A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
气候
Climate
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
人类可以改变他们的气候，但不能改变他们的本性。一个出去当傻瓜的人，既不能骑马，也不能航海，使自己进入常识。
Today's dialogue has succeeded in reinforcing the need for international partnerships and cooperation in tackling the reality of climate change.
今天的对话成功地加强了在应对气候变化现实方面建立国际伙伴关系与合作的必要性。
Climate protection creates sustainability and jobs in the real economy - in construction, in the production of heavy machinery and in systems engineering.
气候保护在建筑、重型机械生产和系统工程等实体经济领域创造了可持续性和就业机会。
Once you start to look into the guts of climate change you find that just about every scientific institution in the world is conducting research on the issue.
一旦你开始研究气候变化的本质，你会发现世界上几乎所有的科学机构都在研究这个问题。
I was raised in a climate where I believed in God because I was afraid of going to hell - and I didn't think that was the right way to fall in love with somebody.
在我成长的环境中，我相信上帝，因为我害怕下地狱——我不认为这是爱上一个人的正确方式。
There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list.
世界上有很多问题，毫无疑问，气候变化——或者不管当前流行的说法是什么——肯定是其中之一。但它在我的清单上很低。
While the climate crisis gathers front-page attention on a regular basis, people - even those who profess great environmental consciousness - continue to eat fish as if it were a sustainable practice.
尽管气候危机经常在头版引起关注，但人们——甚至是那些自称具有良好环境意识的人——继续吃鱼，仿佛这是一种可持续的做法。
I have been described as the grandfather of climate change. In fact, I am just a grandfather and I do not want my grandchildren to say that grandpa understood what was happening but didn't make it clear.
我被描述为气候变化之父。事实上，我只是一个祖父，我不希望我的孙子孙女说，祖父明白发生了什么，但没有说清楚。
The saddest fact of climate change - and the chief reason we should be concerned about finding a proper response - is that the countries it will hit hardest are already among the poorest and most long-suffering.
气候变化最令人悲哀的事实——也是我们应该关注如何找到适当对策的主要原因——是，受影响最严重的国家已经是最贫穷和最长期受苦的国家之一。
Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.
社会作为一个整体从一种所有人，不论种族或性别，都有机会获得尊重、责任、晋升和基于能力的薪酬的气氛中获益无穷。
Look, very clearly there are things that need to be done urgently in relation to climate change, and of those the most obvious is to have an enforceable and equitable arrangement delivering deep cuts in emissions into the middle of the century.
听着，很明显，在气候变化问题上，有一些事情是迫切需要做的，其中最明显的是要有一个可执行的、公平的安排，在本世纪中叶大幅削减排放。
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Climate change is very real.
气候变化是真实存在的。
You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it.
你必须是恒温器而不是温度计。恒温器塑造舆论氛围;温度计刚好能反射它。
Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.
与普拉特相比，我们新英格兰的气候温和而稳定。
As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species.
随着气候变化导致物种灭绝，生态系统可能崩溃，更多的物种将遭到破坏。
The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.
气候变化的影响对我们各国的安全与福祉构成巨大风险。
You can almost never say that a particular event is caused by climate change.
你几乎不能说某一特定事件是由气候变化引起的。