公众人物毕业演讲第162期:比尔·奈马萨诸塞大学2014(9)

 　　But even harder than the technological¹ troubles are the political ones as preposterous² as it might sound to many of us

　　但在技术难题之外 更复杂的是政治难题也许看起来有点荒谬

　　there are great many people claim that climate change is a hoax³

　　很多人都声称气候变化只是个骗局

　　perpetrated by an international conspiracy⁴ of scientists and government officials

　　是科学家和政府官员编造的国际阴谋

　　Oh but it were that simple

　　有这么简单吗

　　If there were a conspiracy our path forward would be easy

　　如果确实是阴谋我们前进的道路就简单了

　　None of us would be responsible for climate change

　　没人需要对气候变化负责

　　It would be those bad guys. All we'd have to do is expose them and everything would be fine but my friends, there is no such thing

　　需要负责的是坏人 我们只需要曝光坏人就行了一切都会很好但是朋友们 根本不是这样的

　　Have you ever tried to get along with a bunch of scientists?

　　你们能同一堆科学家相处得好吗

　　They're at each other's throats and they're happy about it

　　他们吵得不可开交 而且乐此不疲

　　Climate change is happening because we are all using the atmosphere for chemical energy and as ways to dump our airborne carbon

　　气候变化正在发生因为我们都在使用大气提供化学能并往空气中排出碳

　　It's a much more complicated problem than any that could be caused by a misguided conspirator

　　这个问题太过复杂根本就不是一个阴谋者能够想出来的

　　Conspiracy theories are for lazy people people that don't want to get down to business at hand

　　阴谋论只适用于懒人只适用于不想严肃考虑问题的人

　　So everybody, please dismiss those ideas at once

　　我请所有人立刻摒弃阴谋论观点

　　The US cannot wait for the others we have to overcome the notion that

　　美国不能等别人我们不能总想着

　　since other large carbon dioxide emitters like China, Russia and India

　　其它二氧化碳排放大国 例如中国 俄罗斯 印度

　　have not come around to the idea of reducing emissions

　　都没有考虑减排

　　then the United States and the class of 2014 shouldn't either

　　那么美国和2014届毕业生也不应该考虑减排

1 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

2 preposterous   

adj.荒谬的，可笑的

参考例句：

• The whole idea was preposterous.整个想法都荒唐透顶。
• It would be preposterous to shovel coal with a teaspoon.用茶匙铲煤是荒谬的。

3 hoax   

v.欺骗，哄骗，愚弄；n.愚弄人，恶作剧

参考例句：

• They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
• They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。

4 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。