Perhaps Hurricane Sandy will spur US citizens and politicians to take climate change seriously – and to implement public policies aimed at protecting America’s cities and coastlines. If so, we can only hope that this crisis will not have come too late.
也许飓风桑迪将刺激美国公民和政客认证对待气候变化问题，并采取旨在保护美国城市和海岸线的公共政策。果真如此的话，我们倒要抱怨这场危机来的太晚了。