TED2009
Sylvia Earle: My wish: Protect our oceans
Sylvia Earle的TED大獎願望：保護海洋
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Sylvia Earle是一位傳奇的海洋學家，她與我們分享了令人驚奇的海洋圖片，並揭露海洋生態正以令人震驚的速度衰退。正如她的TED大獎獲獎願望：願我們能與她一起參與保護藍色星球的行列。
Sylvia Earle - Oceanographer
Sylvia Earle has been at the forefront of ocean exploration for more than four decades. The winner of the 2009 TED Prize, she's a tireless advocate for our oceans. Full bio
Sylvia Earle has been at the forefront of ocean exploration for more than four decades. The winner of the 2009 TED Prize, she's a tireless advocate for our oceans. Full bio
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Fifty years ago, when I began exploring the ocean,
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50年前，當我開始探索海洋的時候，
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no one -- not Jacques Perrin, not Jacques Cousteau or Rachel Carson --
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沒有人，包括Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cousteau 或Rachel Carson會想到
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imagined that we could do anything to harm the ocean
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我們向大海排放的東西
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by what we put into it or by what we took out of it.
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或是對海洋的索取就可以傷害到海洋
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It seemed, at that time, to be a sea of Eden,
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那時候的大海就如同伊甸園一般
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but now we know, and now we are facing paradise lost.
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但現在的我們知道，我們正從伊甸園走向失樂園
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I want to share with you
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我想與你們分享
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my personal view of changes in the sea that affect all of us,
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我個人對發生在海洋中那些與我們息息相關的變化的看法
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and to consider why it matters that in 50 years, we've lost --
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並思考為什麼50年來我們所失去的一切到底意味著什么--
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actually, we've taken, we've eaten --
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事實上，我們已經捕獲、食用了
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more than 90 percent of the big fish in the sea;
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海洋中超過90%的大型魚類
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why you should care that nearly half of the coral reefs have disappeared;
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為什麼你要關心幾乎已經消失一半的珊瑚礁
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why a mysterious depletion of oxygen in large areas of the Pacific
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為什麼在太平洋出現原因不明的大面積缺氧帶
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should concern not only the creatures that are dying,
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不僅僅與那些垂死的生物有關
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but it really should concern you.
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而且也應該讓你感到憂慮
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It does concern you, as well.
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是的，你應該為此擔憂
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I'm haunted by the thought of what Ray Anderson calls "tomorrow's child,"
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Ray Anderson提到的“明天的孩子”這個詞常常縈繞於我的頭腦中
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asking why we didn't do something on our watch
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我疑問為什麼我們袖手旁觀
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to save sharks and bluefin tuna and squids and coral reefs and the living ocean
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沒有去拯救鯊魚、黑鮪魚、烏賊、珊瑚礁和充滿活力的海洋
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while there still was time.
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趁還來得及的時候
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Well, now is that time.
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但就在此刻
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I hope for your help
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我呼籲你們伸出援手
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to explore and protect the wild ocean
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去探索和保護野性的海洋
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in ways that will restore the health and,
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使海洋能重新恢復健康
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in so doing, secure hope for humankind.
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這樣做，才能為人類保有希望
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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海洋的健康意味著我們的健康
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And I hope Jill Tarter's wish to engage Earthlings includes dolphins and whales
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我也盼望，Jill Tarter希望找到其他外星智慧生物時
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and other sea creatures
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所提到的”地球生物”
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in this quest to find intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.
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是包含了海豚、鯨魚以及其他海洋生物
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And I hope, Jill, that someday
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我還希望，Jill，那一天
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we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet.
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我們會發現並證明，地球的人類中間也是有智慧生命的
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(Laughter)
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（笑）
02:18
Did I say that? I guess I did.
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我真的這麼說嗎?大概是吧
02:23
For me, as a scientist,
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從我來說，作為一個科學家
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it all began in 1953
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這一切是在1953年開始的
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when I first tried scuba.
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當我第一次嘗試潛水
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It's when I first got to know fish swimming
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是那一刻讓我意識到魚類
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in something other than lemon slices and butter.
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並不是在檸檬片和奶油中游泳的
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I actually love diving at night;
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我特別喜歡在夜間潛水
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you see a lot of fish then that you don't see in the daytime.
