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PrinceWilliam_2020T-_“地球计划”：用未来十年修复我们的星球_-
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| Hello, everyone. |
大家好。 |
| Growing up in my family gives you a certain sense of history. |
在我的家族中长大, 可以带给人一定的历史感。 |
| I'm simply the latest in a line that can be traced back generations. |
我是我们家族几十代人中的晚辈。 |
| This oak tree is close to Windsor Castle, which has been home to my family for over 900 years. |
这棵橡树靠近温莎城堡, 900 多年间, |
| Thirty-nine monarchs have lived here and enjoyed these beautiful surroundings . |
我的家族有 39 位君主曾居住在此, 欣赏着这些美丽的风景。 |
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traced:v.发现;追踪;追究;描绘;记述;(trace的过去分词和过去式) oak:n.橡树;橡木色;橡木家具;adj.栎树的;栎木制的; Windsor:n.温莎(地名,伦敦西方的城市); monarchs:n.君主(monarch的复数); surroundings:n.周围的环境;环境;(surrounding的复数)
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| I've walked here many times myself, and it always amazes me that some of the trees planted here, living organisms , dependent on soil, rain and sunlight , were here as they laid the first stones of Windsor Castle. |
我曾多次造访这里, 这里的一些树木 总是令我叹为观止。 在温莎堡刚刚破土动工时, 它们就已扎根在这里,沐浴阳光雨露。 |
| That makes some of the oaks here almost 1,000 years old. |
有些橡树已有近千年的历史了。 |
| These trees germinated during the reign of William the Conqueror in 1066, from a simple acorn like this. |
1066 年,在征服者威廉统治时期, 这些树木就开始 从这样不起眼的橡子中生根发芽。 |
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organisms:n.[生物]生物体(organism的复数);[生物]有机体; dependent on:依赖于;依靠; sunlight:n.日光; oaks:n.橡树(oak的复数); germinated:vt.使发芽;使生长;vi.发芽;生长; reign:vi.统治;支配;盛行;君临;n.统治;统治时期;支配; Conqueror:n.征服者;占领者;胜利者; acorn:n.[植]橡子;[林]橡实;
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| By the time that Henry VIII lived here, they'd grown into mature , impressive giants . |
亨利八世住在这里的时候, 它们已经长成了参天大树。 |
| And amazingly, some of those very same trees still survive here today. |
令人惊讶的是, 其中有些橡树今天依然存活着。 |
| They're a bit gnarled and hollowed-out , but they're still very much alive. |
尽管它们已饱经风霜, 躯干早已残缺不堪, 但是仍然绽放着顽强的生命力。 |
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mature:v.成熟; adj.明白事理的; impressive:adj.感人的;令人钦佩的;给人以深刻印象的; giants:n.巨人;大汉;巨兽;巨树;(giant的复数) gnarled:adj.[木]多节的;粗糙的;多瘤的;v.把…扭曲;长木瘤(gnarl的过去分词); hollowed-out:挖空(某物);挖出(孔,洞);
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| While these oaks have been growing, around 35 billion people have lived their lives on our planet. |
在这些橡树的生命周期中, 约有 350 亿人 陆续生活在我们的星球上。 |
| That's 35 billion lifetimes' worth of hope, love, fear and dreams. |
那是 350 亿个生命 承载的希望、爱、恐惧和梦想。 |
| In that time, humankind has invented air travel, vaccines and computers. |
在此期间,人类发明了飞机、 疫苗和计算机。 |
| We've explored every part of the globe, sequenced the human genome and even escaped Earth's atmosphere . |
我们已经探索了世界的每个角落, 完成了人类基因组测序, 甚至成功的冲破了地球的大气层。 |
| Our speed of innovation has been incredible , but so, too, has the acceleration of our impact . |
我们的创新速度令人难以置信, 但是,我们的影响也在加速。 |
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humankind:n.人类(总称); vaccines:n.[药][计]疫苗; explored:v.探索;勘探;考察;探险;(explore的过去式和过去分词) sequenced:[数][计]序列; genome:n.基因组;染色体组; atmosphere:n.大气;气氛;气压;风格; innovation:n.创新,革新;新方法; incredible:adj.难以置信的,惊人的; acceleration:n.加速,促进;[物]加速度; impact:n.影响;效果;碰撞;冲击力;v.挤入,压紧;撞击;对…产生影响;
