Natureisspeaking中英文本

1、-. z.Nature is speaking中英文本1.Nature 大自然Some call me nature.有人稱我為大自然。Others call me Mother Nature.也有人叫我大自然母親。Ive been here for over 4.5 billion years.我在這里已經(jīng)超過45億年。22,500 times longer than you.是你們?nèi)祟惔嬖跁r間的22500倍。I dont really need people. But people need me.我真的不需要人類。但人類需要我。Yes, your future depends on me

2、.是的，你的未來取決于我。When I thrive, you thrive. When I falter, you falter. Or worse.如果我繁盛，你們也將繁盛。如果我衰敗，你們也會衰敗或者更糟。But Ive been here for eons.但我已經(jīng)永世存在于此。I have fed species greater than you. And I have starved species greater than you.我養(yǎng)育過比你們強(qiáng)大得多的物種。我也曾讓比你們強(qiáng)大得多的物種因饑餓而亡。My oceans. My soil. My flowing streams.

3、My forests.我的海洋。我的土壤。我的河流。我的森林。They all can take you or leave you.它們都可以左右人類的存在。How you choose to live each day, whether you regard or disregard me, doesnt really matter to me.你們?nèi)绾芜x擇每天的生活，是否在意我還是無視我，我都不在乎。One way or the other. Your actions will determine your fate. Not mine.不管怎樣，你們的行為決定了你們的命運(yùn)，不是我的。I

4、am nature. I will go on. I am prepared to evolve.我是自然。我會繼續(xù)下去。我隨時準(zhǔn)備進(jìn)化。Are you而你們呢？2.Ocean 海洋I am the ocean. Im water. Im most of this planet. I shaped it.我是海洋，我是水，我覆蓋了大局部地球。我創(chuàng)造了它。Every stream, every cloud, and every rain drop. It all es back to me.每一條河，每一朵云，每一滴雨，都將回到我的懷抱。One way or another, every liv

5、ing thing here needs me.不管怎樣，地球上所有的生物都需要我。Im the source. Im what they crawled out of.我是源頭，所有的生命都來自于我。Humans Theyre no different.人類？他們沒有什么不同。I dont owe them a thing.我不欠他們。I give. They take. But I can always take back.我付出，他們索取。但是我可以隨時收回。Thats just the way its always been.人們一直都是這樣做。Its not their planet

6、 anyway. Never was. Never will be.畢竟這不是你們的星球，以前不是，以后也不是。But humans, they take more than their share.但人類，他們貪得無厭。They poison me, then they e*pect me to feed them.他們毒死我，竟然還想讓我繼續(xù)養(yǎng)活他們。Well it doesnt work that way.這怎么可能。If humans want to e*ist in nature with me and off of me, I suggest they listen close.

7、Im only going to say this once.如果人類想在大自然中與我共存，賴我而生，我要你們聽仔細(xì)我只說一次。If nature isnt kept healthy, humans wont survive.如果沒有安康的大自然，人類將走向滅亡。Simple as that.就則簡單。Me, I could give a damn, with or without humans.至于我，有沒有人類都無所謂。Im the ocean. I covered this entire planet once.我的海洋。我曾經(jīng)覆蓋過整個地球。And I can always cover

8、 it again.我也可以再一次把它全部覆蓋。Thats all I have to say.這就是我要說的。3.Soil 土地I am the soil.我是土地。I am in the hills, and in the valleys, the farms, the orchards.我存在于高山上，山谷中，農(nóng)場里，果園間。Without me humans could not e*ist. But you treat me like dirt.沒有我，人類無法生存。但你們卻把我看得一文不值。Do you realize that I am just a thin skin on th

9、is planet你們意識到了嗎，我只是這個地球薄薄的一層皮膚？And that Im actually alive.我也是有生命的。Full of organisms that grow your food.充滿了讓你們的食物得以生長的有機(jī)物。But I am broken, aching, overused, sick.但是我被你們破壞、傷害、過度開發(fā)、損害。Because of you. You have withered me away to less than half of what I used to be just over100 years ago.就是因為你們。你們讓我萎縮

10、，現(xiàn)在我只剩下不及100年前一半的厚度。Are you paying attention I am turning to dust.你們注意到了嗎？我正在逐漸化為一片荒漠。So maybe you could treat me with a little more respect.所以也許你們能對我多一些尊重。I suppose you still want to eat, right我想你們不想餓肚子，對吧？4.Rainforest 雨林I am the rainforest.我是雨林。I watched them grow up here.我看著他們在這里成長。Theyve left. B

11、ut they always e back.他們離開了。但他們總是會回來。Yes, they always e back.是的，他們總會回來的。For my trees, their wood.為了獲取我的樹木，作為木材。My plants, their medicines.為了采集我的植物，充當(dāng)藥材。For my beauty, their escape.我的美麗是他們的世外桃源。Ive always been there for them and I have been more than generous.我有求必應(yīng)。我大方大方。Sometimes I gave it all to th

