在世界其它地方 例如印度和中国的工厂

　　are facing the same problems and clamoring for the same kinds of improvement in their air

　　当地也面临着相同问题 也希望空气质量得到改善

　　It is another opportunity for leadership

　　这是另一个争取领导权的机会

　　Toxic fogs were a thing of the past

　　毒雾已经成为过去时

　　Coal emissions still cause about 200,000 premature deaths in the United States alone

　　但现在 煤炭排放仅仅在美国 就在导致大约20万人早逝

　　It's hard to estimate how much bigger that number is elsewhere

　　很难预计这个数字在其它地方会有多大

　　Our fossil fuels are altering the climate of world

　　化石燃料正在改变地球气候

　　Rising temperatures and shifting weather patterns bring their own dangers and enormous economic costs

　　温度升高 天气反常 这些都会存在危险而且经济代价也会异常巨大

　　Think how much work didn't get done because of the polar vortex the grounded flights, the trains that didn't leave the stations and the cars that wouldn't start

　　想想有多少工作由于极地涡旋而被耽误飞机无法起飞 火车无法离站汽车无法开动

　　I mean, yes, you got to skip a few classes but it was not cheap

　　当然 这让你们能够少上几堂课但这个代价太大了

　　What we need are new ways to provide electricity new types of transportation and new approaches to doing business

　　我们需要有新的发电方式新的运输方式 以及新的经营方式

　　These will be the technologies and the ideas you are going to create and we can export

　　你们需要想出这方面的新技术和新点子 然后再出口国外

　　Right now the most difficult problems we face with regard to global warming are not the technical ones

　　现在全球变暖上 我们所面临的最大难题并不是技术上的那些

　　Those are huge and challenging to be sure and I hope you get to work on them right away, this afternoon

　　当然 技术上的问题也很难处理我希望你们今天下午立马就投入到这些工作之中