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| Over my grandmother's lifetime, the last 90 years or so, our impacts accelerated so fast that our climate, oceans, air, nature and all that depends on them are in peril . |
在过去 90 年,我祖母的一生中, 我们的影响加速得如此之快 , 以至于气候、海洋、空气、自然 以及所有依赖于它们的一切, 都陷入了危险之中。 |
| This oak has stood here for centuries, but never has it faced a decade like this. |
这棵橡树在这里伫立了几个世纪, 但它从未经历过这样的十年。 |
| We start this new decade knowing that it is the most consequential period in history. |
我们早就知道, 接下来的十年 是历史上最重要的时期。 |
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impacts:n.影响; v.有影响,有作用; accelerated:v.(使)加速;加速;加快(accelerate的过去分词和过去式) peril:n.危险;冒险;vt.危及;置…于险境; consequential:adj.间接的;结果的;重要的;随之发生的;自傲的;
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| The science is irrefutable . |
科学结论是无可辩驳的。 |
| If we do not act in this decade, the damage that we have done will be irreversible . |
如果我们在这十年间不采取行动, 我们所造成的破坏将是不可逆转的, |
| And the effects felt not just by future generations but by all of us alive today. |
不仅会影响子孙后代, 我们这一代人也难以幸免。 |
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irrefutable:adj.不能驳倒的;不能回答的; irreversible:adj.不可逆的;不能取消的;不能翻转的;
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| And what's more, this damage will not be felt equally by everyone. |
而且,这样的破坏 并非对每个人都是平等的。 |
| It is the most vulnerable , those with the fewest resources and those who've done the least to cause climate change who will be impacted the most. |
那些最脆弱的、 拥有的资源最少、 以及那些对气候影响最小的人, 受到的冲击却是最大的。 |
| These stark facts are terrifying . |
这些严峻的事实令人不寒而栗。 |
| How can we hope to fix such massive intractable problems? |
我们应该如何解决 如此庞大而棘手的问题？ |
| It may seem overwhelming , but it is possible. |
这虽然令人感到束手无策, 但却依然有一线希望。 |
| Humans have an extraordinary capacity to set goals and strive to achieve them. |
人类非常擅长设定目标, 并去努力实现。[03:10] |
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vulnerable:adj.易受攻击的,易受…的攻击;易受伤害的;有弱点的; resources:n.[计][环境]资源; v.向…提供资金(resource的第三人称单数); impacted:adj.压紧的;结实的;嵌入的;(人口)稠密的;v.装紧;挤满(impact的过去分词); terrifying:adj.令人恐惧的;骇人的;极大的;v.使害怕,使恐怖;(terrify的现在分词) massive:adj.大量的;巨大的,厚重的;魁伟的; intractable:adj.棘手的;难治的;倔强的;不听话的; overwhelming:adj.势不可挡的; v.压倒; (overwhelm的现在分词) extraordinary:adj.非凡的;特别的;离奇的;临时的;特派的; capacity:n.能力;容量;资格,地位;生产力; strive:v.力求;斗争;反抗;(strive的第三人称单数)
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| I've long been inspired by President John F. Kennedy's 1961 mission to put a man on the moon within a decade. |
多年以来,我一直 因约翰·肯尼迪总统 于1961 年宣告的使命而深受鼓舞—— 在十年内将人类送上月球。 |
| He named it the Moonshot . |
他将其命名为“登月计划”。 |
| It seemed crazy. |
这看似疯狂之举, |
| We'd only just launched the first satellite. |
毕竟当时,我们刚刚 发射了第一颗卫星。 |
| Putting a man on the moon that quickly seemed impossible. |
这么快就把人类送上月球, 几乎只是异想天开。[03:29] |
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inspired:adj.受到启发的; v.鼓舞; (inspire的过去分词和过去式) mission:n.使命,任务;代表团;布道;v.派遣;向…传教; Moonshot:n.月球探测器;对月球发射; launched:v.发射;发起;开展;开始;(launch的过去式和过去分词)
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| But this simple challenge encompassed so much. |
但是这个看似简单的挑战 却意义深远。 |
| He called it a goal to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills. |
他将其称作组织和衡量 人类的能力和技术极限的一个目标。 |
