So I think we've probably got enough for our presentation. It's only fifteen minutes.
我觉得我们的演讲内容已经够了。不过就十五分钟而已。
OK. So I suppose we'll begin with some general historical background about why coastal cities were established. But we don't want to spend too long on that, the other students will already know a bit about it. It's all to do with communications and so on.
好的，我觉得我们应该以一些比较概括性的为什么建设沿海城市历史背景开始。但是我们不想花太多时间在上面，其他学生已经了解一些了。主要就是交流的问题。
Yes. We should mention some geographical factors, things like wetlands and river estuaries and coastal erosion and so on. We could have some maps of different cities with these features marked.
是的，我们应该提及一些地理的因素，比如说湿地、河口以及海岸线侵蚀的问题。我们可以放不同城市的地图，标注这些特点。
On a handout you mean? Or some slides everyone can see?
你指的是用讲义吗？还是用幻灯片，这样大家都看得到？
Yeah, that'd be better.
是的，那会更好一点。
It'd be good to go into past mistakes in a bit more detail. Did you read that case study of the problems there were in New Orleans with flooding a few years ago?
详细讲一下过去的错误应该不错。你看了那个几年前新奥尔兰洪灾的问题的那个案例研究了吗？
Yes. We could use that as the basis for that part of the talk. I don't think the other students will have read it, but they'll remember hearing about the flooding at the time.
是的，我们可以以此为那部分分析的基础。我觉得其他学生应该都没有读，但是他们应该记得当时听说过关于洪灾的事情。
OK. So that's probably enough background.
好的，背景部分应该足够了。
So then we'll go on to talk about what action's being taken to deal with the problems of coastal cities.
然后我们要讨论要采取什么行动来解决沿海城市的问题。
OK. What else do we need to talk about? Maybe something on future risks, looking more at the long term, if populations continue to grow.
好的。我们还需要讨论什么呢？可能一些关于未来风险的事情，把目光放长远一点，如果人口继续增长的话。
Yeah. We'll need to do a bit of work there, I haven't got much information, have you?
好的。那我们还需要继续干啊，我没有太多相关的信息，你呢？
No. We'll need to look at some websites. Shouldn't take too long.
我也是，我们需要浏览一些网站。应该不会花太长时间的。
OK. And I think we should end by talking about international implications. Maybe we could ask people in the audience. We've got people from quite a lot of different places.
好的。我觉得我们应该以对国际社会的启示结尾。我们可能需要问一下观众。我们有来自于很多不同地方的人。
That'd be interesting, if we have time, yes. So now shall we...
那肯定会非常有趣的，如果我们有时间的是可以的。所以现在我们应该...