12、em. Now gone forever.有時候，我付出了全部?，F(xiàn)在一切不復(fù)返。But humans, theyre so smart. So smart.但人類啊，他們真的很聰明，真的很聰明。Such big brains and opposable thumbs.這么智慧的大腦，靈巧的雙手。They know how to make things. Amazing things.他們善于創(chuàng)造，了不起的創(chuàng)造。Now, why would they need an old forest like me anymore現(xiàn)在，他們還需要我這片古老的森林做什么呢？Jungles Trees Well

13、, they do breathe air.需要我的叢林還是樹木？對了，他們總得呼吸吧。And I make air.而我制造了氧氣。Have they thought about that他們意識到這件事了嗎？Humans, so smart. Theyll figure it out.人類，這么聰明。他們會想出方法的。Humans making air. Thatll be fun to watch.人類制造氧氣。那可太有意思了。5.Water 水I am water. To humans I am simply just there.我是水。對于人類來說我司空見慣。Im somethin

14、g they just take for granted.我對他們只是理所當(dāng)然的東西。But there is only so much of me. And more and more of them every single day.但是我是非常有限的，而人類的數(shù)量卻每天都在增長。I start as rain in the mountains flow to the rivers and streams. And end up in the ocean.我化身為雨水落入山中，流進(jìn)小溪與河流并最終匯入海洋。Then the cycle begins again.然后循環(huán)再次開場。And i

15、t will take me 10,000 years to get back to the state I am in now.要回到我現(xiàn)在的狀態(tài)需要一萬年。But to humans Im just water. Just there.然而對于人類來說，我只是水，理所當(dāng)然就在那里。Where will humans find me when there are billions more of them around如果人口再增加幾十億，人類還能找到我嗎？Where will they find themselves他們自己又將如何生存？Will they wage wars over m

16、e他們會為了我而發(fā)動戰(zhàn)爭嗎？Like they do over everything else就像他們?yōu)榱似渌露龅哪菢?？Thats always an option. But its not the only option.那倒是一種選擇，但并非唯一的選擇。6.Redwod 紅木How e youre so smart你怎么這么聰明？Kid, Ive been around a really long time. As a matter of fact, our kind has been around longer than just about anything. Ive seen j

17、ust about everything.小子，我已經(jīng)活了很久很久。事實(shí)上，我們是這個世界上最古老的生物了。我已經(jīng)什么都見識過了。Really Like what真的嗎？比方什么？Well, Ive seen weather. All kinds of weather.比方氣候吧，各式各樣的氣候。And lots of critters 還有許多動物嗎？Yeah. At first there were just some bugs and spiders, then some mice and rats, and some rabbits and bears, and skunks .The

18、n, all of a sudden, there were humans. And all hell broke loose.是啊。最早的時候就是些昆蟲和蜘蛛，后來就有了老鼠，兔子，熊和臭鼬。再后來人類突然出現(xiàn)了。一切就亂了套。Why What did the humans do為什么？人類做了什么呢？Well, they changed wolves into dogs, rivers into lakes, and us into wood. They started using the planet like it was put there just for them. Act li

19、ke theyve got an e*tra one laying around.他們把狼馴化成了狗，讓江河變成湖泊，把我們變成木材。他們把地球據(jù)為己有，就好似專門為他們準(zhǔn)備的一樣。就好似他們還有一個地球一樣。Why do they do that Why dont they understand他們?yōu)槭裁催@樣做呢？他們不懂得后果嗎？I dont know. If they dont figure out that theyre part of nature rather than just using nature, they probably wont be around to see y

20、ou grow up.我不知道。如果他們不懂得自己是大自然的一局部而是肆意利用自然，則他們也許等不到你長大。7.Flower 花I am a flower.我是花。Yes, Im beautiful. Ive heard it before and it never grows old.是的，我很美。人們常這么說，而且從來不會變老。Im worshiped for my looks, my scent, my looks.人們崇拜我的長相，我的氣味，我的容貌。But heres the thing. Life starts with me.但是事情是這樣的，生活由我而起。You see I f

21、eed people. Every fruit es from me.你看，我在哺育人類。每個水果來自于我。Every potato. Me.每個土豆，來自于我。Every kernel of corn. Me. Every grain of rice. Me.每粒玉米，來自于我。每顆麥子也來自于我。Me, me, me, I know. But its true.我，我，我，我知道，但這是真的。And sometimes I feed their souls.有時人類的心靈也會需要我。I am their words when they have none.當(dāng)你無法表達(dá)時候，我可以幫你說出。

