演讲文本

But even harder than the technological troubles are the political ones as preposterous 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 hoax

很多人都声称气候变化只是个骗局

perpetrated by an international conspiracy 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

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介
比尔·奈是美国著名科普专家，曾负责美国迪士尼公司制作的著名科教节目《比尔教科学》，并因此蜚声国内外。本视频是比尔·奈于2014年在马萨诸塞大学洛厄尔分校毕业典礼上的演讲，重点谈到了气候变化、探索宇宙等科学问题，勉励学生加入到科学世界的探索中来，并以此改变世界。