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你可以看見很多白天看不見的魚類
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Diving day and night was really easy for me in 1970,
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1970年的時候﹐我能輕鬆地夜以繼日地潛水
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when I led a team of aquanauts living underwater for weeks at a time --
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我可以帶了一隊潛水員一次在水下待好幾個星期
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at the same time that astronauts were putting their footprints on the moon.
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同一時間，太空人正在月球上留下他們的足跡
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In 1979 I had a chance to put my footprints on the ocean floor
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1979年﹐ 我也有了將我的足跡留在海底的機會
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while using this personal submersible called Jim.
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當時用的便是這台叫作Jim的潛水器
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It was six miles offshore and 1,250 feet down.
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在離岸六英里處，我們下潛到了1250英尺
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It's one of my favorite bathing suits.
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這是我最喜歡的泳衣之一
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Since then, I've used about 30 kinds of submarines
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從那時到現在，我已使用過差不多30種的潛水器
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and I've started three companies and a nonprofit foundation called Deep Search
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我還成立了三家公司和一家名為[探索深海]的非營利基金會
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to design and build systems
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從事設計和創造能幫助
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to access the deep sea.
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我們到達深海的系統
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I led a five-year National Geographic expedition,
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我曾主持過一次為期5年的國家地理探險
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the Sustainable Seas expeditions,
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即”永續海洋”探索活動
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using these little subs.
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用的就是這種小型的潛水艇
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They're so simple to drive that even a scientist can do it.
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它便於使用﹐ 甚至只要一個科學家就能駕駛
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And I'm living proof.
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我就是活生生的例子
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Astronauts and aquanauts alike
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太空人和潛水員很相似
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really appreciate the importance of air, food, water, temperature --
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他們切身體會到空氣、食物、水、溫度的重要性
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all the things you need to stay alive in space or under the sea.
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這一切都是你在太空或海裡能安然無恙的必要條件
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I heard astronaut Joe Allen explain
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我聽過太空人Joe Allen解釋說
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how he had to learn everything he could about his life support system
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他是如何盡可能地學習有關生命維持系統的一切知識
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and then do everything he could
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然後盡一切努力
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to take care of his life support system;
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來保護好他的生命維持系統
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and then he pointed to this and he said, "Life support system."
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之後他指著這個說道：“生命維持系統”
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We need to learn everything we can about it
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我們需要竭力學習一切有關它的知識
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and do everything we can to take care of it.
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並盡全力地照顧好它
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The poet Auden said, "Thousands have lived without love;
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詩人Auden說過，“無數人的生活中沒有愛，
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none without water."
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但無一人能沒有水"
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Ninety-seven percent of Earth's water is ocean.
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地球97%的水是海洋
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No blue, no green.
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沒有藍色，就沒有綠色。
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If you think the ocean isn't important,
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如果你認為海洋並不重要
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imagine Earth without it.
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想像一下沒有海洋的地球
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Mars comes to mind.
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想到火星了吧
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No ocean, no life support system.
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沒有海洋，就沒有生命維持系統
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I gave a talk not so long ago at the World Bank
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不久前我在世界銀行作了個演講
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and I showed this amazing image of Earth
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我展示了這張美麗的地球照片
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and I said, "There it is! The World Bank!"
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我說，”它在這裡！它才是世界銀行！“
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That's where all the assets are!
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那就是一切財富的所在
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And we've been trawling them down
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而我們正對這些財富大肆掠奪
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much faster than the natural systems can replenish them.
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遠遠超過自然系統進行補充的速度
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Tim Worth says the economy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the environment.
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Tim Worth說，世界經濟只是一個完全被環境掌控的子公司
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With every drop of water you drink,
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你喝的每一滴水
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every breath you take,
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每一次的呼吸
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you're connected to the sea.
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都將你與大海聯繫起來
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No matter where on Earth you live.
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不管你生活在地球的什么地方
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Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
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大氣中的氧氣絕大多數是由大海產生
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Over time, most of the planet's organic carbon
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長久以來，地球上大部分的有機碳
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has been absorbed and stored there,
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都在海洋中被吸收和儲存
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mostly by microbes.
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這一過程主要由微生物完成
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The ocean drives climate and weather,
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海洋驅動著氣候和天氣變化
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stabilizes temperature, shapes Earth's chemistry.
