大学体验英语综合教程3原文对照翻译

大学体验英语综合教程3 课文对照翻译 Unit1:Passage A:Care for Ou r Mother Earth (Dr. McKinley of Awareness Magazine interviews a group of experts on environmental issues.) 《意识》杂志的麦肯立博士就环境问题对几位专家进行采访Dr. McKinley: What do you think is the biggest threat to the environment today? 麦肯立博士：您认为目前环境面临的最大威胁是什么Aman Motwane: The biggest threat to our environment today is the way we, as human beings, see our environment. How we see our environment shapes our whole world. Most of us see everything as independent from one another. But the reality is that everything is part of one interconnected, interrelated whole. For example, a tree may appear isolated, but in fact it affects and is affected by everything in its environment - sunshine, rain, wind, birds, minerals, other plants and trees, you, me. The tree shapes the wind that blows around it; it is also shaped by that wind. Look at the relationship between the tree and its environment and you will see the future of the tree. 阿曼·莫特万：现在环境面临的最大威胁来自我们人类对环境的态度。我们对环境的看法决定着我们周围世界的环境。大多数人认为万物是彼此孤立的。但事实上，每一个个体都是一个息息相关、相互联系的整体的组成部分。比如，一颗树看上去或许是孤立的，但它却对其周围环境中的一切——日光、雨水、风、鸟、矿物 质、其它植物和树木、你、我等——施加影响，同时又处于环境的的影响之下。一棵树会影响从它周围吹过的风；风同时又会影响这颗树的生长。了解这棵树与其环境的关系，你就可以预见它的未来。 Most of us are blind to this interconnectedness of everything. This is why we don't see the consequences of our actions. It is time for each of us to open our eyes and see the world as it really is - one complete whole where every cause has an effect. 大多数人对万物之间的相关性视而不见。正因为如此，我们...