If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our planet's climate.

  • -- Peter Albert David Singer 彼得·艾伯特·大卫·辛格

如果我们都只考虑自己的利益,我们正走向集体灾难——看看我们对地球气候所做的一切。

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The timing was terrible, and having one disaster after another didn't help. I think the pictures on television of the way in which the disaster was handled also helped to turn off the public and Congress.

当时的时机很糟糕,一场接一场的灾难也于事无补。我认为电视上有关灾难处理方式的画面也让公众和国会感到失望。

I would hate now to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head, there will be no one to make the phone call. But who wants to think about that disaster, I'd prefer not to.

我现在不愿意结婚。我确实偶尔会想到,如果我跌倒撞到头,就没有人打电话了。但谁愿意去想那场灾难,我宁愿不去想。

If I make a speech, I need a translator. But music does not need a translation. People understand me through the sound. That I think is very important. This is just one planet, like one family.

如果我演讲,我需要一个翻译。但是音乐不需要翻译。人们通过声音了解我。我认为这是非常重要的。这只是一个星球,就像一个家庭。

I don't think that everybody in the planet should have a child. I've never had the desire I should have a kid.

我不认为这个星球上的每个人都应该有一个孩子。我从来没有想过要个孩子。

It is very likely that many firms spend more on advertising than, for their own best interests, they should.

很有可能,许多公司在广告上的花费超过了他们自身的最大利益。

Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work.

地理因素与此无关,我所在社区的利益也与此无关。