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使溫度穩定，形成了地球化學
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Water from the sea forms clouds
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水來自海洋﹐ 形成雲
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that return to the land and the seas
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然後落回陸地和海洋
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as rain, sleet and snow,
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即雨、冰雹和雪
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and provides home for about 97 percent of life in the world,
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為世界上，或許也是宇宙中
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maybe in the universe.
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大約97%的生命提供了居所
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No water, no life;
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沒有水，就沒有生命
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no blue, no green.
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沒有藍色，就沒有綠色
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Yet we have this idea, we humans,
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然而我們人類有這樣一種想法
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that the Earth -- all of it: the oceans, the skies --
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認為地球，包括海洋、天空等全部
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are so vast and so resilient
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是如此廣闊，恢復力如此之強
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it doesn't matter what we do to it.
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以至於我們對其做什麼都沒關係
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That may have been true 10,000 years ago,
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這在一萬年前或許沒錯
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and maybe even 1,000 years ago
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甚至一千年前也沒錯
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but in the last 100, especially in the last 50,
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但到了最近100年，特別是近50年
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we've drawn down the assets,
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我們已經耗費了太多的財富
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the air, the water, the wildlife
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空氣、水、野生動物
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that make our lives possible.
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來支持我們的生活
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New technologies are helping us to understand
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新的技術正幫助我們理解
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the nature of nature;
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自然的本質
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the nature of what's happening,
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自然變化的本質
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showing us our impact on the Earth.
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顯示了我們對地球的影響
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I mean, first you have to know that you've got a problem.
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我是說，首先你要意識到問題已經存在
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And fortunately, in our time,
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而且，幸運的是，在我們的時代
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we've learned more about the problems than in all preceding history.
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我們對問題的了解已經比之前所有的時代都來得多
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And with knowing comes caring.
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有了了解，便有了保護
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And with caring, there's hope
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有了保護，就有了希望
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that we can find an enduring place for ourselves
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那就是我們能夠在支持我們的自然系統中
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within the natural systems that support us.
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找到一個使自己持久生活的地方
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But first we have to know.
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但首先我們必須去了解
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Three years ago, I met John Hanke,
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三年前，我遇到John Hanke
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who's the head of Google Earth,
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Google Earth的領導者
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and I told him how much I loved being able to hold the world in my hands
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我告訴他，我是多麼喜歡能夠將世界捧在手裡的感覺
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and go exploring vicariously.
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並間接地進行探索
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But I asked him: "When are you going to finish it?
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但我問他：”你準備什麼時候把它完成？
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You did a great job with the land, the dirt.
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你把陸地，泥土部分做的很好
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What about the water?"
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但是水呢？ “
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Since then, I've had the great pleasure of working with the Googlers,
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自那之後，我便非常高興地開始與Google，
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with DOER Marine, with National Geographic,
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與DOER Marine，與國家地理
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with dozens of the best institutions and scientists around the world,
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與來自世界上數十個最好的研究所和科學家們
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ones that we could enlist,
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我們能招募來的工作人員一起努力
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to put the ocean in Google Earth.
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將海洋放到Google Earth裡面
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And as of just this week, last Monday,
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一直到這個星期，上週一
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Google Earth is now whole.
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Google Earth現在是完整了
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Consider this: Starting right here at the convention center,
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你們看：從這裡的會議中心開始
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we can find the nearby aquarium,
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我們能找到附近的水族館
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we can look at where we're sitting,
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我們能看到我們所在的地方
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and then we can cruise up the coast to the big aquarium, the ocean,
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然後我們越過海岸線，來到這個大水族館，海洋
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and California's four national marine sanctuaries,
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還有加州的四個國家海洋保護區
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and the new network of state marine reserves
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以及新建的州立海洋保護區網絡
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that are beginning to protect and restore some of the assets
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這些都是保護和恢復部分自然財富的開始
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We can flit over to Hawaii
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我們能飛過夏威夷
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and see the real Hawaiian Islands:
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看到真正的夏威夷群島
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not just the little bit that pokes through the surface,
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不僅僅是初探表面的那一小部分
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but also what's below.
