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翻译人员: Ying Du 校对人员: Yip Yan Yeung

(Marshallese) Ukot boka eo.

（马绍尔语）

“Turn the tides.

“扭转潮汐。

We must give back,”

我们必须归还。”

chant my ancestors.

我的祖先吟唱着。

The thunder strikes --

雷声响起——

(Hands clap)

（双手击掌）

as the sea demoness swept through the lands

海妖带着乐陶之火的烈焰横扫大地。

with a fiery likeness of Letao’s fire.

Tearing apart livelihood,

撕裂生计，

the mounting waves and erosions leave my island gaping

不断上升的海浪和侵蚀 使我的岛裂开，

like the mouth of a dead fish.

就像一条死鱼的嘴。

Tense muscles of uncles and aunties

叔叔阿姨们的紧绷肌肉啊，

that hauled cement for the seawall,

在为海堤运送水泥，

cooked meals for the hungry bellies.

在为饥饿的肚子做饭。

Release in relief.

如释重负。

The tides have gone out.

潮水终于退去。

I look to my grandparents’ graves,

我看向祖父母的坟墓，

intimate with limp seaweeds.

与柔软的海藻紧密缠绕。

The disrespect.

毫无尊重体面。

(Marshallese) Iakwe nan aolep.

（马绍尔语）

My name is Selina Leem.

我叫赛琳娜·里姆（Selina Leem）。

At 18 at the COP 21,

我 18 岁那年在第 21 届 联合国气候变化大会上，

alongside late ambassador for climate change Tony de Brum,

与已故的气候变化大使 托尼·德·布鲁姆（Tony de Brum）一起，

I introduced myself as a small island girl with big dreams.

我这样介绍自己： 一个有着远大梦想的小岛女孩。

Five years later, I reintroduced myself

五年后，我再次自我介绍，

as a climate warrior from Aelon Kein Ad,

作为一名来自马绍尔群岛

Aelon Kein Ad （AKA政党）的 气候斗士。

the Marshall Islands.

Situated between Hawaii and Australia,

我们的岛链坐落于 夏威夷和澳大利亚之间，

our chain of islands decorate the Pacific Ocean like seashells,

像贝壳一样装饰着太平洋，

and they are home to about 60,000 people.

它们是大约 6 万人的家园。

Our islands average about two meters above sea level,

我们的岛屿平均海拔约两米，

and it is not uncommon to see both the ocean and lagoon side

无论站在哪里，

都能看到海洋和泻湖的一面。

from wherever you stand.

We say our highest point

我们说我们的最高点是这座桥，

is the bridge which curves about seven meters above the sea.

它的弧拱高出海平面约 7 米。

The massive body of water is our reality and our livelihood.

庞大的水体是我们的 现实和生计所在。

With a history of seafaring,

海洋有着悠久的航海历史，

the ocean connected our islands together

它把我们的岛屿连接在一起，

as well as providing many resources to fish,

并为我们提供了许多资源以捕鱼、

to feed,

获取食物、

and to adorn our handicrafts with seashells that we make a living from.

以及我们赖以生存的 用来装饰手工艺品的贝壳。

But the climate crisis has brought calamities to my people,

但气候危机给我国人民带来了灾难，

threatening our very livelihoods.

威胁到我们的生计。

In the Pacific, king tide season is from November to April.

太平洋上的大潮季 从 11 月持续到 4 月。

This is when the tides are at their highest,

这是潮汐最高的时候，

and each year the sea level rises.

每年海平面都会上升。

In these months, especially houses by the seashore end up flooded

在这几个月里， 尤其是海边的房屋

or damaged completely.

最终会被淹没或完全损坏。

Schools and churches have had to open their doors for community members

学校和教堂不得不敞开大门，

to come sleep at

让社区成员在此睡觉，

when announcements come in the radio advising to find shelter

当广播响起，宣布因潮汐来袭， 建议大家寻找避难所的时候。

because of incoming tides.

And we huddled together with our blankets and pillows,

我们抱着毯子和枕头挤在一起，

no matter that we are strangers as we sleep next to one another.

尽管我们是陌生人， 但我们睡在一起。

Seawalls are rebuilt as soon as it’s low tide,

海堤在低潮时就会被重建，

only to be broken down again

但是又会被每年都在上涨的巨浪摧毁。

by the waves that grow higher each year.

And these waves,

这些海浪，

their path continues on into the islands,

它们会继续冲进岛屿，

bringing with it garbage we’ve thrown into it.

带着我们扔进去的垃圾。

You see the graves of your loved ones submerged in water,

你看到你所爱之人的坟墓 被水淹没、

littered.

被垃圾淹没。

Then the vegetation starts to brown;

然后植被开始枯萎，

it is dying.

它快死了。

The soil becomes salinated.

土壤盐化了。

You pray the bigger trees hold on

你祈祷更大的树能挺住，

for their roots are needed to prevent further erosion.

因为需要它们的根 来防止进一步的侵蚀。

In the most effected parts of the lands,

在受影响最严重的地区，

the land has regressed,

土地已经退化，

coming closer and closer to the road each year.

一年比一年更接近道路。

Our driest part of the year happens within this time period, too.

一年中最干燥的时期 也发生在这段时间内。

We are unable to use groundwater well because it becomes saltier as well.

我们无法充分利用地下水， 因为它也变得更咸了。

In the capital, Majuro, once per week,

在首都马朱罗（Majuro），

水每周分发一次，

water is dispensed

and my neighbors and I fill up our tanks,

我和邻居们给我们的水箱、 集水区、瓶子和水桶装满水。

our water catchments,

our bottles and our buckets.

Our government has had to declare a state of national emergency,

我们的政府不得不宣布 全国进入紧急状态，

calling for help from our friends.

向我们的朋友寻求帮助。

Sea-level rising,

许多年来，海平面上升、洪水、干旱

flooding,

droughts,

erosion have been the reality of my people for many, many, many years.

和侵蚀一直是我们族人的现实。

We’ve been told to move.

我们被告知要离开，

To become climate change refugees.

成为气候变化的难民。

I’m not even sure who would even take us in.

我都不知道谁会收留我们。

But to those who think that we can just accept our fate,

但对于那些认为我们能做的 仅仅是接受命运的人，

I want to say:

我想说：

适应和本土知识才是解决办法。

Adaptation and Indigenous knowledge are the solutions.

These islands are our ancestors,

这些岛屿是我们的祖先，

our predecessors,

我们的先辈，

our homes.

我们的家园。

We are at the risk of losing all of that

我们正冒着失去这一切的风险，

for something we contributed very, very little to.

为了某些我们根本 没怎么“贡献”的事情。

Raising and expanding the islands is something my country is thinking of.

我的国家正在考虑 如何建造和扩建这些岛屿。

However, we don’t have the resources nor the infrastructure.

然而，我们既没有资源， 也没有基础设施。

Regardless,

无论如何，

we remain adamant.

我们仍然坚定不移。

We continue to fight for our livelihoods

我们继续为生计而战， 并且绝不抛弃家园。

and not abandon our home.

Thank you.

谢谢你。

(Marshallese) Komool tata.

（马绍尔语）

(Applause)

（掌声）