海外头条总编审 王 在 军 （中国）
海外头条副编审 Wendyh温迪（英国）
海 外 头 条总 编 火 凤 凰 （海外）
图片由玲子提供
《大自然在说话•Nature is Speaking》
音乐编配：风之彩
剪接编辑：玲子
英文诵读：Salina(英国)
中文诵读：玲子(英国)
Some call me nature.
Others call me “Mother Nature.”
I've been here for over 4.5 billion years.
22,500 times longer than you.
I don't really need people.
But people need me.
Yes, your future depends on me.
When I thrive, you thrive.
When I falter, you falter. Or worse.
But I've been here for eons.
I have fed species greater than you.
And I have starved species greater than you.
My oceans. My soil.
My flowing streams. My forests.
They all can take you or leave you.
How you choose to live each day,
whether you regard or disregard me,
doesn't really matter to me.
One way or the other.
Your actions will determine your fate.
Not mine.
I am nature.
I will go on.
I am prepared to evolve.
Are you?
有人称我为大自然,
也有人叫我“大自然母亲”,
我已经渡过了45亿年,
是你们人类存在时间的22500倍。
我并不需要人类,
人类却离不开我。
是的，你的未来取决于我，
如果我繁盛，
你们也将繁盛。
如果我衰败，
你们也会衰败，甚至更糟。
我已经存在了亿万年，
我养育过比你们强大得多的物种,
也曾让比你们强大得多的物种
因饥饿而死亡。
我的海洋，我的土地，
我的河流，我的森林，
它们都可以左右人类的存在。
越来越多的人类啊，
你们想怎样渡过每一天，
在意我或者忽略我，
我并不在乎。
你们的行为决定你们的命运，
不是我的。
我是大自然，
我会继续存在，
我随时都在进化，
而你们呢？
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I am the ocean. I'm water.
I'm most of this planet. I shaped it.
Every stream, every cloud,
and every rain drop.
It all comes back to me.
One way or another,
every living thing here needs me.
I'm the source.
I'm what they crawled out of.
Humans? They're no different.
I don't owe them a thing.
I give. They take.
But I can always take back.
That's just the way it's always been.
It's not their planet anyway.
Never was. Never will be.
But humans, they take more than their share.
They poison me,
then they expect me to feed them.
Well it doesn't work that way.
If humans want to exist in nature
with me and off of me,
I suggest they listen close.
I'm only going to say this once.
If nature isn't kept healthy,
humans won't survive.
Simple as that.
Me, I could give a da-mn,
with or without humans.
I'm the ocean.
I covered this entire planet once.
And I can always cover it again.
That's all I have to say.
我是海洋，我是水，
我覆盖了大部分地球。
我创造了它。
每一条河，每一朵云，每一滴雨
都将回到我的怀抱。
地球上所有的生物都离不开我。
所有的生命都来自于我。
那么人类呢？你们也不例外。
我什么都不欠你们。
我一直在付出，而你们一直在获取。
从来如此 。
但是我也能随时将一切收回。
毕竟这不是你们的星球，
以前不是，以后也不是。
人类，你们不仅贪得无厌，
还毒害我，竟然还想让我继续养活你们，
这怎么可能 。
如果人类想在大自然中
与我共存，赖我而生，
我要你们听仔细，我只说一次：
没有健康的大自然，
人类就将走向灭亡，
道理就这么简单。
至于我，有没有人类不是很有所谓。
因为我是海洋，
我曾经覆盖过整个地球，
我也可以再一次把它全部覆盖。
这就是我要说的。
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I am water.
To humans I am simply just there.
I'm something they just take for granted.
But there is only so much of me.
And more and more of them every single day.
I start as rain in the mountains
flow to the rivers and streams.
And end up in the ocean.
Then the cycle begins again.
And it will take me 10,000 years
to get back to the state I am in now.
But to humans?
I'm just water. Just there.
Where will humans find me
when there are billions more of them around?
Where will they find themselves?
Will they wage wars over me?
Like they do over everything else?
That's always an option.
But it's not the only option.
我是水。
对于人类来说我司空见惯。
理所当然。
但是我是非常有限的，
而人类的数量却每天都在增长。
我化身为雨水落入山中，
流进小溪与河流，
最终汇入大海。
让我回到起始的形态
有时需要一万年的时间。
然而对于人类来说，我只是水，
理所当然就应该存在。
如果人口再增加几十亿，
人类还能找到我吗？
他们自己又将如何生存呢？
人类为了争夺各种资源而陷入战争？
未来他们是否会为了争夺我，
而又发起战争呢？
那倒是一种选择，
但并非唯一的选择。
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I am a flower.
Yes, I'm beautiful.
I've heard it before and it never grows old.
I'm worshiped for my looks, my scent, my looks.
But here's the thing. Life starts with me.
You see I feed people. Every fruit comes from me.
Every potato. Me.
Every kernel of corn. Me. Every grain of rice. Me.
Me, me, me, I know. But it's true.
And sometimes I feed their souls.
I am their words when they have none.
I say “I love you,” without a sound.
“I'm sorry,” without a voice.
I inspire the greatest of them.
Painters, poets, pattern makers. I've been a muse to them all.
But in my experience, people underestimate the power of a pretty little flower.
Because their life does start with me and it could end without me.
我是花。
人们常说我很美，我知道。
你们喜欢我，迷恋我，我的外表。
但是你们别忘了，没有我，生命无从谈起。
想想看，谁在哺育你们，是我。
每个水果来自于我，每颗麦子也来自于我。
每个土豆，每粒米，都来自于我。
我，我，我，难道不是吗？
有些时候你们的心灵也会需要我。
当你无法表达时候，我可以轻而易举地帮你说出，“对不起”。
还有“我爱你”。
那些不朽的创作，我更是你们灵魂的源泉。
可惜，即便如此，你们仍然低估了一朵美丽的小花。
有没有人告诉过你，
我没了，你们也就没了。
悠悠岁月（Salina），在伦敦生活工作的川妹子。从事过英语老师，中英翻译，业余电视播音主持等职业。现任一家英法公司的IT合同管理经理，国际注册会计师。工作之余喜欢游泳健身，莳花弄草, 休闲度假。更喜欢唱歌吟诵，用声音传递情感，结识有共同爱好的诵友歌友，一起学习探讨诠释生活的酸甜苦辣！
玲子 (杜希玲)，旅居英国伦敦的北京人。
曾经的企业财务和管理人员，现任英国北京联合会副会长，英国北京艺术团团员，伦敦华人爱乐合唱团团员，英中表演艺术会员，英华安塞腰鼓艺术团团员。
希望用声音传递真善美。世界精英朗诵团成员，静水流深牡丹苑平台金牌主播，中国朗诵联盟、国际诗歌联盟等平台的主播。
编辑：风之彩，来自山东烟台，喜欢一切美好的事物，爱好广泛，无一擅长，却乐在其中。
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