联合国秘书长潘基文2015年国际地球日致辞_演讲

联合国秘书长潘基文2015年国际地球日致辞

The word mother holds great power. It evokes memories of the women who gave us life, nurtured us as infants and helped mould us into who we are today. The Earth is the ultimate mother an astounding planet that has, since time immemorial, supported life in myriad forms. As humans, we outgrow the need for constant maternal care. But we can never outgrow our reliance on Mother Earth. As long as we live, we need air, water, fertile soil and the countless other gifts this planet bestows.母亲一词蕴含着巨大的力量。它使我们联想到妇女，她们赋予我们生命，把我们从婴儿养育成人，并帮助塑造我们的人格。地球是终极的母亲，这个神奇的星球自远古以来就一直承载着万物。生而为人，我们长大以后就不再需要母亲的持续呵护，却永远不能摆脱对地球母亲的依赖。只要活着，我们就需要空气、水、肥沃的土壤以及这个星球赐予我们的万物。

This dependence makes it all the more astonishing that we have allowed rapid and often unwise human development to disrupt so many of the delicate systems that have functioned harmoniously for millennia. We are increasingly aware of the damage our species has wrought the pollution, the dwindling resources, the species of flora and fauna forever gone, the rush towards tipping points that may alter the way our planet functions. Even with this knowledge, we have yet to change our ways.我们如此依赖，却又允许开展快速、并且经常不明智的人类开发活动，破坏这么多已经和谐运行了几千年的微妙系统，岂不更加令人吃惊？我们日益意识到我们这个物种已经造成的损害：污染、资源日益减少、永远消失的动植物物种，并且我们正在急速走向可能会改变我们这个星球运行方式的临界点。我们即便已经认识到这一点，却还没有改变我们的行为方式。