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而且能看到海面以下
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To see -- wait a minute, we can go kshhplash! --
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讓我們來看——等一會，我們能向下
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right there, ha --
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到這裡了，哈
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under the ocean, see what the whales see.
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在海水裡，看鯨魚所看的景象
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We can go explore the other side of the Hawaiian Islands.
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我們能到夏威夷群島的另一邊去探索
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We can go actually and swim around on Google Earth
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我們真的可以在Google Earth裡四處暢”游”
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and visit with humpback whales.
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與座頭鯨一起在海裡徜徉
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These are the gentle giants that I've had the pleasure of meeting face to face
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這些是溫和的巨獸，我很榮幸曾在海裡
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many times underwater.
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多次地與他們面對面相遇
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There's nothing quite like being personally inspected by a whale.
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沒有什麼比單獨被一頭鯨魚仔細審視的感覺更好的了
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We can pick up and fly to the deepest place:
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我們能加快速度向更深的地方去：
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seven miles down, the Mariana Trench,
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來到七英里以下的馬里亞納海溝
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where only two people have ever been.
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只有兩個人曾到過那裡
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Imagine that. It's only seven miles,
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想想看，只有區區7英里
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but only two people have been there, 49 years ago.
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但只有兩個人到過那，那是在49年前
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One-way trips are easy.
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單程旅行總比較容易
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We need new deep-diving submarines.
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我們需要新的深海潛水器
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How about some X Prizes for ocean exploration?
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為海洋探險設立個大獎怎麼樣？
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We need to see deep trenches, the undersea mountains,
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我們需要去看看深海海溝，海底山脈
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and understand life in the deep sea.
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了解深海裡的生命
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We can now go to the Arctic.
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現在我們可以去到北極
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Just ten years ago I stood on the ice at the North Pole.
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十年前我就曾站在北極點的冰面上
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An ice-free Arctic Ocean may happen in this century.
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一個沒有冰的北極海或許就會在本世紀出現
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That's bad news for the polar bears.
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那對北極熊是噩耗
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That's bad news for us too.
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也是我們的噩耗
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Excess carbon dioxide is not only driving global warming,
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過量的二氧化碳不僅導致全球暖化
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it's also changing ocean chemistry,
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也改變了海洋的化學性質
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making the sea more acidic.
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使大海變得更酸
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That's bad news for coral reefs and oxygen-producing plankton.
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這對珊瑚礁和產氧的浮游植物來說是個壞消息
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Also it's bad news for us.
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對我們也是壞消息
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We're putting hundreds of millions of tons of plastic
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我們正將億萬噸的塑料
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and other trash into the sea.
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和其他垃圾扔進海洋﹐
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Millions of tons of discarded fishing nets,
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數百萬噸廢棄的魚網和漁具
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gear that continues to kill.
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仍在殺害海洋生物
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We're clogging the ocean, poisoning the planet's circulatory system,
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我們正在堵塞海洋，毒害著地球的循環系統
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and we're taking out hundreds of millions of tons of wildlife,
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我們正使無數的野生動物消失殆盡
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all carbon-based units.
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它們都是碳元素為基礎的單元
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Barbarically, we're killing sharks for shark fin soup,
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像野蠻人似的，我們為了吃魚翅就殺死鯊魚
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undermining food chains that shape planetary chemistry
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破壞地球的食物鏈就是破壞地球的化學平衡
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and drive the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle,
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也就是破壞了碳循環、氮循環、
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the oxygen cycle, the water cycle --
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氧循環和水循環
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our life support system.
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我們的生命維持系統
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We're still killing bluefin tuna; truly endangered
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我們還在捕殺實際上已經瀕臨絕種的黑鲔魚
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and much more valuable alive than dead.
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它們活著時的價值遠高於死去時
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All of these parts are part of our life support system.
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所有這些都是我們生命維持系統的一部分
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We kill using long lines, with baited hooks every few feet
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我們用延繩釣捕魚，長釣線上每隔數英尺就有帶餌的魚鉤
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that may stretch for 50 miles or more.
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釣線的長度可達50英里甚至更長
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Industrial trawlers and draggers are scraping the sea floor
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商業以及小型拖網漁船正刮蝕著海底
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like bulldozers, taking everything in their path.
