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Science says that human activity is degrading the planet and activists are calling for global effort
科学证明人类活动正在恶化地球，活动人士呼吁全球行动，
to reverse the trends that kill animals, deplete oceans, melt glaciers and threaten communities.
扭转杀害动物，耗尽海洋，融化冰川以及威胁社区这一趋势。
Scientists have blamed carbon emissions for global warming, something that has been denied by a number of political and economic leaders.
科学家认为全球变暖的罪魁祸首是碳排放，一些政界和经济领导人否认这一点。
NASA used the 49th anniversary of Earth Day on Monday to release satellite imagery
美宇航局在周一第四十九届地球日之际公布了卫星图像，
that shows how much carbon dioxide actually warms the Earth.
证明有多少二氧化碳正在让地球升温。
What we are seeing is that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing.
我们看到大气中的二氧化碳正在增加。
As a result of that, the air and the oceans have been warming up. The oceans are acidifying.
因此，大气和海洋正在升温，海洋正在酸化。
The ocean level is rising, and severe climate-related events are also increasing.
海平面正在上升，严重的气候问题也在增多。
Satellite images also show that deforestation affects the climate not only for the region but for the planet,
卫星图像还证明伐木影响的不仅仅是地区气候，而且还影响地球气候，
and they show a rise in water levels as a result of glacier melting.
冰川融化也导致水平面升高。
Despite growing evidence that fossil fuel industries, deforestation, excessive waste and other human activities harm the Earth,
尽管有大量证据证明化石燃料产业，伐木，大量浪费以及其它人类活动伤害地球，
world leaders, pressed by profitable industries, have ignored or even denied the science.
全球领导人忽视甚至否认科学，这都是因为盈利行业的驱使。
But younger generations are concerned about the state of the planet they will inherit and are becoming increasingly vocal about it.
但年轻一代担忧他们将要继承的地球，他们也是频繁发声。
Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg has become the face of global student activism.
瑞典女学生格雷塔·通贝里成为了全球学生行动主义的代表。
She addressed an event in London Sunday, called the Extinction Rebellion.
她周日在伦敦的一次活动上发言，这次活动被称之为灭绝叛乱。
It shouldn't be like that but since no one else is doing anything, we will have to do so. And we will never stop fighting.
不应该是这样，但没有人行动，我们需要做些什么，我们绝不会放弃斗争。
We will never stop fighting for this planet and for ourselves, our futures, and for the futures of our children and grandchildren.
我们会为地球，我们自己，以及我们的孩子和孙子孙女抗争到底。
On April 22 of next year, Earth Day will mark its 50th anniversary.
明年的4月22日，地球日将迎来50周年，
Denis Hayes, who helped found the movement in 1970, says 2020 will be crucial in the global climate movement.
1970年，丹尼斯·海耶斯帮助创建了该运动，他说2020年对于全球气候运动而言很重要。
The goal for Earth Day 2020 thus is to mobilize the broadest possible movement.
2020年地球日的目标是动员范围最广的运动。
It's designed to inspire hope in people who know that their political and economic systems have been failing the planet,
目的是激发人们的希望，他们知道政治和经济系统正在损害地球，
but who, if given reason to hope, can be aroused to demand change.
如果给予希望的理由，但谁会提出要求进行改变。
Hayes is working with Twitter and other social media to launch a Vote Earth initiative to accompany the 2020 U.S. elections,
海耶斯正在和推特等其它社媒合作，建立“为地球投一票”行动，这一行动与2020年美国大选同时发生，
as well as elections held over the next two years in 60 other nations.
以及未来两年在另外60个国家举办的选举。
The initiative is aimed at making the environment one of the top issues for voters.
该活动目标是让选民将环保当作主要问题之一。
Hayes says recent progress on gay marriage in America,
海耶斯称近期美国的同性恋婚姻进程，
gun control in New Zealand and an older global action to fix the ozone hole show that attitudes can change.
新西兰的枪控，以及以前为应对臭氧洞采取的全球行动，这些都在证明态度是会转变的。
Zlatica Hoke, VOA news, Washington
兹拉迪·霍克，VOA新闻华盛顿报道。
