TED中英官方演讲稿-GeoffreyWest_2011G城市与企业中的奇妙数学.docxVIP

1.Cities are the crucible of civilization. 城市是文明的熔炉2.They have been expanding, urbanization has been expanding, at an exponential rate in the last 200 years, so that by the second part of this century, 它们一直在扩张 城市化的扩张速度 在过去的200年里变得越来越快 到了本世纪下半叶3.the planet will be completely dominated by cities. 整个地球都将被城市 所主宰4.Cities are the origins of global warming, impact on the environment, health, pollution, disease, finance, economies, energy -- theyre all problems 城市是全球变暖的源头 影响着环境 卫生 污染 疾病 金融 经济 能源－－ 这些问题5.that are confronted by having cities. 都是由城市引起的6.Thats where all these problems come from. 这是所有这些问题的源头7.And the tsunami of problems that we feel were facing in terms of sustainability questions, are actually a reflection of the exponential increase 我们感觉可持续性方面的问题 正如海啸般扑面而来 而这些问题实际上 是与日俱增的8.in urbanization across the planet. 全球城市化进程所产生的效应9.Heres some numbers. 我们来看几个数字10.200 years ago, the United States was less than a few percent urbanized. 200年前 美国 城市化程度不到百分之几而已11.Its now more than 82 percent. 而现在则超过了82%12.The planet has crossed the half way mark a few years ago. 全球的城市化程度在几年前就超过了百分之五十13.Chinas building 300 new cities in the next 20 years. 中国在将来的20年内 建设300座新城市14.Now listen to this: Every week for the foreseeable future, until 2050, every week more than a million people are being added to our cities. 请注意 在将来的每一周 一直到2050年 每一周 将有100万人 进入我们的城市15.This is going to affect everything. 这将对一切产生影响16.Everybody in this room, if you stay alive, is going to be affected by whats happening in cities in this extraordinary phenomenon. 在座的各位 如果你一直活着 你就必定要受到 城市化所带来的 翻天覆地的影响17.However, cities, despite having this negative aspect to them, are also the solution. 然而 城市 尽管存在负面效应 但城市也是问题解决的出路18.Because cities are the vacuum cleaners and the magnets that have sucked up creative people, creating ideas, innovation, wealth and so on. 这是因为城市是除尘器和吸铁石 吸纳了所有创意人才 创造着思想 革新 财富等等19.So we have this kind of dual nature. 我们具有这样的双面性20.And so th