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就像推土機一樣，將所經之處的一切帶走
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Using Google Earth you can witness trawlers --
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利用Google Earth，你可以目睹拖網漁船的所作所為
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in China, the North Sea, the Gulf of Mexico --
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在中國，在北海，和墨西哥灣
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shaking the foundation of our life support system,
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拖網漁船正動搖著我們的生命維持系統
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leaving plumes of death in their path.
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在其所經之處留下無數屍體
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The next time you dine on sushi -- or sashimi,
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下一次當你品嚐壽司，或生魚片
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or swordfish steak, or shrimp cocktail,
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或旗魚排，或鮮蝦盅
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whatever wildlife you happen to enjoy from the ocean --
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或任一種你碰巧品嚐到的海洋野生動物時
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think of the real cost.
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想一下其真正的代價
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For every pound that goes to market,
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每送一磅海鮮到市場上
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more than 10 pounds, even 100 pounds,
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就有超過10磅，甚至100磅
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may be thrown away as bycatch.
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的兼捕的海洋生物被扔掉
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This is the consequence of not knowing
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這種情況發生的原因便是
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that there are limits to what we can take out of the sea.
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我們不知道向大海的索取是有限制的
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This chart shows the decline in ocean wildlife
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這張表顯示了海洋野生動物的衰退
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from 1900 to 2000.
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從1900年到2000年
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The highest concentrations are in red.
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紅色表示的是密度最高的地區
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In my lifetime, imagine,
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在我的人生中，想一下
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90 percent of the big fish have been killed.
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90%的大型魚類遭到捕殺
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Most of the turtles, sharks, tunas and whales
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大部份的海龜、鯊魚、鲔魚和鯨魚
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are way down in numbers.
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數量不斷下降
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But, there is good news.
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然而，還是有好消息的
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Ten percent of the big fish still remain.
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10%的大型魚類仍然健在
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There are still some blue whales.
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有些藍鯨還倖存著
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There are still some krill in Antarctica.
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南極也還有部分磷蝦
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There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay.
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切薩皮克灣還長著少量牡蠣
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Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape,
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一半的珊瑚礁情況也還不錯
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a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet.
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它們就像環繞地球中部的珠寶帶
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There's still time, but not a lot,
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我們還有時間，但不是很多
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to turn things around.
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來改變現狀
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But business as usual means that in 50 years,
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但如果一切繼續下去，意味著50年內
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there may be no coral reefs --
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珊瑚礁有可能消失
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and no commercial fishing, because the fish will simply be gone.
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也不再有漁業，因為魚類已經被捕完了
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Imagine the ocean without fish.
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想像一下沒有魚類的海洋
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Imagine what that means to our life support system.
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想像一下這對於我們的生命維持系統意味著什麼
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Natural systems on the land are in big trouble too,
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陸地的自然系統也存在很嚴重的問題
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but the problems are more obvious,
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但那些問題更加明顯
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and some actions are being taken to protect trees, watersheds and wildlife.
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若干措施也正用於保護樹木、集水區和野生動物
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And in 1872, with Yellowstone National Park,
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在1872年，以黃石國家公園為代表
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the United States began establishing a system of parks
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美國開始建立起一個公園系統
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that some say was the best idea America ever had.
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某種角度上，這是美國所採取的最好的一個措施
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About 12 percent of the land around the world is now protected:
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現在，世界上大約12%的陸地都受到了保護
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safeguarding biodiversity, providing a carbon sink,
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保護著生物多樣性，並吸收碳
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generating oxygen, protecting watersheds.
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生產出氧氣，保護著集水區
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And, in 1972, this nation began to establish a counterpart in the sea,
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而到了1972年，美國開始對應地建立起一個海洋保護區
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National Marine Sanctuaries.
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國家海洋保護區
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That's another great idea.
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這是另一個偉大的措施
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The good news is
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好消息是
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that there are now more than 4,000 places in the sea, around the world,
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現在世界海洋中有超過4000個地方
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that have some kind of protection.
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已經在某種程度上得到了保護
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And you can find them on Google Earth.
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你們可以在Google Earth上找到這些地方
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The bad news is
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壞消息是
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that you have to look hard to find them.
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你需要很仔細才能把它們找出來
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In the last three years, for example,
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舉個例子，過去三年裡
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the U.S. protected 340,000 square miles of ocean as national monuments.
