relic of the Robert Moses era, built with no regard for the neighborhoods that were divided by it. [08:57]
Sheridan:n.谢里丹(英国作家); Expressway:n.(美)高速公路; underutilized:vt.未充分使用(underutilize过去式); relic:n.遗迹,遗物;废墟;纪念物;
Even during rush hour , it goes virtually unused . [09:04]
rush hour:n.交通拥挤时间;高峰时刻;adj.高峰时刻的; virtually:adv.事实上,几乎;实质上; unused:adj.不用的;从未用过的;
The community created an alternative transportation plan that allows for the removal of the highway. [09:07]
alternative:adj.供选择的;选择性的;交替的;n.二中择一;供替代的选择; removal:n.去除;消除;清除;除去;
We have the opportunity now to bring together all the stakeholders to re-envision how this 28 acres can be better utilized for parkland , affordable housing and local economic development. [09:12]
stakeholders:n.利益相关者;赌款保存人(stakeholder的复数); parkland:n.公用场地;有树丛的开阔草地; affordable:adj.负担得起的;
We also built New York City's first green and cool roof demonstration project on top of our offices. [09:21]
demonstration:n.示范;演示;论证;证明;
Cool roofs are highly-reflective surfaces that don't absorb solar heat, and pass it on to the building or atmosphere . [09:27]
absorb:v.吸收;使并入;吞并;同化;理解;吸收;耗费;承受; atmosphere:n.大气;气氛;气压;风格;
Green roofs are soil and living plants. [09:33]
Both can be used instead of petroleum-based roofing materials that absorb heat, contribute to urban "heat island" effect and degrade under the sun , which we in turn breathe. [09:35]
petroleum-based:加油站型便利店; contribute to:有助于;捐献; degrade:v.降低…身份;使受屈辱;(使)退化,降解;分解;降低; under the sun:天下;究竟;
Green roofs also retain up to 75 percent of rainfall , so they reduce a city's need to fund costly end-of-pipe solutions -- which, incidentally , are often located in environmental justice communities like mine. [09:44]
retain:v.保留;保持;持有;继续拥有; rainfall:n.降雨;降雨量; fund:n.基金;资金;存款;v.投资;资助; costly:adj.昂贵的;代价高的; incidentally:adv.顺便;偶然地;附带地; located:adj.位于; v.确定…的准确地点; (locate的过去分词和过去式)
And they provide habitats for our little friends! [09:54]
habitats:n.[生态]栖息地;(动植物的)[经]产地(habitat的复数形式);
[Butterfly] [09:58]
(Laughter) [09:59]
So cool! [10:00]
Anyway, the demonstration project is a springboard for our own green roof installation business, bringing jobs and sustainable economic activity to the South Bronx. [10:01]
springboard:n.跳板;出发点;vi.利用跳板跃进; installation:n.安装;设施;设置;安装的设备(或机器);
[Green is the new black ...] [10:09]
(Laughter) (Applause) [10:11]
I like that, too. [10:15]
Anyway, I know Chris told us not to do pitches up here, but since I have all of your attention: [10:17]
pitches:pitch的变形;
We need investors. End of pitch. [10:22]
It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission. [10:24]
forgiveness:n.宽恕;原谅;宽宏大量
Anyway -- [10:26]
(Laughter) [10:28]
(Applause) [10:29]
OK. Katrina. [10:34]
Prior to Katrina, the South Bronx and New Orleans' Ninth Ward had a lot in common. [10:37]
Prior:adj.先前的; n.(小隐修院)院长; v.居先;
Both were largely populated by poor people of color, both hotbeds of cultural innovation : think hip-hop and jazz. [10:42]
largely:adv.主要地;大部分;大量地; populated:v.生活于; hotbeds:n.滋长地,温床; cultural:adj.与文化有关的;文化的;与艺术、文学、音乐等有关的; innovation:n.创新,革新;新方法; hip-hop:n.街舞,即兴音乐;嘻哈;
Both are waterfront communities that host both industries and residents in close proximity of one another. [10:48]
in close proximity:与…极接近;
In the post-Katrina era, we have still more in common. [10:53]
We're at best ignored , and maligned and abused , at worst, by negligent regulatory agencies , pernicious zoning and lax governmental accountability . [10:56]
ignored:v.忽视;对…不予理会;佯装未见;不予理睬;(ignore的过去分词和过去式) maligned:vt.诽谤,污蔑;中伤,说坏话;adj.恶意的,恶性的;有害的; abused:v.滥用(以致危害健康); (abuse的过去分词和过去式) negligent:adj.疏忽的;粗心大意的; regulatory:adj.管理的;控制的;调整的; agencies:n.代理;代理处(agency的复数); pernicious:adj.有害的;恶性的;致命的;险恶的; lax:n.松元音;泻肚;adj.松的;松懈的;腹泻的; governmental:adj.政府的;政治的;统治上的; accountability:n.有义务;有责任;可说明性;
