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Scientists Fear Trump Victory Will Stop Global Warming Progress(翻译)
当川普还是总统候选人的时候,他批评了科学家将地球表面温度升高归咎于污染。
Trump rejected scientific documentation of climate change, calling it a hoax or unreal. And he promised to pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. That agreement was the product of negotiations involving about 200 countries.
川普否定了气候变化的科学文献,称其为骗局或虚假的。他还承诺退出巴黎气候变化协定。该协定是200多个国家谈判的结果。
Trump won the presidential election in the United States. He will replace Barack Obama as president on January 20, 2017.
川普赢得了美国总统大选,他将于2017年1月20日取代奥巴马成为总统。
Government officials and scientists are in Morocco this month for climate talks. They worry that if Trump pulls out of the Paris agreement, as he promised, it will have a major effect on their work.
政府官员和科学家本月在摩洛哥进行气候谈判。他们担心如果川普如他所承诺的退出巴黎协议,将会对他们的谈判工作产生重大影响。
"This is critical to protect our planet, safeguard the most vulnerable, and drive shared prosperity," said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He spoke at the opening of the conference in Marrakech.
联合国秘书长潘基文表示,“这对保护我们地球、保护最脆弱群体和促进共同繁荣来说是至关重要的。”他在马拉喀什会议开幕式上做出了上述发言。
Ban said he hopes Donald Trump will listen to scientists and "understand the seriousness" of climate change.
潘基文表示,他希望川普会听从科学家意见并了解气候变化的严重性。
Trump has said he plans to pull back from Obama's climate change rules during his first 100 days in office. He said he wants to put American coal miners back to work and make the United States more energy independent.
川普表示,他计划在上任后的首个100天期间退出奥巴马的气候变化规则。他说,他希望让美国煤矿工人重新回来工作,使美国在能源上更加独立。
Mike Duncan heads The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. The group opposes Obama administration climate change regulations.
迈克·邓肯(Mike Duncan)领导着美国清洁煤电联盟。该组织反对奥巴马政府的气候变化规则。
Duncan told VOA that Trump can move the country away from "costly" rules that "limited our access to affordable and reliable power."
邓肯对美国之音表示,川普可以让美国远离那些限制我们获得实惠可靠的电力的奢侈规则。
Al Gore served as U.S. vice president during the administration of former President Bill Clinton. Gore has been warning for years that temperatures will continue rising if greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are not reduced. And that means more deadly storms and natural disasters, and land falling into the sea, he said.
戈尔在前克林顿政府期间担任美国副总统。戈尔多年来一直警告,如果不减少二氧化碳等温室气体的排放,气温将会继续升高。他说,气温升高意味着会发生更加致命的风暴和自然灾害,陆地开始被海洋淹没。
Gore released a statement after Trump won the presidential election.
戈尔在川普赢得总统大选后发表了一份声明。
"President-elect Trump said he wanted to be a president for all Americans," Gore said. "In that spirit, I hope that he will work with the overwhelming majority of us who believe that the climate crisis is the greatest threat we face as a nation."
戈尔说,“当选总统川普表示,他希望成为所有美国人的总统。本着这种精神,我希望他能和我们绝大多数人合作,我们都认为气候危机是我国面临的最大威胁。”
Trump's election was likely to be a subject of discussion at the climate conference taking place in Marrakesh, Morocco. The meeting was called to discuss the next steps to move the Paris Agreement forward.
川普的当选可能是摩洛哥马拉喀什气候会议上讨论的一项议题。召开这次会议是为了讨论推进巴黎协定的后续步骤。
Secretary of State John Kerry was asked by a reporter how he felt, given that Trump has said he will cancel some U.S. climate change regulations.
国务卿克里被记者问到,鉴于川普声称他将会取消一些美国的气候变化规则,他对此有何看法。
Kerry told reporters that Trump's election makes the meeting in Morocco, in his words, "perhaps even more important."
克里对记者表示,川普的当选使得马拉喀什会议“可能更为重要。”
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