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美國像對國家歷史文物一樣保護了34萬平方英里的海洋
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But it only increased from 0.6 of one percent
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但在全球僅1%的受保護海洋面積中
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to 0.8 of one percent of the ocean protected, globally.
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這僅僅使全球海洋受保護的比例從一個百分點中的0.6增加到0.8
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Protected areas do rebound,
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保護起來的區域的確有好轉
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but it takes a long time to restore
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但這需要長時間才能恢復
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50-year-old rockfish or monkfish, sharks or sea bass,
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50歲的石斑魚、鮟鱇魚、鯊魚、鱸魚
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or 200-year-old orange roughy.
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或200歲的橘棘鯛
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We don't consume 200-year-old cows or chickens.
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我們不會吃200歲的牛或雞
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Protected areas provide hope
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受保護地提供了一線希望
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that the creatures of Ed Wilson's dream
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希望Ed Wilson夢想中的那些生物
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of an encyclopedia of life, or the census of marine life,
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無論是來自生物百科全書，或是來自海洋生物普查
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will live not just as a list,
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都不僅僅是作為一個名單
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a photograph, or a paragraph.
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一張圖片，或一條新聞報導而存在
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With scientists around the world, I've been looking at the 99 percent of the ocean
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與全世界的科學家一道，我一直在關注著那99%的海洋
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that is open to fishing -- and mining, and drilling, and dumping, and whatever --
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那裡對捕魚、開採、鑽探和傾倒及其他活動都是開放的
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to search out hope spots,
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（我們）試圖從中找到希望所在
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and try to find ways to give them and us a secure future.
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並想辦法為它們和我們提供一個安全的未來
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Such as the Arctic --
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好比在北極
14:24
we have one chance, right now, to get it right.
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我們有機會，現在，來讓情況好轉
14:27
Or the Antarctic, where the continent is protected,
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或者是在南極，那裡的大陸受到了保護
14:30
but the surrounding ocean is being stripped of its krill, whales and fish.
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但附近的海洋裡那些磷蝦、鯨魚和魚類正在被過度捕撈
14:36
Sargasso Sea's three million square miles of floating forest
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馬尾藻海那三百萬平方英里的漂浮森林
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is being gathered up to feed cows.
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正在被採集用來養牛
14:44
97 percent of the land in the Galapagos Islands is protected,
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加拉帕戈斯群島中97%的陸地受到了保護
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but the adjacent sea is being ravaged by fishing.
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但其鄰海正因為捕魚而倍受摧殘
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It's true too in Argentina
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在阿根廷也是如此
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on the Patagonian shelf, which is now in serious trouble.
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巴塔哥尼亞大陸棚，現在危機重重
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The high seas, where whales, tuna and dolphins travel --
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在遠洋，也是鯨魚、鲔魚和海豚遨遊的地方
15:02
the largest, least protected, ecosystem on Earth,
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也是地球上最大，卻受到最少保護的生態系統
15:05
filled with luminous creatures,
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充滿著發光生物
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living in dark waters that average two miles deep.
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平均兩英里的黑暗深海裡
15:11
They flash, and sparkle, and glow
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它們充滿活力，閃耀著光輝
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with their own living light.
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用的是自己的生物發光機制
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There are still places in the sea as pristine as I knew as a child.
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海洋中還有一些我自小就知道的，還是原始未受侵蝕的地方
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The next 10 years may be the most important,
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接下來的十年或許是最重要的
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and the next 10,000 years the best chance our species will have
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而接下來的一萬年是我們物種擁有的最好的機會
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to protect what remains of the natural systems that give us life.
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去保護自然系統中存留的，讓我們能生存下來的那些東西
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To cope with climate change, we need new ways to generate power.
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為了面對氣候變遷，我們需要新的能源
15:37
We need new ways, better ways, to cope with poverty, wars and disease.
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我們需要新的方法，更好的方法，來應對貧窮、戰爭和疾病
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We need many things to keep and maintain the world as a better place.
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我們還有許多事情要做，來保持和使世界成為一個更美好的地方
15:47
But, nothing else will matter
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但是，如果我們不能夠保護好海洋
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if we fail to protect the ocean.
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這一切就都毫無意義
15:53
Our fate and the ocean's are one.
