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1、13硕博生2012秋季1、2、3、4班《高级翻译》课程期末考试通知：We,thehumanspecies,areconfrontingaplanetaryemergency-athreattothesurvivalofourcivilizationthatisgatheringominousanddestructivepotentialevenaswegatherhere.Butthereishopefulnewsaswell:wehavetheabilitytosolvethiscrisisandavoidtheworst-thoughnotall-ofi
2、tsconsequences,ifweactboldly,decisivelyandquickly.However,toomanyoftheworld'sleadersarestillbestdescribedinthewordsofWinstonChurchillappliedtothosewhoignoredAdolfHitler'sthreat:“Theygooninstrangeparadox,decidedonlytobeundecided,resolvedtobeirresolute,allpowerfultobeimpotent.”Sotoda
3、y,wedumpedanother70milliontonsofglobal-warmingpollutionintothethinshellofatmospheresurroundingourplanet,asifitwereanopensewer.Andtomorrow,wewilldumpaslightlylargeramount,withthecumulativeconcentrationsnowtrappingmoreandmoreheatfromthesun.我们人类，正面临着全球性的危机——对历经考验存留下来的文明的威胁。尽管我们聚在一起共商对
4、策，而潜在的灾难却在扩大，形势不容乐观。但也有令人欣喜的消息：如果行动大胆果断，反应迅速，我们有能力解决这场危机，避免其向最坏的方向发展。但是，时下世界上的许多国家领导人可以用当年温斯顿•丘吉尔批评欧洲诸政要忽视阿道夫•希特勒的名言来形容，“它们在奇怪的悖论中前行，仅仅为一个决定而犹豫不决，有了决心却拖泥带水，信心犹疑不定，见解随波逐流，掌权者虚弱无力。” 而如今我们向环绕地球的稀薄大气层排放超过七千万吨温室气体，把其当作天然排污口。明天我们还会变本加厉，排放更多的温室气体，然而累积的温室气体已吸纳了越来越多的太阳热度。MaterialTwo（资料二）Sc
5、ientificandtechnologicaladvancesareenablingustocomprehendthefurthestreachesofthecosmos,themostbasicconstituentsofmatter,andthemiracleoflife.Atthesametime,today,theactions,andinaction,ofhumanbeingsimperilnotonly13lifeontheplanet,buttheverylifeoftheplanet.Globalizationismakingtheworl
6、dsmaller,fasterandricher.Still,9/11,avianflu,andIranremindusthatasmaller,fasterworldisnotnecessarilyasaferworld.Ourworldisburstingwithknowledge-butdesperatelyinneedofwisdom.Now,whensoundbitesaregettingshorter,wheninstantmessagescrowdoutessays,andwhenindividuallivesgrowmorefrenzied,
7、collegegraduatescapableofdeepreflectionarewhatourworldneeds.ForallthesereasonsIbelieved-andIbelieveevenmorestronglytoday-intheuniqueandirreplaceablemissionofuniversities.科技进步使我们现在能够探索宇宙的边陲、物质最基本的组成以及生命的奇迹。与此同时，今天，人类所做的及还未做的事情，不仅危害到这个星球上的生命，也危害到该星球的寿命。全球化正在使地球变得愈来愈小、愈来愈快和愈来愈富有。尽管如此，
8、9/11、禽流感及伊朗事件提醒我们，更小更快的世界决
