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I want you to act as if the House was on fire.
首先，我希望大家想象一下如果众议院着火了会怎么样
 
I have said those words before, and a lot of people have explained why that is a bad idea.
我之前也说过这些话，但很多人只想向我说明这是一个不好的假设
 
A great number of politicians have told me that panic never leads to anything good and I agree.
很多政客曾告诉我，恐慌永远不会带来好结果，对此我深表赞同
 
To panic, unless you have to, is a terrible idea.
除非迫不得已，否则惊慌失措是一个很糟糕的主意
 
But when your house is on fire and you want to keep your house from burning to the ground,
但是当你的房子着火，而你不想让它被烧成一片灰烬
 
then that does require some level of panic.
这种时候，一定程度的恐慌是有必要的
 
We are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction
我们正处于第六次大规模灭绝之中
 
and the extinction rate is up to 10,000 times faster than what is considered normal,
现在物种灭绝的速度比正常速度快一万倍
 
with up to 200 species becoming extinct every single day.
每天都有多达200多个物种遭受灭绝
 
Erosion of fertile topsoil, deforestation of our great forests,
肥沃的表层土壤受到侵蚀，大片森林遭到砍伐
 
toxic air pollution, loss of insects and wildlife,
有毒气体对空气造成污染，大批的昆虫和野生动物死亡
 
the acidification of our oceans.
海洋水质逐渐酸化
 
These are all disastrous trends being accelerated by a way of life
这些都是我们的生活方式所加速的灾难性趋势
 
that we can in our financially fortunate part of the world
但在我们这个经济强大地方
 
see as our right to simply carry on.
我们把这些不好的生活方式看作是我们理所应当的固有权利
 
Our house is falling apart and our leaders need to start acting accordingly
我们的地球正在崩溃，我们的领导人应该采取相应的行动
 
because at the moment they are not.
而至今为止他们仍旧没有任何行动
 
If our house was falling apart, our leaders wouldn't go on like you do today.
如果我们的房屋要塌了，我们的领导人不会像今天这样无动于衷
 
You would change almost every part of your behaviour, as you do in an emergency.
你们会像在紧急情况下一样，改变自己方方面面的行为
 
If our house was falling apart, you wouldn't hold three emergency Brexit summits
如果我们的房子将要土崩瓦解，你们就不会接连举行三次紧急脱欧峰会
 
and no emergency summit regarding the breakdown of the climate and the environment.
而一次都没有举行关于气候和环境破坏的紧急峰会
 
The EU elections are coming up soon.
新一届的欧盟选举即将到来
 
And many of us who will be affected the most by this crisis – people like me –
我们当中许多人，也就是像我这样受环境危机影响最大的人
 
are not allowed to vote.
我们是不被允许参与投票的
 
Nor are we in a position to shape the decisions of
我们也无法左右各个行业的决策
 
business, politics, engineering, media, education or science.
无论是商业、政治、工程、媒体、教育还是科学
 
because the time it takes for us to educate ourselves to do that simply does no longer exist.
因为我们不再有多余的时间来教导自己了
 
And that is why millions of children are taking to the streets,
这就是为什么数百万的儿童走上街头
 
school-striking for the climate to create attention for the climate crisis.
他们为了引起人们对气候危机的关注而逃课
 
You need to listen to us, we who cannot vote.
你们需要倾听我们这些不能投票的人的声音
 
You need to vote for us, for your children and grandchildren.
你们应该为我们，为你们的子孙后代而投票
 
What we are doing now can soon no longer be undone.
我们现在奋斗的环境问题很快就要无法挽回了
 
In this election you vote for the future living conditions for humankind.
在这次选举中，你们应该为人类未来的生活状况投票
 
And though the politics needed do not exist today,
尽管现在还没有足以解决这些问题的政治方针
 
some alternatives are certainly less worse than others.
但总会有一些替代方案不像其他方案那么糟糕
 
And I have read that some parties do not even want me standing here today
我知道，有些政党甚至不希望我今天出现在这里
 
because they so desperately do not want to talk about climate breakdown.
因为他们一点都不想谈论气候环境崩溃的问题
 
To do your best is no longer good enough.
尽我们所能做到最好已经远远不够了
 
We must all do the seemingly impossible.
我们必须做那些看似不可能的事情
 
And it's OK if you refuse to listen to me.
就算你们不听我的，那也没有关系
 
I am, after all, just a 16-year-old schoolgirl from Sweden.
毕竟，我只是一个来自瑞典的16岁女生
 
But you cannot ignore the scientists of the science, or the millions of school-striking children
但你不能忽视科学家和那些数以百万计的学生罢工、停课
 
who are school-striking for a right to a future.
他们正在为人类未来的权利而不懈努力
 
I beg you: please do not fail on this.
我恳求你们:请不要让他们的努力付之东流