At-War-with-the-Planet-译国译民翻译

AtWarwiththePlanetDetailedStudyoftheText•Para.1•1.Whatarethetwoworldsthatpeoplelivein?•Thetwoworldsrefertothenaturalworldandtheworldofhumancreation.••2.Whatisthecommon,unthinkingattitudetowardsthetwoworlds?•Theattitudeis:weareresponsibleforeventsofourownworld,butnitforwhatoccursinthenaturalworld.•Para.2•1.Now,onaplanetaryscale,thisdivisionhasbeenbreached.•Breach:•Whydoestheauthorsayso?•Globally,thetwoworldsarenolongerseparated,havingnothingtodowitheachother.Whathumandointhetechnospherewillhaveeffectontheecosphere.Thisisatransitionalsentence,linkingupthefollowingpartwiththefirstparagraph.Italsoleadstofurtherexplanationoftheinteractionbetweenthetwoworlds.••2.…evendroughts,floods,andheatwavesmaybecomeunwittingactsofman.•Whatpeopledomayunintentionallycausedroughts,floodsandheatwaves.••Para.3•1.LiketheCreation,theportendingglobaleventsarecosmic…•LiketheCreationoftheuniverse,eventsthathappeninthisworldmayhavevasteffects,especiallyontherelationshipbetweentheplanetEarthandthesun.••2.Solarradiation---largevisibleandultravioletlight------isavaststreamofenergythatbathestheEarth’ssurface…•Translatethissentence:••3.Solarenergyfuelstheenergy-requiringprocessesoflife;•Giveanexampleof“solarenergyfuelstheenergy-requiringprocessesoflife”•Thephotosynthesisofplantsisacaseinpoint.•4.Wehavebeentamperingwiththispowerfulforce,unaware,liketheSorcerer’sApprentice,ofthepotentiallydisastrousconsequencesofouractions.•Tamperwith:tointerfereormeddlewith,esp.todamageorcorrupt.•Sorcerer’sApprentice:RefertotheNote.•Noticethestructureofthesentence.Itcouldbereconstructedinthefollowingway:•LiketheSorcerer’sApprentice,wehavebeentamperingwiththispowerfulforce,unawareofthepotentiallydisastrousconsequencesofouractions.•5.WhydoestheauthorsaythatwehavebeenbehavingliketheSorcerer’sApprentice?•ThisisbecausewehavebeendoingthingswithoutknowingthattheymayhaveseriouseffectsontheplanetEarth.•Translatethesentence.••Para.4•1.WehavebecomeaccustomedtothenowmundaneimageoftheEarthasseenfromthefirstexpeditiontothemoon----abeautifulbluespheredecoratedbyswirlsoffleecyclouds.Itisaspectacularlynaturalobject;atthatdistance,noovertsignsofhumanactivityarevisible.Butthisimage,nowrepeatedlythrustbeforeusinphotographs,posters,andadvertisements,ismisleading.•What’stheauthor’sviewoftheimage?•Theauthorthinksthattheimageisspectacularbutismisleading,becauseitfailstoshowhumandamagetotheearth.•Paraphrasethesentence“Butthisimage,nowrepeatedlythrustbeforeusinphotographs,posters,andadvertisements,ismisleading”.•Theearthweseeinphotos,posters,andads,whichappearssobeautiful,isnotthetruereflectionoftheworldwelivein;suchimagelullsusintocomplacency.•2.Eveniftheglobalwarmingcatastrophenevermaterializes,andtheozoneholeremainsanesoteric,polarphenomenon,alreadyhumanactivityhasprofoundlyalteredglobalconditionsinwaysthatmaynotregisteronthecamera.•TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.•即使全球变暖这种灾难永不发生，即使臭氧空洞仍然只是一种深奥的极地现象，人类活动也已极大地改变了全球条件，这些也许是照相机拍不出来的。••3.…noxiousflamesofsmogblanketovermajorcities.•Smog:alow-lying,perceptiblelayerofpollutedair•Blanket:tocoverwithathicklayer•4.…carcinogenicsyntheticpesticideshavebeendetectedinmother’smilkallovertheworld.•Paraphrase:Testsofmother’smilkallovertheworldshowtheexistenceofsyntheticpesticidewhichmightcausecancer.Thisindicatesthatmothershaveeatenfoodwithresiduesofsyntheticpesticide.••5.…greatforestshavebeencutdown,destroyingecologicalnichesandtheirresidentspecies.•ecologicalnichesandtheirresidentspecies:生态小环境及生活在小环境中的物种•Para5.•1.Clearly,weneedtounderstandtheinteractionbetweenourtwoworlds:thenaturalecosphere,thethinglobalskinofair,water,andsoilandtheplantsandanimalsthatliveinit,andtheman-madetechnosphere----powerfulenoughtodeservesograndioseaterm.•Grandiose：Impressivebecauseofunnecessarylargenessorgrandeur;usedtoshowdisapproval•What’stheauthor’sdefinitionoftheecosphere?•Accordingtotheauthor,theecospherereferstotheair,water,andsoilthatcovertheEarthandtheplantsandanimalsthatliveonit.•2.Thetechnospherehasbecomesufficientlylargeandintensetoalterthenaturalprocessesthatgoverntheecosphere•Humanactivitieshavetakenplaceoversuchlargeareasandwithsuchintensitythattheyhavealreadycauseddisastrouseffectsonecology.•3.…catastrophicallydiminishingourabilitytoprovideforbasichumanneeds.•Frequentnaturaldisasters(causedbyorworsenedbyhumandisruptionoftheecologicalsystem)havereducedourabilitytosatisfytheneedsofpeopleonearth.••4.Thehumanattackontheecospherehasinstigatedanecologicalcounterattack.Thetwoworldsareatwar.•Thisisthethemeoftheessay.Itsumsuptheargumentsinthepreviousparagraphs.•Whatismeantbycounterattack?•Theauthorisexpressingtheideainametaphoricalway.Theresponseoftheecosphereiscomparedtoacounterattack.•Para6•1.Thetwospheresinwhichwelivearegovernedbyverydifferentlaws.•AsthebeginningsentenceofPara6,howdoesitfunction?•Thisstatementleadstothecomparisonofdifferentlawsandtherootofthewar.••2.Oneofthebasiclawsoftheecospherecanbesummedupas“everythingisconnectedtoeverythingelse.”•Whatisthefirstlawthatgovernstheecosphere?•Thefirstlawisthatinecophere,everycomponentisrelatedtoothercomponents