小李子在联合国霸气演讲，就喜欢男神你心怀天下的样子(2)

的确，我们通过了《巴黎协定》，汇集于此签署这项协议的参与国的数量，远超过人类历史上其他伟业，这是我们心存希望的原因之一。然而，不幸的是，证据表明，这还远远不够。除非我们把化石燃料留在它们本应沉睡的地方——地下，我们的地球才能够得救。

作为联合国的和平使者，我在过去两年中走访了世界各地，记录气候变化给地球的自然平衡带来了怎样的改变。我曾经目睹过像北京那样因工业污染而窒息的城市，加拿大古老的寒温带森林被夷为平地，印度尼西亚的热带雨林被焚烧殆尽。

由175个国家共同签订的《巴黎协定》（ Paris Agreement）提出了2020年后全球应对气候变化、实现绿色低碳发展的蓝图。小李子作为联合国和平大使，做压轴演讲。

But it is now upon you to do what great leaders have always done: to lead, to inspire and empower as President Lincoln did in his time.

fiery ['fairi]：炽热的；火一般的

dogma ['dgm] ：教条，教理

Renewable energy, fossil fuels and putting a price on carbon pollution are beginning to turn the tide. This transition is not only the right thing for our world, but it also makes clear economic sense, and is possible within our lifetime.

现在再来想想，当我们的子孙回首往事，发现我们拥有遏制这一灾难的手段，但却由于缺乏政治意愿而无所作为，那时候我们每个人会是多么羞愧难当。

Lincoln’s words still resonate to all of us here today: “We will be remembered in spite of ourselves…The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the last generation…We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of Earth.”

scourge [sk:d] ：灾祸，苦难的根源

我们都知道，扭转气候变化并非易事，但是如果我们想在为时已晚之前采取行动的话，工具就在我们手中。

We can congratulate each other today, but it will mean absolutely nothing if you return to your countries and fail to push beyond the promises of this historic agreement. Now is the time for bold, unprecedented action.

He was speaking before the U.S. Congress to confront the defining issue of his time – slavery. Everyone knew it had to end, but no one had the political will to stop it. Remarkably, his words ring as true today when applied to the defining crisis of our time – climate change.

“今天我们可以互相庆贺，但如果你们回到各自的国家却不能将这一协议付诸实施，这一切就毫无意义。”

Thank you very much.

In India, I met farmers whose crops have literally been washed away by historic flooding. In America, I have witnessed unprecedented droughts in California and sea level rise flooding the streets of Miami. In Greenland and in the Arctic, I was astonished to see that ancient glaciers are rapidly disappearing well ahead of scientific predictions. All that I have seen and learned on my journey has absolutely terrified me.

My friends, look at the delegates around you. It is time to ask each other – which side of history will you be on?

That is our charge now – you are the last, best hope of Earth. We ask you to protect it, or we and all living things we cherish are history.

作为一个在此过程中目睹良多的地球公民，我感谢在座的各位努力为解决气候变化危机而奠定的措施基础。然而，在经过21年的辩论和会议之后，是时候宣布决策。不要再空谈了，不要再寻找借口，不要再搞十年调研，也不再允许化石燃料公司操纵和主导影响我们未来的科学和政策。你们就是唯一能够采取所需行动的机构。

今天我们可以互相庆贺，但如果你们回到各自的国家却不能将这一历史性的协议付诸实施，这一切就毫无意义。现在是时候采取前所未有的、强有力的行动了。

dictate [dik'teit]： 指示

Thank you, Mr. Secretary General, for the honor to address this body once more. And thanks to the distinguished climate leaders assembled here today who are ready to take action.

谢谢诸位。

谢谢秘书长先生再次给我机会让我站在这里发言，谢谢各位卓越的气候领导人今天在联合国大会汇聚一堂准备开始采取行动。

President Abraham Lincoln was also thinking of bold action 150 years ago when he said: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present…As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”

disenthrall [,disin'θr:l]：释放；解放

可再生能源、化石燃料和给碳排放定价是扭转这一趋势的开始。这一转变不仅有利于我们的世界，而且也更符合经济规律，并有可能在我们有生之年得以实现。

一席演讲激情澎湃，听得人热血沸腾，男神心怀天下的样子怎么辣么帅！现在就来看看小李子的演讲吧，只有六分钟。

当时林肯总统在美国国会发表了这席演讲，正视他的时代所面临的关键问题——奴隶制。所有人都知道奴隶制要终结，但是没有人有政治意愿去解决这个问题。今天他的话听来仍然振聋发聩。我们可以用他的话来描述当今时代的关键挑战——气候变化。

There is no doubt in the world’s scientific community that this is a direct result of human activity and the effects of climate change will become astronomically worse in the future.

现在，世界需要你们做出伟大的领导人所做的事情——去引领、去激励、去赋权，就像林肯总统当年那样。

林肯的话今天依然回荡在我们耳边：“我们将会不以自身意志为转移地被历史所记载，我们经历的烈火般的考验将照亮我们的荣耀或耻辱，直至我们最后一代子孙。我们要么高尚地挽救，要么卑鄙地丧失这地球上最后的、最美好的希望。”

freight [freit] ：货运列车；货轮

他把严峻的现实摆在我们面前，对在座的国家领导提出要求，言辞犀利：

All of you sitting in this very hall, the world is now watching. You’ll either be lauded by future generations, or vilified by them.

坐在这个大会堂里的每个人，整个世界都在注目着你们。你们要么流芳百世，要么成为千古罪人。

body：团体；组织

我想科学界已经明确证明这是人类行为所带来的直接后果。今后，气候变化的影响还将更具灾难性。

As a citizen of our planet who has witnessed so much on this journey, I thank you all for everything you have done to lay the foundation of a solution to this crisis, but after 21 years of debates and conferences, it is time to declare; no more talk, no more excuses, no more 10-year studies, no more allowing the fossil fuel companies to manipulate and dictate the science and policies that affect our future. This is the only body that can do what is needed.

As a UN Messenger of Peace, I have traveled all over the world for the last two years, documenting how this crisis is changing the natural balance of our planet. I’ve seen cities like Beijing choked by industrial pollution, ancient Boreal forests in Canada that have been clear-cut, and rainforests in Indonesia that have been incinerated.

manipulate [m'nipjleit]： 操纵