We Are a Normal Member of the Big Family of Nature

　　We Are a Normal Member of the Big Family of Nature

　　By Wang Yonghui(主永暉 北京對(duì)外經(jīng)濟(jì)貿(mào)易大學(xué))

　　專家點(diǎn)評(píng):演講者圍繞環(huán)境污染的嚴(yán)重性作了一次次的說(shuō)明。文章的結(jié)構(gòu)嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)，也很有層次感。

　　Honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen. Today，we are gathering here to discuss a very hot issue. how to find harmony in a new age between man and nature? Where modern science and technology are concerned I am only a layman I have to say. However, living in this "new age" , seeing my dear ones suffering from respiratory diseases from time to time, finding the beautiful colors of green and blue are being replaced by that of gray and pale, and realizing that our mother planet is getting more and more unhealthy; I can't help trying to offer my idea and my trivial efforts to look for the answer of the question.

　　As the ancient Greek oracle goes: know thyself. I think in answering this above-mentioned question, this precondition is also very important.

　　Who are we? This is a question, which should be answered not only by those specialists, but also by every one of human beings.

　　Some people may proudly say: we are the masters of nature. It is true that the idea of "man can conquer nature" has dominated people's mind for years, and it is true, man has kept acting like a master and doing whatever things he wants for thousands of years. However, as the consequence of this kind of "leadership" , now the "master" seems to be confronted with problems that are far beyond his control. Facts are really very ample. The

　　green house effect leaves islands and cities along the coast, such as this oriental pearl-Shanghai, in danger of the disaster of being drowned; the holes of the ozone layer make the earth less suitable to live for some creatures including human beings; the phenomena of EL Nino and La Nina leave the land with serious flood and drought, and the diseases, caused by pollution, are increasing at an incredible speed... Seeing all these facts, can we still ignore the counterattack of nature? We are not the masters of nature. Facing all the disasters made by ourselves, we, mankind as a whole should realize that we are just a normal member of the big family of nature. Any mistreatment towards nature will meet only with the revenge from her.

　　By saying so, I do not mean we should give a sudden stop to any development. Because that will result in a threat to the existence of human society. I mean we should treat nature equally, leaving the chance of existence and development to nature as we are obtaining the same thing, and thus we will get the situation of win-win.

　　譯文:我們只是自然大家庭中普通的一員

　　尊敬的評(píng)委，女士們、先生們。今天我們聚在一起討論一個(gè)熱門的話題:如何在新時(shí)代找到人與自然的和諧?談到科學(xué)技術(shù)，我必須承認(rèn)，我是個(gè)門外漢。但是，生活在這個(gè)“新時(shí)代”，看著自己親愛的人時(shí)刻遭受呼吸疾病的折磨，看著美麗的藍(lán)色和綠色被灰色和蒼白所代替，意識(shí)到我們的地球母親正越來(lái)越不健康，我忍不住要提出自己的主張，奉獻(xiàn)微薄的力量，去尋找這一問(wèn)題的答案。