Hello, this is Jane Goodall, and today is the International Day of Forests. So, because forests are so important in my life- in all our lives, I feel that I want to give a message.
大家好，我是珍妮·古道尔，今天是世界森林日。因为森林在我的生活中乃至我们所有人的生活中都起着至关重要的作用，所以我觉得我要跟大家说几句。
And, I think more and more people know today the role that forests play in slowing down climate change, by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it.
我认为，如今已有越来越多的人了解森林通过吸收大气中的二氧化碳并将其储存起来，在减缓气候变化方面发挥的作用。
And, people are beginning to understand what we call the services provided by the forests. They give us clean air and water. They provide food and clothing, and so much else. They provide livelihoodsto the hundreds of thousands of indigenouspeople and others who depend on them for their very livelihoods.
并且，人们开始理解所谓的森林提供的服务。它们为我们提供干净的空气和水，提供食物和衣物，以及其他种种。它们为成千上万的原住民和其他依赖森林为生的人提供生计。
And the problem is that we are destroying forests. We destroy patches of forest the size of a football pitch every few seconds. And, as we destroy the forests, all this stored carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. We need forests, not only to slow down climate change and to give us these actual foods and clothings and so on, but because of what they can do to us for our well-being.
而问题是，我们正在破坏森林。我们每隔几秒钟就摧毁一片足球场大小的森林。而当我们破坏森林时，所有这些森林储存的二氧化碳都被释放到大气层中。我们需要森林，不仅是为了减缓气候变化，也不仅是因为森林给我们提供这些实实在在的食物和衣物等物品，而是因为它们与我们人类的福祉息息相关。
It was the Japanese who started forest bathing- go into the forest, be in the forest, and feel what the forest can do to heal you. And I've been so lucky. I've spent months by myself in the rainforests of Tanzania watching chimpanzees.
是日本人率先开创了森林浴——走进森林，置身于森林之中，感受森林对你的治愈作用。我很幸运，曾独自在坦桑尼亚的雨林中呆了几个月，观察黑猩猩。
But I've had experience also in the great, ancient forests of Congo, and forests in Malaysia, and in parts of Latin America, and North American, and Canada, and in the forests of Europe.
而且，我也曾在刚果古老的森林，马来西亚的森林，拉丁美洲、北美、加拿大的部分地区的森林，以及欧洲的森林中体验过。
And I have come to have a feeling for the forest, for its own sake. Being out in the rainforest alone, you forget yourself. You become one with this amazing world of the forest. And, out in the forest you learn about the interconnection of all the forms of life, how every little species of animal and plant in the forest has a role to play.
因为森林本身的原因，我已经对森林有了一种感觉。独自置身于雨林中，你会达到一种忘我的境界，你会与这个神奇的森林世界融为一体。而且，在野外的森林里，你会了解到所有生命形式之间的相互联系，以及森林里的每一种小动物和植物是如何发挥其作用的。
And as they become extinct, so we tear holes in the tapestry of life until eventually a whole ecosystem may collapse. When I'm alone in the forest, surrounded by the greens and the browns, it's a whole experience that you can't- I can't find in any other place.
当它们灭绝的时候，我们就在生命的织锦上撕开了一道道口子，直到最后整个生态系统都可能崩溃。当我独自在森林里，身边环绕着绿色和棕色时，那是一种你我都无法在任何其他地方找到的完整体验。
Just be quiet, and you hear the singing of the insects and the birds, and you hear the little rustles as small animals go about their business. Maybe you glimpse the bright colors of a butterfly as it goes past, or the feathers of a bird. Or see a little tree squirrel running up the trunk, and perhaps a monkey.
只要安静下来，你就会听到昆虫和鸟儿的歌唱，你会听到小动物们在自己行动时发出的微弱沙沙声。也许，你会瞥见蝴蝶经过时的绚丽色彩，或者鸟儿的羽毛，或者看到一只小松鼠在树干上蹿来蹿去，可能还可以看到一只猴子。
And, on your own you lose yourself, and you're part of this magic world. When it's raining- not a great storm- but just gently raining, and there's a pattering on the leaves, and you're all alone in this world of greens and browns, and it's a feeling I cannot get in any other place.