22、I say I love you, without a sound. Im sorry, without a voice.我說我愛你不帶一個聲響。我很抱歉，沒有一個聲音。I inspire the greatest of them.我是啟發(fā)偉人的源泉。Painters, poets, pattern makers. Ive been a muse to them all.畫家，詩人，模型師。我一直是他們的繆斯。But in my e*perience, people underestimate the power of a pretty little flower.但以我的經(jīng)歷，人們低估了一朵

23、漂亮小花的力量。Because their life does start with me and it could end without me.因為他們的生活確實(shí)由我而起，也可以由我而終。8.Coral 珊瑚礁I am coral.我是珊瑚礁。Some people think Im just a rock.有些人認(rèn)為我只是巖石。When, in fact, Im the largest thing alive on this planet.但事實(shí)上，我是這個星球最大的生命體。Im so big, I can be seen from space. But for how long大到從太

24、空都可以看到我。但還能持續(xù)多久？I grew for almost 250 million years and humans came along and now one fifth of me is gone.我來到這里大約2.5億年后人類出現(xiàn)了，從那時起我已經(jīng)失去了我的五分之一。Sure, l live at the bottom of the sea. And you might not see me that often.是的，我生活在海底，你們很少能見到我。But you do need me.但是你們需要我。Do you realize that one quarter of al

25、l marine life depends on me你們知道有四分之一的海洋生物都依賴我生存嗎？I am the nursery of the sea.我是海洋生物的棲息地。Little fish depend on me for food and to hide from the big fish.我為小魚提供食物，為它們提供躲避大魚追捕的庇護(hù)所。And guess who eats the big fish猜猜誰吃大魚呢？Thats right. You do.是的。是你們。Im the protein factory for the world.我是全世界的蛋白質(zhì)工廠。Yet you

26、raise the temperature of the ocean so I cant live here anymore.但你們卻讓海洋溫度不斷升高，使我無法繼續(xù)生存。And when big storms and tsunamis barrel through the ocean, Im your fortress.當(dāng)風(fēng)暴和海嘯災(zāi)大洋上吼叫而過時，是我在為你們遮擋。Yet you tear me apart with dynamite and poison me with cyanide.然而你們卻用炸藥把我撕碎，用氰化物來毒害我。Well, heres a crazy thought:

27、 Stop killing me.我有一個瘋狂的想法：停頓傷害我。9.Sky 天空Look up. 抬頭看There I am. I am the Sky. 我在這里I am a warm and protective blanket wrapped around everyone on Earth. 我散發(fā)溫暖，保護(hù)地球上的每一個人I can bring clouds, rain and the wind. I can be an ice storm. 風(fēng)起云動雨飄，甚至狂風(fēng)暴雨，都由我掌控Without me, youd fry. 沒有我，你將受盡烈日煎熬Every day, I am t

28、he breath you take in, yet you are making me sick. 我是你呼吸的每一口空氣，但你卻害我奄奄一息I am congested, off-balance, polluted.失去平衡，充滿污染You see, I am more delicate than you think. 其實(shí)我，比你所想的要脆弱It took millions of years to get it just right my perfect mi* of gases, temperature and weather that you enjoy.經(jīng)歷了數(shù)百萬年，才完美調(diào)整好

29、適應(yīng)你用的空氣、溫度和氣候But now your cars, your factories and dust they have pushed me past the limit. 你用汽車、工廠、灰塵將我逼向絕境And you wonder why my typhoons and tornadoes are more intense, more frequent 卻反向我抱怨臺風(fēng)、龍卷風(fēng)為何更密更狂I have bee unpredictable. 我已無法自控Less rain here, a lot more rain there.這里久旱不雨，那里雨水泛濫Hotter summers

30、, colder winters.炎夏更炎, 寒冬更寒I cannot even control myself anymore. 我已無法自控Enough about me. 算了吧I will show my changing self to you in your days ahead. 來日給你們展現(xiàn)我的劇變吧But in the end, Ill be fine. 最后，天是不會塌下來的Give me a few thousand years. 給我?guī)浊臧蒊 have weathered trauma before. 以往大秧大禍，我都有力回天I am not worried for

31、 myself.不是自己，而是你Look up.記住，命，由天定10.Mountain 山I am the Mountain.我是山I am natures oldest temple.我是自然界最古老的圣殿My glaciers and streams provide the water you drink.我的冰川河流，為你們提供維持生命的水My forests, your wood, your clean air.我的森林，你們的樹木，為你們提供新鮮的空氣From up here, I see how youve e to treat this world.我清晰地看到，你們對這個地球的所作所為You used to recharge your body and soul in the calm of my forests.曾經(jīng)，你們來到我的森林，只為享受身心的寧靜You once climbed my peaks, seeking enlightenment.攀登到我的頂峰，只為獲得心靈的啟迪Now you take what you want, and contemplate