| In taking that giant leap for mankind, the team behind the Moonshot united millions of people around the world -- that this crazy ambition wasn't so crazy after all. |
为了人类的巨大飞跃, 登月计划背后的团队 团结了世界各地数百万人。 从而让这看似疯狂的雄心 显得不再那么不切实际。 |
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encompassed:vt.包含;包围,环绕;完成; organize:v.组织;安排;处理;分配;管理; leap:n.跳越;跳跃;跳高;骤变;v.跳;跳跃;跳越;猛冲; united:adj.联合的; v.联合,团结; (unite的过去分词和过去式) ambition:n.追求的目标;野心;志向;抱负;
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| And along the way, it helped the invention of breathing equipment, |
一路走来,它推动了 |
| CAT scanners and solar panels . |
呼吸设备、CAT扫描仪 和太阳能电池板的发明。 |
| But now, rather than a Moonshot for this decade, we need Earthshots. |
但是现在,我们需要的不再是 一个为期十年的登月计划, 而是“地球计划”。 |
| We must harness that same spirit of human ingenuity and purpose and turn it with laser sharp focus and urgency on the most pressing challenge we have ever faced, repairing our planet. |
人类必须利用同样的 创造精神,众志成城, 以激光般的精准度 密切关注并紧急应对 我们所面临的最紧迫的挑战, 修复我们的星球。 |
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scanners:n.[电子]扫描器(scanner的复数); panels:n.面板(panel的复数); v.嵌镶(panel的第三人称单数形式); harness:vt.治理; n.马具; ingenuity:n.心灵手巧,独创性;精巧;精巧的装置; sharp:锋利的,尖的 urgency:n.紧急;催促;紧急的事;
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| The shared goals for our generation are clear. |
我们这一代人的共同目标很明确: |
| Together, we must protect and restore nature, clean our air, revive our oceans, build a waste-free world and fix our climate. |
我们必须共同保护和恢复自然, 净化空气,清理海洋, 建立一个无浪费的世界,并改善气候。 |
| And we must strive to do all of this in a decade. |
而且,我们还必须努力 在十年内实现所有这一切。 |
| If we achieve these goals, by 2030 our lives won't be worse, and we won't have to sacrifice everything we enjoy. |
如果到 2030 年, 我们能够实现这些目标, 我们的生活环境就不会继续恶化, 也不必牺牲自己热爱的一切。 |
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restore:v.恢复;修复;恢复(某种情况或感受);使复原; revive:vi.复兴;复活;苏醒;恢复精神;vt.使复兴;使苏醒;回想起;重演,重播; waste-free:不出垃圾的; sacrifice:n.牺牲;舍弃;祭献;祭祀;祭品;v.牺牲;献出;作祭献
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| Instead, the way we live will be healthier, cleaner, smarter and better for all of us. |
相反,我们所有人的生活方式 都会更健康、 更洁净、更智能、更美好。 |
| The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the funds flowing into the economic recovery demonstrate how much can be achieved when those in positions of power come together and decide to act. |
全球对新冠肺炎大流行的应对, 为推动经济复苏所投入的资金 都证明了, 若当权者凝聚在一起 并决定采取行动时, 我们可以取得多大的成就。 |
| We built hospitals overnight , repurposed factories, poured billions into the search for a vaccine and better treatments . |
我们在一夜之间 建造了医院,改造了工厂, 投入了数十亿美元研发疫苗 和更好的治疗方法。 |
| And we've been inspired by heroes emerging in every community across the world. |
在世界各地的每个社区中, 英雄人物层出不穷。 |
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global:adj.全球的;总体的;球形的; response:n.响应;反应;回答; pandemic:adj.(疾病等)全国流行的;普遍的;n.流行性疾病; funds:n.[会计]资金,现金(fund的复数);基金;v.资助(fund的三单形式);提供资金; economic:adj.经济的,经济上的;经济学的; recovery:n.恢复,复原;痊愈;重获; demonstrate:vt.证明;展示;论证;vi.示威; overnight:adj.夜间的; v.在夜间; n.(美)前一天的晚上; repurposed:vt.改换意图;重新目的化; poured:v.使(液体)连续流出;倾倒;倒出;喷发;(pour的过去分词和过去式) treatments:n.治疗;疗法;对待;处理;讨论;(treatment的复数) emerging:adj.新兴的;v.出现,浮现,露出;暴露;(emerge的现在分词) community:n.社区;[生态]群落;共同体;团体;
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| Young people no longer believe that change is too difficult. |
年轻人不再相信 变革是遥不可及的。 |
