海外頭條總編審 王 在 軍 （中國）
海外頭條副編審 Wendyh溫迪（英國）
海 外 頭 條總 編 火 鳳 凰 （海外）
圖片由玲子提供
《大自然在說話?Nature is Speaking》
音樂編配：風(fēng)之彩
剪接編輯：玲子
英文誦讀：Salina(英國)
中文誦讀：玲子(英國)
Some call me nature.
Others call me “Mother Nature.”
I've been here for over 4.5 billion years.
22,500 times longer than you.
I don't really need people.
But people need me.
Yes, your future depends on me.
When I thrive, you thrive.
When I falter, you falter. Or worse.
But I've been here for eons.
I have fed species greater than you.
And I have starved species greater than you.
My oceans. My soil.
My flowing streams. My forests.
They all can take you or leave you.
How you choose to live each day,
whether you regard or disregard me,
doesn't really matter to me.
One way or the other.
Your actions will determine your fate.
Not mine.
I am nature.
I will go on.
I am prepared to evolve.
Are you?
有人稱我為大自然,
也有人叫我“大自然母親”,
我已經(jīng)渡過了45億年,
是你們?nèi)祟惔嬖跁r間的22500倍。
我并不需要人類,
人類卻離不開我。
是的，你的未來取決于我，
如果我繁盛，
你們也將繁盛。
如果我衰敗，
你們也會衰敗，甚至更糟。
我已經(jīng)存在了億萬年，
我養(yǎng)育過比你們強(qiáng)大得多的物種,
也曾讓比你們強(qiáng)大得多的物種
因饑餓而死亡。
我的海洋，我的土地，
我的河流，我的森林，
它們都可以左右人類的存在。
越來越多的人類啊，
你們想怎樣渡過每一天，
在意我或者忽略我，
我并不在乎。
你們的行為決定你們的命運(yùn)，
不是我的。
我是大自然，
我會繼續(xù)存在，
我隨時都在進(jìn)化，
而你們呢？
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I am the ocean. I'm water.
I'm most of this planet. I shaped it.
Every stream, every cloud,
and every rain drop.
It all comes back to me.
One way or another,
every living thing here needs me.
I'm the source.
I'm what they crawled out of.
Humans? They're no different.
I don't owe them a thing.
I give. They take.
But I can always take back.
That's just the way it's always been.
It's not their planet anyway.
Never was. Never will be.
But humans, they take more than their share.
They poison me,
then they expect me to feed them.
Well it doesn't work that way.
If humans want to exist in nature
with me and off of me,
I suggest they listen close.
I'm only going to say this once.
If nature isn't kept healthy,
humans won't survive.
Simple as that.
Me, I could give a da-mn,
with or without humans.
I'm the ocean.
I covered this entire planet once.
And I can always cover it again.
That's all I have to say.
我是海洋，我是水，
我覆蓋了大部分地球。
我創(chuàng)造了它。
每一條河，每一朵云，每一滴雨
都將回到我的懷抱。
地球上所有的生物都離不開我。
所有的生命都來自于我。
那么人類呢？你們也不例外。
我什么都不欠你們。
我一直在付出，而你們一直在獲取。
從來如此 。
但是我也能隨時將一切收回。
畢竟這不是你們的星球，
以前不是，以后也不是。
人類，你們不僅貪得無厭，
還毒害我，竟然還想讓我繼續(xù)養(yǎng)活你們，
這怎么可能 。
如果人類想在大自然中
與我共存，賴我而生，
我要你們聽仔細(xì)，我只說一次：
沒有健康的大自然，
人類就將走向滅亡，
道理就這么簡單。
至于我，有沒有人類不是很有所謂。
因為我是海洋，
我曾經(jīng)覆蓋過整個地球，
我也可以再一次把它全部覆蓋。
這就是我要說的。
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I am water.
To humans I am simply just there.
I'm something they just take for granted.
But there is only so much of me.