Neither the destruction of the Ninth Ward nor the South Bronx was inevitable . [11:05]
destruction:n.破坏,毁灭;摧毁; inevitable:adj.必然的,不可避免的;
But we have emerged with valuable lessons about how to dig ourselves out. [11:10]
emerged:v.(从隐蔽处或暗处)出现;暴露;露出真相;显现;(emerge的过去分词和过去式) valuable:adj.有价值的;贵重的;可估价的;n.贵重物品;
We are more than simply national symbols of urban blight or problems to be solved by empty campaign promises of presidents come and gone. [11:14]
symbols:n.符号;象征;标志;符号表(symbol的复数); blight:n.枯萎病;荒芜;vt.破坏;使…枯萎;vi.枯萎;
Now will we let the Gulf Coast languish for a decade or two, like the South Bronx did? [11:23]
Gulf:n.海湾;深渊;分歧;漩涡;vt.吞没; languish:v.被迫滞留;长期受苦;受煎熬;变得衰弱;
Or will we take proactive steps and learn from the homegrown resource of grassroots activists that have been born of desperation in communities like mine? [11:27]
proactive:adj.前摄的(前一活动中的因素对后一活动造成影响的); homegrown:adj.国产的;自家种植的; resource:n.资源;资料;才智;财力;v.向…提供资金(或设备); grassroots:adj.基层的;草根的;乡村的;n.草根;基础;
Now listen, I do not expect individuals , corporations or government to make the world a better place because it is right or moral . [11:34]
individuals:n.[经]个人;[生物]个体(individual的复数); corporations:n.[贸易]公司,[经]企业(corporation的复数形式); moral:n.寓意;品行;教益;adj.道德的;道义上的;道德上的;品行端正的;
This presentation today only represents some of what I've been through. [11:42]
presentation:n.展示;描述,陈述;介绍;赠送; represents:v.代表;维护…的利益;相当于;(represent的第三人称单数)
Like a tiny little bit. You've no clue . [11:46]
clue:n.提示;迹象;(纵横填字谜、游戏或问题的)提示词语;v.提示;为…提供线索;
But I'll tell you later, if you want to know. [11:49]
(Laughter) [11:51]
But -- I know it's the bottom line , or one's perception of it, that motivates people in the end. [11:52]
the bottom line:底线;本质内容;最底线; motivates:v.促使;刺激;给与动机(motivate的三单形式);
I'm interested in what I like to call the " triple bottom line" [11:58]
triple:adj.三部分的; n.三倍的数[量]; v.成为三倍;
that sustainable development can produce. [12:01]
Developments that have the potential to create positive returns for all concerned : the developers , government and the community where these projects go up. [12:03]
positive:adj.积极的;[数]正的,[医][化学]阳性的;确定的;n.正数;[摄]正片; concerned:adj.有关的;关心的;v.关心;与…有关;(concern的过去时和过去分词) developers:n.开发商;发展者;[摄]显影剂(developer的复数);
At present, that's not happening in New York City. [12:13]
And we are operating with a comprehensive urban-planning deficit . [12:16]
comprehensive:adj.综合的;广泛的;有理解力的;n.综合学校;专业综合测验; urban-planning:城市规划; deficit:n.赤字;逆差;亏损;不足额;
A parade of government subsidies is going to propose big-box and stadium developments in the South Bronx, but there is scant coordination between city agencies [12:20]
parade:n.阅兵;游行;炫耀;检阅;v.游行;展览;游行庆祝;游行示威; subsidies:n.补贴;补助金;津贴;(subsidy的复数) propose:v.建议;提议;求婚;打算; stadium:n.[体]露天大型体育场;[病]病期;[生]生长期;龄期; scant:adj.不足的;缺乏的;勉强够的;vt.减少;节省;限制; coordination:n.协调,调和;对等,同等;
on how to deal with the cumulative effects of increased traffic, pollution, solid waste and the impacts on open space. [12:29]
cumulative:adj.累积的;
And their approaches to local economic and job development are so lame it's not even funny. [12:35]
approaches:v.靠近,接近; n.方式,方法,态度; lame:adj.瘸的; n.(金属)薄板; v.使残废;
Because on top of that, the world's richest sports team is replacing the House That Ruth Built by destroying two well-loved community parks. [12:41]
Now, we'll have even less than that stat I told you about earlier. [12:50]
stat:n.静;斯达(放射性强度单位);
And although less than 25 percent of South Bronx residents own cars, these projects include thousands of new parking spaces, yet zip in terms of mass public transit . [12:53]
mass:n.块,团; adj.群众的,民众的; v.聚集起来,聚集; transit:n.运输;经过;v.运送;经过;
