联合国英文演讲

译文及生词短语整理：朗读者小组Excerpt from Emma Watson's speech on gender equality at the United Nations Headquarters节选自Emma Watson's在联合国总部做的关于男女平等的演讲—— Gender equality is your issue too. Because to date, I’ve seen my father’s role as a parent being valued less by society, despite my needing his presence as a child as much as my mother’s. I’ve seen young men suffering from mental illness, unable to ask for help for fear it would make them look less of a man—in fact in the UK, suicide is the biggest killer of men between 20-49 years of age, eclipsing road accidents, cancer and coronary heart disease. I’ve seen men made fragile and insecure by a distorted sense of what constitutes male success. Men don’t have the benefits of equality either.We don’t often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes, but I can see that they are. And when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence. 性别平等也与你们（男人）有关。因为到目前为止，我看到我父亲作为家长所发挥的作用被社会所低估，虽然作为孩子我所需要的他的陪伴和我需要母亲的一样多。我看到年轻男性因为害怕自己显得不够“男子汉大丈夫”，从而在承受心理困扰时窘于寻求帮助——事实上在英国自杀已经是20-49岁男性的第一死亡原因，比交通事故、癌症和冠心病造成的死亡都多。我看到男人因为对男性成功的扭曲理解而感到脆弱和不安全。性别不平等对男性也没有好处，我们并不常谈及男人因为性别歧视而“失去自由”，不过我可以看到，事情真是这样，并且当他们自由时，女性的境遇也会自然发生变化。 If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women won’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled. Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong… It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum, instead of two sets of opposing ideas.If we stop defining each other by what we are not, and start defining ourselves by what we are—we can all be freer. And this is what HeForShe is about. It’s about freedom. 如果男性不再为了被认可而变得强势好斗，女性也不会再感到被迫逆来顺受。如果男性不再被迫掌控一切，女性也不会再被迫受掌控。男人和女人都可以敏感；男人和女人都可以强壮……是时候把性别理解为同一光谱，而不是南辕北辙的两派。如果我们不再把对方定义为自己的对立面，而是把对方定义为我们的一员——我们都会更加自由。这就是“他为她”运动所倡导的。这就是自由。 I want men to take up this mantle. So their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice, but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too—reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned, and in doing so be a more true and complete version of themselves. 我希望男性负起这个责任。这样他们的女儿、姐妹和母亲都能够拥有免于偏见的自由，同时他们的儿子也能被允许脆弱和感性——拥有这些他们曾经摈弃的特质，他们才是更真实和完整的自己。 1.headquarters 英 [hed'kwɔːtəz] 美 ['hɛdkwɔrtɚz]  n. 总部；指挥部；司令部 e.g.The company's headquarters is based in London. 这家公司的总部设在伦敦。2.suicide 英 ['s(j)uːɪsaɪd] 美 ['suɪsaɪd]  n. 自杀；自杀行为；自杀者 adj. 自杀的 vt. 自杀 e.g.He cheated the law by suicide. 他以自杀逃避法律的制裁。3.eclipse 英 [ɪ'klɪps] 美 [ɪ'klɪps]  vt. 使黯然失色；形成蚀 n. 日蚀，月蚀；黯然失色 e.g.The name of the eclipsing girl, whatever it was, has not been handed down，but she was envied by allas the first who enjoyed the luxury of a masculine partner that evening. 无论如何，那个独占鳌头的姑娘的名字并没有流传下来；但是她在那天傍晚却因为第一个得到拥有男舞伴的殊荣而受到大家的羡慕。4.coronary 英 ['kɒr(ə)n(ə)rɪ] 美 ['kɔrənɛri]  adj. 冠的；冠状的；花冠的 e.g.The population at that time was following a pretty unhealthy diet that was not just bad for animals,but also very bad for our coronary arteries. 彼时人们只是盲从非常不健康的饮食习惯，这不仅对动物很糟糕，对于我们的冠状动脉等器官亦如此。5.distorted 英 [dɪ'stɔːtɪd] 美 [dɪs'tɔrtɪd]  adj. 歪曲的；受到曲解的 v. 扭曲（distort的过去式和过去分词） e.g.Pain had distorted her face. 痛苦扭曲了她的脸。6.stereotype 英 ['sterɪə(ʊ)taɪp; 'stɪərɪə(ʊ)-] 美 ['stɛrɪətaɪp]  vt. 使用铅版；套用老套，使一成不变 n. 陈腔滥调，老套；铅版 e.g.One or more entries for each metaclass extension of each stereotype. 每个固定模型的元类扩展有一个或者多个条目。7.aggressive 英 [ə'gresɪv] 美 [ə'ɡrɛsɪv]  adj. 侵略性的；好斗的；有进取心的；有闯劲的 e.g.The female of the species is very aggressive. 这个物种中雌性是非常好斗的。8.submissive 英 [səb'mɪsɪv] 美 [səb'mɪsɪv]  adj. 顺从的；服从的；柔顺的 e.g.I feel clear that I am submissive, yet this man left me feeling battered and belittled. 我可以清楚地感觉到我是顺从的，但这个男人让我有受伤和被贬低的感觉。9.spectrum 英 ['spektrəm] 美 ['spɛktrəm] n. 光谱；频谱；范围；余象 e.g.Where do you stand on this spectrum? 在这个范围里面，你站在哪边？ 1. gender equality 男女平等 2. Because to date 因为到目前为止 3. coronary heart disease 冠心病 4. gender stereotypes 性别刻板印象

Excellencies, distinguished officials, ladies and gentlemen,各位阁下，尊敬的代表们，女生们、先生们，Good morning!早上好！I am Li Bingbing, goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Program. I am pleased to be here today because, like many of you, I deeply care about climate change. And I am keen to see leaders take immediate and ambitious action.我是联合国环境规划署亲善大使李冰冰。今天我很高兴来到这里，因为我深深地关心气候变化议题；像你们一样，我亦希望看到各国领导人立刻采取雄心勃勃的行动。Carbon emissions are at unprecedented levels. Human activity and consumer demand are causing so much devastation, including the illegal trade in wild life, another serious concern of mine.二氧化碳排放量在今时今日达到了史无前例的水平。人类活动和过度消费需求带来了许多对环境的破坏，这其中还包括我关心的另一个议题，即非法野生动物贸易。However, I remain optimistic that this climate summit will be about action and solutions as we pursue our common goals of low carbon economy. We have an expression in Chinese, "有志者事竟成". This means "where there is a will, there is a way".不过，我仍乐观地认为，这气候峰会将促进采取行动并为我们追求的共同目标之低碳经济提供解决方案。我们中国有句俗话：“有志者事竟成”！Young people around the world are so eager to see leaders take action on climate change and asking hard questions. The "Why / Why not" campaign" of "Climate Reality Project" asked the young people to submit additional videos asking those questions for a chance to attend this summit. 2,500 videos were submitted from more than 80 countries. The seven winners are here today. And the film you are about to see highlight some of their questions.全世界的年轻人都迫切地看到领导人在气候变化问题上采取行动并且提出了他们的问题。“气候现状项目”的“为什么/为什么不”宣传活动邀请了年轻人提交视频发问他们所关心的问题。我们收到了来自80多个国家的2500个视频。今天，七位优胜者带着他们的微电影来到了气候峰会，与你一起分享他们的忧与思。Thank you for your kind attention.感谢大家的关注！