to save the

environment?

[00:02.41]勞駕，女士，請(qǐng)你在這份拯救環(huán)境的請(qǐng)?jiān)笗?shū)上簽個(gè)名好嗎?

[00:04.82]Grace:Save the

environment?What do you mean?Everthing seems to be good to

me.

[00:07.67]拯救環(huán)境?什么意思?我覺(jué)得一切都很好呀。

[00:10.51]Tim:You mean you don’t

know?

[00:11.61]就是說(shuō)你還不知道?

[00:12.71]Grace:Know about

what?

[00:13.63]知道什么?

[00:14.54]Tim:The environmental problems that we

face every day.

[00:16.27]我們每天都要面對(duì)的環(huán)境問(wèn)題。

[00:18.00]Grace:We do?Like

what?

[00:19.10]是嗎?例如呢?

[00:20.20]Tim:I’m surprised you don’t know.There’s

nuclear waste,for

one.

[00:22.36]我很驚訝你居然不知道。放射性廢棄物就是一例。

[00:24.52]Grace:But don’t we bury

that in the ground?It can’t hurt us

there.

[00:26.69]我們不是把它們埋到地下去了嗎?它們傷害不到我們。

[00:28.87]Tim:That’s where

you’re wrong.Toxic waste can enter the groundwater and spread to other

areas.

[00:31.79]這就是你的錯(cuò)誤所在。有毒的廢棄物進(jìn)入地下水，然后蔓延到其他地區(qū)。

[00:34.70]And since

waste takes a long time to decay,it can cause thousands of years of ecological

damage.

[00:38.09]而且，這些廢棄物需要很長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間才會(huì)腐爛，它們會(huì)導(dǎo)致幾千年的生態(tài)破壞。

[00:41.47]And that’s

not all,there’s also the problem of air

pollution.

[00:43.51]還不止這些。它們還會(huì)帶來(lái)空氣污染的問(wèn)題……

[00:45.54]Grace:Ok,so I’m wrong

on that point,but I know that air pollution isn’t a

problem.

[00:48.29]好吧，這一點(diǎn)上我是錯(cuò)了，不過(guò)我知道空氣污染不是一個(gè)問(wèn)題

[00:51.05]I read somewhere

that there’s no proof for all that concern over greenhouse

gases.

[00:54.14]我讀到過(guò)一篇報(bào)導(dǎo)，說(shuō)沒(méi)有證據(jù)表明有必要為溫室氣體擔(dān)心。

[00:57.24]Tim:That’s not true

either.They have new evidence that greenhouse gases are effecting our

environment,

[01:00.16]那也不對(duì)。有新的證據(jù)表明，溫室氣體正在影響我們的環(huán)境，

[01:03.07]and that all

world government will need to do something

soon.

[01:05.18]世界各國(guó)的政府很快都得為此采取措施。

[01:07.28]Grace:Ok,ok.It seems there’s

not a lot I know about the environment.Maybe I should read more about how to

save the

planet.

[01:11.60]好吧，好吧?？磥?lái)，對(duì)于環(huán)境問(wèn)題我確實(shí)知之甚少。也許我該多讀一些拯救地球方面的書(shū)刊。

[01:15.92]Karen:Hey

you,pick up that piece of

garbage!

[01:17.49]喂，把垃圾撿起來(lái)!

[01:19.06]Thatcher:Huh?Me?

[01:19.90]啊?我嗎?

[01:20.75]Karen:Yeah

you,I just saw you throw a piece of garbage on the

ground.

[01:22.76]就是你，我剛剛看到你把垃圾扔到地上，

[01:24.78]Can’t you read the "No

Littering"sign?

[01:26.20]你沒(méi)有看到那塊“不許亂扔雜物”的告示牌嗎?

[01:27.62]It’s a $ 500

penalty for littering,so go pick it up and put it in the garbage can over

there.

[01:31.48]亂扔雜物要處以500美元的罰款，所以你還是把它撿起來(lái)，丟到那邊的垃圾桶里去吧。

[01:35.33]Thatcher:Why

should I do that?It’s only a piece of garbage.Why should you

care?

[01:37.83]我為什么要這么做?只是一塊垃圾而已嘛，你干嗎這么介意呢?

[01:40.33]Karen:Because this

is a public place,and I want to spend my time here without having to look at

your

garbage.

[01:43.52]因?yàn)檫@是公眾場(chǎng)合，我不希望我在這里度過(guò)的時(shí)光有你的垃圾存在。

[01:46.70]Thatcher:Listen,I

really don’t know why you’re making this into such a big

issue.

[01:49.03]聽(tīng)著，我真不明白你為什么這么小題大做。

[01:51.35]It’s only a small piece of

garbage in a large space.

[01:53.06]不過(guò)是一大片空地上的一小塊垃圾嘛，

[01:54.77]It’s not

like there’s garbage

everywhere.

[01:55.97]又不是到處都是垃圾。

[01:57.18]Besides,someone will come along

to clean it up at some time or

another.

[01:59.43]再說(shuō)，會(huì)有人不時(shí)地過(guò)來(lái)打掃的。

[02:01.68]Karen:It’s not the cleaner’s

responsibility to pick up after lazy

people.

[02:03.95]清潔工的責(zé)任并不是跟在懶人的后面撿垃圾。

[02:06.22]It’s part of your

responsibility to make sure that the place is neat for other

people.

[02:08.88]你也有部分責(zé)任為別人保持一個(gè)清潔的環(huán)境。

[02:11.54]If everyone thought like

you,there’d be garbage everywhere!The cleaners can’t be

everywhere!

[02:14.84]如果每個(gè)人都像你這么想，那么肯定到處都是垃圾了。而清潔工不可能到處都是!

[02:18.13]Thatcher:Ok,whatever.See,I’m

putting it in the garbage

can.

[02:20.20]好吧，不管怎么樣，看著，我這就把它放進(jìn)垃圾箱。

[02:22.27]Karen:Hold on,that’s a

recyclable item.You should put that in the recycle bin next to the

trashcan.

[02:25.78]等等，這是可再利用的垃圾，你應(yīng)該把它放到垃圾箱旁邊的廢物回收箱里。

[02:29.29]Thatcher:Recycle

bin?Garbage is garbage!

[02:30.32]廢物回收箱!垃圾就是垃圾!

[02:31.34]Karen:No it

isn’t.There are many times we can take what we’ve used and reuse

it.

[02:33.70]不，不是這樣的，我們可以把用過(guò)的東西復(fù)使用很多次。

[02:36.06]It saves on having to

use new materials,and it creates less

garbage.

[02:38.90]這么做既能節(jié)省新的材料，又可以少產(chǎn)生垃圾。

[02:41.75]Thatcher:Ok,ok.I’ll do

whatever you want as long as you get off my

back.

[02:44.39]好吧好吧，你要我做什么我就做什么，只要你別再來(lái)煩我。