And more and more of them every single day.
I start as rain in the mountains
flow to the rivers and streams.
And end up in the ocean.
Then the cycle begins again.
And it will take me 10,000 years
to get back to the state I am in now.
But to humans?
I'm just water. Just there.
Where will humans find me
when there are billions more of them around?
Where will they find themselves?
Will they wage wars over me?
Like they do over everything else?
That's always an option.
But it's not the only option.
我是水。
對于人類來說我司空見慣。
理所當(dāng)然。
但是我是非常有限的，
而人類的數(shù)量卻每天都在增長。
我化身為雨水落入山中，
流進(jìn)小溪與河流，
最終匯入大海。
讓我回到起始的形態(tài)
有時需要一萬年的時間。
然而對于人類來說，我只是水，
理所當(dāng)然就應(yīng)該存在。
如果人口再增加幾十億，
人類還能找到我嗎？
他們自己又將如何生存呢？
人類為了爭奪各種資源而陷入戰(zhàn)爭？
未來他們是否會為了爭奪我，
而又發(fā)起戰(zhàn)爭呢？
那倒是一種選擇，
但并非唯一的選擇。
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I am a flower.
Yes, I'm beautiful.
I've heard it before and it never grows old.
I'm worshiped for my looks, my scent, my looks.
But here's the thing. Life starts with me.
You see I feed people. Every fruit comes from me.
Every potato. Me.
Every kernel of corn. Me. Every grain of rice. Me.
Me, me, me, I know. But it's true.
And sometimes I feed their souls.
I am their words when they have none.
I say “I love you,” without a sound.
“I'm sorry,” without a voice.
I inspire the greatest of them.
Painters, poets, pattern makers. I've been a muse to them all.
But in my experience, people underestimate the power of a pretty little flower.
Because their life does start with me and it could end without me.
我是花。
人們常說我很美，我知道。
你們喜歡我，迷戀我，我的外表。
但是你們別忘了，沒有我，生命無從談起。
想想看，誰在哺育你們，是我。
每個水果來自于我，每顆麥子也來自于我。
每個土豆，每粒米，都來自于我。
我，我，我，難道不是嗎？
有些時候你們的心靈也會需要我。
當(dāng)你無法表達(dá)時候，我可以輕而易舉地幫你說出，“對不起”。
還有“我愛你”。
那些不朽的創(chuàng)作，我更是你們靈魂的源泉。
可惜，即便如此，你們?nèi)匀坏凸懒艘欢涿利惖男』ā?/span>
有沒有人告訴過你，
我沒了，你們也就沒了。
悠悠歲月（Salina），在倫敦生活工作的川妹子。從事過英語老師，中英翻譯，業(yè)余電視播音主持等職業(yè)?，F(xiàn)任一家英法公司的IT合同管理經(jīng)理，國際注冊會計師。工作之余喜歡游泳健身，蒔花弄草, 休閑度假。更喜歡唱歌吟誦，用聲音傳遞情感，結(jié)識有共同愛好的誦友歌友，一起學(xué)習(xí)探討詮釋生活的酸甜苦辣！
玲子 (杜希玲)，旅居英國倫敦的北京人。
曾經(jīng)的企業(yè)財務(wù)和管理人員，現(xiàn)任英國北京聯(lián)合會副會長，英國北京藝術(shù)團(tuán)團(tuán)員，倫敦華人愛樂合唱團(tuán)團(tuán)員，英中表演藝術(shù)會員，英華安塞腰鼓藝術(shù)團(tuán)團(tuán)員。
希望用聲音傳遞真善美。世界精英朗誦團(tuán)成員，靜水流深牡丹苑平臺金牌主播，中國朗誦聯(lián)盟、國際詩歌聯(lián)盟等平臺的主播。
編輯：風(fēng)之彩，來自山東煙臺，喜歡一切美好的事物，愛好廣泛，無一擅長，卻樂在其中。
