On time and water | Andri Snær Magnason

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Hi, my name is Andri Snær Magnason,

嗨，我是安德烈·斯纳·麦格纳森 （Andri Snær Magnason），

talking from Iceland.

来自冰岛。

(Water rushing)

（湍急水流声）

In 2019, we had lost our first glacier to climate change:

在 2019 年，气候变化 让我们失去了第一片冰川，

the Okjökull, the Ok glacier,

即 Okjökull 冰川，也叫 OK 冰川，

that is not OK anymore.

OK 冰川不再 OK 了。

And in the next 200 years,

在未来的两百年里，

we expect all our glaciers to follow the same path.

我们预计所有的冰川 都会走向同样的结局。

This glacier here is one of them:

这里的冰川就是其中之一，

Sólheimajökull, in the south coast of Iceland.

位于冰岛南海岸的 索尔黑马冰川（Sólheimajökull）。

(Water rushing)

（湍急水流声）

I wrote a poem for a plaque that was placed on the mountain

我在牌匾上写了一首诗，

where Okjökull once stood.

放在了 Okjökull 曾经屹立的山上。

It was a letter to the future,

这是对未来的一封信，它说，

and it says,

"This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening

“这座纪念碑是要承认

我们知道正在发生的事，

and what needs to be done.

以及需要做什么，

Only you know if we did it."

只有你知道，如果我们做到了。”

My grandparents, they were glacier explorers at times,

我的祖父母， 在冰川似乎还会永恒的时候，

when the glaciers seemed eternal.

他们曾是冰川探险者。

They went on a glacial honeymoon in the year 1956.

他们于 1956 年进行了一次冰川蜜月。

For three weeks, they were mapping and traveling Vatnajökull,

他们花了三个星期的时间，

Europe's biggest glacier,

绘制地图并穿越欧洲最大的冰川——

sleeping in tents in extreme temperatures.

瓦特纳冰原（Vatnajökull）， 他们在极端温度下的帐篷里睡觉，

And I asked them once, "Weren't you cold?"

我曾经问过他们，“你们不冷吗？”

And they said, "Cold?

他们说：“冷吗？

We were just married."

我们刚刚结婚。”

My grandmother just turned 96,

我的祖母刚满 96 岁，

and now we know that many glaciers will be gone

现在我们知道等今天出生的 某人与我现在的祖母一样大，

within the time someone born today becomes as old as my grandmother is now.

许多冰川将消失殆尽，

We need to start connecting to the future in an intimate and urgent way.

我们需要开始以亲密 而紧急的方式连接未来。

My grandmother, she was born in the year 1924.

我的祖母，她出生于 1924 年。

And if I have grandchildren,

如果我有孙子， 那么我一生中最爱的人

the people I will love the most in my life will still be alive in the year 2150.

将在 2150 年还活着。

Because our time is the time of the people that we know and love,

因为我们的时间也 是我们认识和所爱的人的时间，

the time that created us,

创造我们的时间，

and our time is also the time of the people that we will know and love,

而我们的时间

也是我们会认识和爱的人的时间，

the time that we create.

我们创造的时间。

We can easily span 230 years --

我们可以轻松地跨越 230 年——

the handshake of generations.

与几代人握手。

When a scientist says 2100, we just shrug; we don't feel connected.

当科学家提到 2100 年，

我们只是耸耸肩，觉得与我们无关。

But I asked my grandmother, "Are 100 years a long time or short time?"

但是，我问祖母，

“100 年是长是短？”

And she said, to my surprise,

她的话让我惊讶，

"It's a short time.

她回答：“转瞬即逝。

I feel like I was traveling the glaciers yesterday."

我觉得昨天的我还在冰川旅行。”

(Water rushing)

So 2100 is not a distant future.

因此， 2100 年不是遥不可及的未来，

It's basically tomorrow,

基本上就是明天，

because in the mind of those people,

因为在这些人的心中， 2020 年将会是昨天。

2020 will be yesterday.

And I'm quite sure that we want them to look at our time

而且我非常确定，

我们希望他们能自豪 而感激地看待我们的时间，

with pride and gratitude,

because we knew what was happening

因为我们知道发生了什么， 知道需要做什么，

and we know what needs to be done,

and we actually, eventually, did the right thing.

而事实上，最终， 我们做了正确的事情。

Thank you.

谢谢。