consumer-contractual A rant against consumerism

对消费主义的控诉

Consumerism has taken over the globe.

消费主义已经席卷全球

Contemporary culture

当代文化

tells us that we have a contractual obligation

告诉我们, 我们有合同义务

to live our lives as perpetual consumers each day and every day of our life,

作为永远的消费者度过 我们生命中的每一天,

always wanting more, always wanting the best.

要永远索取更多, 追求最好.

When one contemplates the absurdity of this,however,

但是,只要我们仔细考 虑一下这样做的荒谬性

one realizes that international corporations

就会意识到国际大公司

seem to hold real people in contempt.

似乎并不尊敬真正的人

It appears to be their contention that a company's success

他们的论点好像是 企业的成功

is more important than containing global problems

要比抑制全球性问题更 为重要,

that reflect the cost of consumerism.

而这些问题反映出消费 主义付出的代价.

Many contend that we have already contaminated the world beyond repair.

许多人认为我们已经把 世界污染得无法修复.

Containers of oil burst and pollute the seas with conta -minants each day.

每天都有油罐爆裂并用 其污染物弄脏大海.

The continental scale of global warming,the greenhouse effect,

全球变暖、温室效应、

and the hole in the ozone layer all have shocked us.

臭氧层大洞都以其洲际 规模让我们感到震惊,

But no one has a contingency plan that includes

但是还没有人提出一项 包括

controlling large international corporations

限制大型跨国公司

or changing how we consume.

或者改变我们的消费 方式的应变计划.

In this context

在这种背景下,

consumers must no longer remain content

消费者再也不能满足于

to feed the giants with their hard-earned money.

用自己辛辛苦苦挣来的 钱来填饱这些大公司.

Contact must be established

必须建立联系

to open new lines of communication and education.

以开辟交流和教育的 新渠道.

Contracts that are bad for the world must be broken.

对世界有害的契约 必须废除.

If there is not a global contraction of our thirst for more of what we don't need,

如果不采取全球性措施 限制我们对不需要的 东西的渴求,

this continuous burden on the planet earth

那么地球承受的这种持 续不断的负担

will have unbearable consequences.

就会产生难以承受的后 果.

Consumers need to learn to be satisfied with "enough".

消费者要学会知足,

There is no need for more.

没有必要贪多.

Be satisfied with what you have.Figure out what you don't need.

对你拥有的东西感到满 足,想清楚你不需要的 东西,

And let international corporation know

让跨国公司知道

that you don't need their products anymore.

你以后再也不需要 他们的产品.

Consumerism is not healthy for you.

消费主义无益于你,

Consumerism is not healthy for our planet.

消费主义无益于我们 的地球.