| They witnessed the world turn on its head. |
他们目睹了全世界的改变。 |
| They believe that the climate crisis and the threat to our biodiversity deserves our full attention and ambition. |
他们相信,气候危机 以及对我们生物多样性的威胁, 都应该得到大家的充分重视。 |
| And they're right. |
他们是对的。 |
| So now is the time for each one of us to show leadership. |
现在是我们每个人 展现领导力的时候了。 |
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witnessed:v.当场看到,目击;见证;作证;(witness的过去式和过去分词) crisis:n.危机;危险期;决定性时刻;adj.危机的;用于处理危机的; biodiversity:n.生物多样性; deserves:v.值得;应得;应受;(deserve的第三人称单数)
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| Whether you're a farmer in the US, a tech owner in China, a politician in Kenya, a banker in Britain, a fisherman in the Maldives , a community leader in Brazil or a student in India, every single one of us has a role to play in harnessing whatever opportunity we have. |
无论你是美国的农民、 中国的技术所有者、 肯尼亚的政府人士、 英国的银行家、马尔代夫的渔民、 巴西的社区领袖, 还是印度的学生, 我们每个人都能 扮演好自己的角色, 去抓住我们拥有的任何机会。 |
| I'm committed to using the unique position that I have to help set those Earthshot goals and reward people across every sector of society and in every part of the world who do their bit to help achieve them. |
我致力于利用自己独特的优势, 帮助制定“地球计划”的目标, 并奖励社会各界以及世界各地 为实现这些目标做出贡献的人们。 |
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politician:n.政治家;(蔑)政客;(美)政治贩; Maldives:n.马尔代夫(亚洲群岛国家名); Brazil:n.巴西(拉丁美洲国家); harnessing:v.给(马等)装上挽具(harness的现在分词);治理,利用; committed:adj.坚信的; v.做出错事; (commit的过去分词和过去式) unique:adj.独特的,稀罕的;[数]唯一的;n.独一无二的人或物; reward:n.[劳经]报酬;报答;酬谢;v.[劳经]奖励;奖赏; sector:n.部门;扇形,扇区;象限仪;函数尺;vt.把…分成扇形;
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| Some people are motivated to act by a crisis, but for many, the incentive to act only comes when they believe that change is possible, that it isn't a lost cause . |
有些人受危机影响 而不得不采取行动, 但是对于许多人来说, 采取行动的动机只是因为 他们相信改变是可能的, 我们可以逆转现状。 |
| If people really believe that these challenges, these Earthshots, are possible, just imagine all the potential we will unleash . |
如果人们真的相信这些挑战, 相信“地球计划”是可行的, 不妨可以想象一下 我们所能释放的所有潜力。 |
| I'm determined to both start and end this decade as an optimist . |
我决心以乐观的态度 开启和结束这个十年。 |
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motivated:adj.有动机的; v.使产生动机; incentive:n.动机;刺激;adj.激励的;刺激的; lost cause:n.业已失败的事情;没有希望的事情; potential:n.潜能;可能性;[电]电势;adj.潜在的;可能的;势的; unleash:vt.发泄;突然释放;使爆发; determined:adj.决定了的:v.决定;(determine的过去分词和过去式) optimist:n.乐观主义者;乐天派;
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| Whilst our generation represents just a blip in the lifetime of these magnificent oaks, we have the power and potential to ensure that they and all life on earth thrive for another thousand years and more. |
虽然在这些宏伟橡树的生命周期中, 我们这一代人的寿命 只是一个短暂的瞬间, 但我们有力量和潜力, 以确保它们和地球上的所有生命, 在未来的几千年中 依然可以健康的繁衍生息。 |
| But only if we now unleash the greatest talents of our generation to repair our planet. |
但前提是,我们现在就要充分发挥出 我们这一代最伟大的才能, 来修复我们的星球。 |
| We have no choice but to succeed. |
除了成功,我们别无选择。 |
| Thank you. |
谢谢。 |
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Whilst:conj.同时;时时,有时;当…的时候; represents:v.代表;维护…的利益;相当于;(represent的第三人称单数) blip:n.(在雷达屏幕显示出的)物体光点; magnificent:adj.高尚的;壮丽的;华丽的;宏伟的; ensure:vt.保证,确保;使安全; thrive:v.繁荣;茁壮成长;蓬勃发展;兴旺发达; repair:v.修理;修补;修缮;补救;n.修理;修补;修缮;
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