而且在你忘我的时候，你会成为这个神奇世界的一部分。当下雨的时候（不是一场大暴雨，而是下小雨的时候），树叶上传来淅淅沥沥的声音，你独自在这个满是绿色和棕色的世界里，那是一种我在其他任何地方都无法体验的感觉。
When I was alone in the forests at Gombe, the trees acquired personalities. And that may sound fanciful, but you know there are the great, ancient, old trees with their gnarled trunks. They're like grandfathers and grandmothers. And there are the young, eager saplings with their smooth trunks waiting to grow out into the sunlight. And they do seem to have personalities.
当我独自在贡贝的森林里时，我发现树木是有其个性的。这听起来可能有点异想天开，但是那些茂盛、古老、有着虬曲树干的老树，他们就像树木的爷爷奶奶；而那些刚破土、蓬勃生长的小树苗，它们有着柔韧的枝干，等待着有朝一日长成阳光下的参天大树，所以它们似乎确实有自己的个性。
We now they communicate under the ground with the microfungi of their roots. And with pheromones that they can put out into the atmosphere. So, on this Day of Forests, I want to beg that we will all do anything we can to protect and restore the forests that mean so much.
我们现在发现，树木在地下与根部的微型真菌相联系，而凭借信息素，树木就可以把它们释放到大气层中。因此，在今天这个世界森林日，我想恳求大家，尽己所能，保护并恢复对我们人类至关重要的森林。
Not only because of what they do for us, but because of what they intrinsically are. We need to value them for their own sake, not just because of their services to us. And, they're part of this amazing tapestry of life with their rich biodiversity that we are destroying.
不仅是因为森林能为我们做些什么，更是因为他们本质上是什么。我们应该为森林的自身价值而重视森林，而不仅仅是因为它们为人类提供的服务。而且，森林是正在被我们破坏的维持丰富生物多样性的神奇生命织锦的重要部分。
So, let's get together and do everything we can to help the people who are protecting the forests, to think of trees as individuals with a value of their own, not just their value to us. That's my plea to you today.
因此，让我们团结一心，尽己所能，帮助那些致力于森林保护的人们，让我们把树木当作有其自身价值的生命个体，而不仅仅看到它们对我们人类的价值。以上就是我今天对大家的请求。
And thank you. And any chance you have to be out in the forest, please try. Just see what it will do for you. Thank you.
谢谢大家。如果你有机会到森林里去的话，请一定要试着走进森林，去看看森林能为你做些什么。再次感谢。
Notes:
indigenous
naturally existing in a place or country rather than arriving from another place 当地的；本土的，土生土长的
So who are the indigenous people of this land?
那么谁是这块土地上的原住民？
for its own sake
If you do something for its own sake, you do it because it is interesting and enjoyable, and not because you have or need to do it. 因为其本身（有意思或好玩）的缘故
I believe in education for its own sake, not just to get a good job.
我主张学习本身的乐趣，而不仅仅是找到一份工作。
tapestry
a piece of cloth with a pattern or picture that is created by sewing or weaving different coloured threads onto a special type of strong cloth（手织的）花毯；绒绣；织锦
Dai brocade is one kind of famous Chinese minority tapestries.
傣锦是中国著名的少数民族织锦之一。
gnarled
rough and twisted, especially because of old age or no protection from bad weather（尤指因为年老或坏天气的侵害而）粗糙的，扭曲的
a gnarled tree trunk
粗糙的树干
The old man drew a long, gnarled finger across his throat.
老人伸出一根扭曲变形的长手指摸了一下喉咙。
microfungi
a fungus (such as a mold) with a microscopic fruiting body 微小型真菌
That epidemic died down in the 1940s — but in the late 1960s, a far more aggressive form of the microfungi showed up.
这种流行病在20世纪40年代就已经消失了，但在60年代末，一种更具攻击性的微真菌出现了。
pheromone
a chemical substance released by an animal that influences the behaviour of another animal of the same type, for example by attracting it sexually（动物分泌的可影响同种生物行为的）信息素，外激素
Sex pheromones play increasingly important roles in forest protection.
昆虫性信息素在森林保护中起着日益重要的作用。
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