Now, what's missing from the larger debate is a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis between not fixing an unhealthy, environmentally-challenged community, versus incorporating structural , sustainable changes. [13:04]
debate:n.辩论;争论;考虑;v.辩论;争论;考虑; cost-benefit:adj.成本效益的; analysis:n.分析;分解;验定; versus:prep.对;与...相对;对抗; incorporating:v.将…包括在内;包含;吸收;使并入;注册成立;(incorporate的现在分词) structural:adj.结构的;建筑的;
My agency is working closely with Columbia University and others to shine a light on these issues . [13:15]
agency:n.代理,中介;代理处,经销处; issues:n.重要议题;争论的问题;v.宣布;公布;发出;(issue的第三人称单数和复数)
Now let's get this straight: I am not anti-development. [13:19]
Ours is a city, not a wilderness preserve . [13:23]
wilderness:n.荒野;(草木丛生的)荒地;荒芜的地方;杂草丛生处; preserve:vt.保存;保护;维持;腌;禁猎;n.保护区;禁猎地;加工成的食品;
And I've embraced my inner capitalist . [13:25]
embraced:v.拥抱;欣然接受,乐意采纳;信奉;包含;(embrace的过去分词和过去式) inner:n.内部;射中接近靶心部分的一发;adj.里面的;向内的;内部的;接近中心的; capitalist:n.资本家;资本主义者;adj.资本主义的;资本家的;
And, but I don't have -- [13:28]
(Laughter) [13:30]
You probably all have, and if you haven't, you need to. [13:31]
(Laughter) [13:34]
So I don't have a problem with developers making money. [13:38]
There's enough precedent out there to show that a sustainable, community-friendly development can still make a fortune . [13:41]
precedent:n.先例;前例;adj.在前的;在先的; make a fortune:发财,赚大钱;
Fellow TEDsters Bill McDonough and Amory Lovins -- both heroes of mine by the way -- have shown that you can actually do that. [13:49]
McDonough:麦克多诺(美国地名); by the way:顺便说一下;
I do have a problem with developments that hyper-exploit politically vulnerable communities for profit. [13:56]
politically:adv.政治上; vulnerable:adj.易受攻击的,易受…的攻击;易受伤害的;有弱点的;
That it continues is a shame upon us all, because we are all responsible for the future that we create. [14:01]
responsible:adj.负责的,可靠的;有责任的;
But one of the things I do to remind myself of greater possibilities, is to learn from visionaries in other cities. [14:07]
remind:v.提醒;使想起; visionaries:n.空想主义者;愿景者;远见者(visionary的复数);
This is my version of globalization . [14:12]
globalization:n.全球化;
Let's take Bogota . [14:14]
Bogota:n.波哥大(哥伦比亚首都);
Poor, Latino, surrounded by runaway gun violence and drug trafficking; a reputation not unlike that of the South Bronx. [14:16]
runaway:adj.逃亡的;逃走的;n.逃跑;逃走的人; violence:n.暴力;侵犯;激烈;歪曲;
However, this city was blessed in the late 1990s with a highly-influential mayor named Enrique Pe? alosa . [14:22]
blessed:adj.神圣的; v.求上帝降福于; (bless的过去分词和过去式) mayor:n.市长;镇长; alosa:n.鲱鱼属;网络释义:西鲱属;云雀;
He looked at the demographics . [14:30]
demographics:n.人口统计资料;
Few Bogotanos own cars, yet a huge portion of the city's resources was dedicated to serving them. [14:31]
resources:n.[计][环境]资源; v.向…提供资金(resource的第三人称单数);
If you're a mayor, you can do something about that. [14:37]
His administration narrowed key municipal thoroughfares from five lanes to three, outlawed parking on those streets, expanded pedestrian walkways and bike lanes, created public plazas , [14:40]
municipal:adj.市政的,市的;地方自治的; thoroughfares:大道; lanes:n.线路,跑道(lane复数形式); outlawed:v.宣布…不合法;使…成为非法;(outlaw的过去分词和过去式) expanded:adj.扩充的;展开的;vt.扩大(expand的过去式); pedestrian:adj.徒步的;缺乏想像力的;n.行人;步行者; walkways:n.通道,[建]走道; plazas:n.广场;市场,购物中心;
created one of the most efficient bus mass-transit systems in the entire world. [14:51]
efficient:adj.有效率的;有能力的;生效的; mass-transit:公共交通;集体运输,大众运输;
For his brilliant efforts, he was nearly impeached . [14:55]
impeached:v.控告;弹劾;怀疑;(impeach的过去分词和过去式)
But as people began to see that they were being put first on issues reflecting their day-to-day lives, incredible things happened. [15:00]
reflecting:v.反映;映出(影像);反射;显示,表明,表达;(reflect的现在分词) day-to-day:adj.日常的;逐日的; incredible:adj.难以置信的,惊人的;
People stopped littering. [15:07]