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我們的命運與海洋密不可分
15:57
We need to do for the ocean what Al Gore did for the skies above.
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我們需要為海洋做點什麼，就像高爾為上面的藍天所做的
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A global plan of action
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一個全球行動計劃
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with a world conservation union, the IUCN,
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與一個世界自然保護聯盟，IUCN
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is underway to protect biodiversity,
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正在做的就是保護生物多樣性
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to mitigate and recover from the impacts of climate change,
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緩和及恢復氣候變遷對地球所造成衝擊
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on the high seas and in coastal areas,
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而在遠洋和海岸地帶
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wherever we can identify critical places.
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在我們能夠認定為關鍵地區的任何地方
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New technologies are needed to map, photograph and explore
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需要新的技術來進行地圖定位、拍攝和探索
16:24
the 95 percent of the ocean that we have yet to see.
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對尚不了解的95%的海洋進行觀察
16:28
The goal is to protect biodiversity,
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目標就是保護生物多樣性
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to provide stability and resilience.
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提供穩定和恢復的能力
16:33
We need deep-diving subs,
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我們需要深海潛水器
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new technologies to explore the ocean.
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以及探索海洋的新技術
16:38
We need, maybe, an expedition --
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我們需要，或許，一次探險
16:41
a TED at sea --
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一次在海洋中進行的TED
16:43
that could help figure out the next steps.
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來幫助找出接下來的路要怎麼走
16:46
And so, I suppose you want to know what my wish is.
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那麼，我猜你們應該很想知道我的祝愿是什麼
16:50
I wish you would use all means at your disposal --
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我希望你們能夠自己決定用什麼樣的方法
16:55
films, expeditions, the web, new submarines --
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電影、探險、網絡、新的潛水器等等
16:58
and campaign to ignite public support
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來點燃公眾積極參與的熱情
17:01
for a global network of marine protected areas --
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從而使海洋受保護地區和希望所在連成一個全球網絡
17:04
hope spots large enough to save and restore the ocean,
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並使之足夠巨大，以拯救和恢復海洋
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the blue heart of the planet.
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地球的藍色心臟
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How much?
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要保護多少？
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Some say 10 percent, some say 30 percent.
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有人說10%，有人說30%
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You decide: how much of your heart do you want to protect?
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你自己決定你的心臟需要多少保護吧
17:21
Whatever it is,
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無論如何
17:23
a fraction of one percent is not enough.
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一個百分點中的一小部分是不夠的
17:27
My wish is a big wish,
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我的願望很遠大
17:29
but if we can make it happen, it can truly change the world,
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但如果我們能使之實現，世界將為之改變
17:33
and help ensure the survival
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並且可以確保
17:36
of what actually -- as it turns out -- is my favorite species;
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我最喜歡的物種—歸根究底，也就是我們人類
17:42
that would be us.
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能够生存下来
17:44
For the children of today,
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為了今天的兒童
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for tomorrow's child:
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為了明天的兒童
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as never again, now is the time.
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我們不能重蹈覆轍，現在是時候了
17:53
Thank you.
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謝謝
17:54
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sylvia Earle - OceanographerSylvia Earle has been at the forefront of ocean exploration for more than four decades. The winner of the 2009 TED Prize, she's a tireless advocate for our oceans.
Why you should listen
Sylvia Earle, called "Her Deepness" by the New Yorker, "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress and a "Hero for the Planet" by Time, is an oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer with a deep commitment to research through personal exploration.
Earle has led more than 50 expeditions and clocked more than 7,000 hours underwater. As captain of the first all-female team to live underwater in 1970, she and her fellow scientists received a ticker-tape parade and White House reception upon their return to the surface. In 1979, she walked untethered on the sea floor at a lower depth than any other woman before or since. In the 1980s, she started the companies Deep Ocean Engineering and Deep Ocean Technologies with engineer Graham Hawkes to design undersea vehicles that allow scientists to work at previously inaccessible depths. In the early 1990s, she served as Chief Scientist of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
Earle speaks of our oceans with wonder and amazement, and calls them “the blue heart of the planet.” The winner of the 2009 TED Prize, she wished to ignite public support for marine protected areas, so that they cover 20% of the world's oceans by 2020.
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