Well, all of us know the dozen sorts of ticking time bombs going on in the modern world, time bombs that have fuses of a few decades to -- all of them, not more than 50 years, and any one of which can do us in; the time bombs of water, of soil, of climate change, invasive species, the photosynthetic ceiling, population problems, toxics, etc., etc. -- listing about 12 of them. And while these time bombs --
嗯，我们都知道，当今世界上，数十种可能导致社会崩溃的“定时炸弹” 正在滴答滴答的走着。这些“定时炸弹”大都是 最近数十年被“点燃”的，而最早的，不会超过50年。 但其中每一个，都能让我们万劫不复。比方说：水资源、 土壤问题、气候变化、外来物种入侵、 光合上限问题、人口问题、有毒物质等等、等等。 一共有将近12个。如前所述，这些“定时炸弹”