Crime rates dropped, because the streets were alive with people. [15:08]
His administration attacked several typical urban problems at one time , and on a third-world budget , at that. [15:12]
typical:adj.典型的;特有的;象征性的; at one time:曾经,一度;同时; budget:n.预算,预算费;v.安排,预定;把…编入预算;adj.廉价的;
We have no excuse in this country, I'm sorry. [15:18]
But the bottom line is: their people-first agenda was not meant to penalize those who could actually afford cars, but rather, to provide opportunities for all Bogotanos to participate in the city's resurgence . [15:21]
people-first:以人为本; penalize:vt.处罚;处刑;使不利; participate:v.参加;参与; resurgence:n.复活;再现;再起;
That development should not come at the expense of the majority of the population is still considered a radical idea here in the U.S. [15:33]
at the expense of:以…为代价;由…支付费用; majority:n.大部分:大多数:多数票:成年人: radical:n.自由基;激进分子;游离基;adj.根本的;彻底的;完全的;全新的;
But Bogota's example has the power to change that. [15:41]
You, however, are blessed with the gift of influence . [15:44]
influence:n.影响;势力;感化;有影响的人或事;v.影响;改变;
That's why you're here and why you value the information we exchange. [15:47]
Use your influence in support of comprehensive, sustainable change everywhere. [15:51]
Don't just talk about it at TED. [15:56]
This is a nationwide policy agenda I'm trying to build, and as you all know, politics are personal. [15:58]
politics:n.政治;钩心斗角;政治观点;v.(贬)从事政治活动;(politic的第三人称单数)
Help me make green the new black. [16:06]
Help me make sustainability sexy. [16:08]
Make it a part of your dinner and cocktail conversations. [16:10]
cocktail:n.鸡尾酒;开味食品;n.混合物;adj.鸡尾酒的;
Help me fight for environmental and economic justice. [16:14]
Support investments with a triple-bottom-line return. [16:17]
investments:n.[经]投资,投资的财产;投资学;(investment的复数)
Help me democratize sustainability by bringing everyone to the table, and insisting that comprehensive planning can be addressed everywhere. [16:20]
democratize:vt.使民主化;使大众化;vi.民主化;大众化; addressed:v.写(收信人)姓名地址:致函:演说:演讲:向…说话; (address的过去分词和过去式)
Oh good, glad I have a little more time! [16:27]
Listen -- when I spoke to Mr. Gore the other day after breakfast, [16:29]
the other day:不久前某一天;几天以前;
I asked him how environmental justice activists were going to be included in his new marketing strategy . [16:33]
strategy:n.策略;行动计划;部署;战略;
His response was a grant program. [16:40]
response:n.响应;反应;回答;
I don't think he understood that I wasn't asking for funding . [16:44]
funding:n.基金;资金;提供资金;v.为…提供资金;拨款给;(fund的现在分词)
I was making him an offer. [16:50]
(Applause) [16:54]
What troubled me was that this top-down approach is still around. [17:01]
top-down:adj.[计]自顶向下;组织管理严密的;
Now, don't get me wrong, we need money. [17:07]
(Laughter) [17:09]
But grassroots groups are needed at the table during the decision-making process . [17:10]
process:v.处理;加工;列队行进;n.过程,进行;方法,adj.经过特殊加工(或处理)的;
Of the 90 percent of the energy that Mr. Gore reminded us that we waste every day, don't add wasting our energy, intelligence and hard-earned experience to that count. [17:17]
reminded:v.提醒;使想起;(remind的过去分词和过去式) intelligence:n.智力;智慧;才智;(尤指关于敌国的)情报; hard-earned:adj.辛苦得到的;
(Applause) [17:30]
I have come from so far to meet you like this. [17:35]
Please don't waste me. [17:43]
By working together, we can become one of those small, rapidly-growing groups of individuals who actually have the audacity and courage to believe that we actually can change the world. [17:47]
audacity:n.大胆;厚颜无耻;
We might have come to this conference from very, very different stations in life, but believe me, we all share one incredibly powerful thing. [17:59]
conference:n.会议;研讨会;商讨会;体育协会(或联合会)
We have nothing to lose and everything to gain. [18:10]
Ciao , bellos! [18:15]
Ciao:int.(意)你好;再见(见面问候语或告别语);
(Applause) [18:16]