TED中英双语演讲稿Greening the ghetto.pdfVIP

Greening the ghetto Majora Carter 2006-06-27 /talks/majora_carter_greening_the_ghetto Pollykann - A powerful video player (App) for learning languages provided technical support for the subtitles. 本字幕由【小鹦看看】- 用了会后悔，不用更后悔的外语学习App，提供技术支持。 If youre here today -- and Im very happy that you are -- 假若你今天有幸来此--我对你的到来亦是甚喜－－ youve all heard about how sustainable development 你们一定听说过可持续发展可以拯救我们的生活 will save us from ourselves. 然而，我们不在TED的时候 However, when were not at TED, we are often told that a real sustainability policy agenda is just not feasible, 我们一定听说现实中的可持续发展议程并没有可行性 especially in large urban areas like New York City. 特别是在大的城市，比如纽约 And thats because most people with decision-making powers, 这是因为大多数的决策者们 in both the public and the private sector, 不管是公共还是私人部门 really dont feel as though theyre in danger. 都没有真的意识到他们正处于危险境地 The reason why Im here today, in part, is because of a dog -- 我今天之所以在此，其中一个原因，是因为一只狗 an abandoned puppy I found back in the rain, back in 1998. 是我在1998年在雨中捡到的被遗弃的小狗 She turned out to be a much bigger dog than Id anticipated. 它已经长成了一只大狗，比我想象的要大 When she came into my life, we were fighting against a huge waste facility 它刚刚来的时候，我们正在抗议计划建于东河海滨的巨型垃圾处理场 planned for the East River waterfront 尽管事实上我们这个区域 despite the fact that our small part of New York City already handled more than 40 percent of the entire citys commercial waste: 已经处理了整个纽约市超过40%的商业垃圾 a sewage treatment pelletizing plant, a sewage sludge plant, four power plants, 一个废水处理球团矿厂、一个污泥处理厂，四个发电厂， the worlds largest food-distribution center, 世界上最大的食品分销中心 as well as other industries that bring more than 60,000 diesel truck trips 还有其他行业每周有超过6万辆的柴油车开到这里 to the area each week. The area also has one of the lowest ratios of parks to people in the city. 这里也是纽约市公园占地率最低的地区 So when I was contacted by the Parks Department 所以，当公园管理处联系到我 about a $10,000 seed-grant initiative to help develop waterfront projects, 用1万美元的种子启动资金来开发海滨时 I thought they were really well-meani