Name: 【聽Podcast學英文】兒童與氣候變化 (Kids and climate change ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2024-08-19T11:46:39.000Z
Duration: 6 min 22 s

Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.

您好。這裡是 BBC Learning English 頻道的 6 分鐘英語。我是尼爾

基礎被動語態

Many of those leading the fight against climate change are young people who feel betrayed by politicians and adults. In survey after survey, children report feeling that they have no future, that humanity is doomed and that governments are failing to act.

許多上司應對氣候變化的人都是年輕人，他們感到被政治家和成年人背叛了。在一次又一次的調查中，孩子們表示他們覺得自己沒有未來，人類註定要滅亡，而政府卻沒有采取行動。

This is causing many young people to feel worried about the state of the planet. There's even a name for it – climate anxiety. And it's also creating conflict between adults and children in families and schools.

這讓許多年輕人對地球的狀況感到擔憂。甚至有一種叫法--氣候焦慮症。這也造成了家庭和學校中大人和孩子之間的衝突。

What's certain is that a solution to the climate emergency needs the cooperation of everyone, both old and young. So, can talking honestly about the climate help mend the divisions between generations? That's what we'll be discussing in this programme, along with some useful new vocabulary.

可以肯定的是，解決氣候緊急狀況需要所有人的合作，包括老人和年輕人。那麼，坦誠地談論氣候問題是否有助於修補幾代人之間的分歧呢？這就是我們將在本節目中討論的問題，以及一些有用的新詞彙。

But first, I have a question for you, Neil. Many young people's hopes and fears about climate change are symbolised by the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. These days, Greta travels the world speaking about the climate emergency, but her protests started much smaller in her hometown, Stockholm. So how did Greta Thunberg's climate activism begin? Did she...

但首先，我有一個問題要問你，尼爾。瑞典活動家格麗塔-圖恩伯格代表了許多年輕人對氣候變化的希望和恐懼。如今，格麗塔在世界各地就氣候緊急情況發表演講，但她的抗議活動是從她的家鄉斯德哥爾摩開始的。那麼，葛麗泰-圖恩伯格的氣候活動是如何開始的呢？她...

a. Plant trees in her school garden, b. Skip school on Fridays, or c. Recycle her school's plastic waste?

a.在學校花園種樹，b. 週五不上學，還是 c. 回收學校的塑膠垃圾？

Hmm, I think Greta Thunberg went on strike and skipped school on Fridays.

嗯，我覺得格麗塔-圖恩伯格週五罷工逃學了。

OK, Neil, I will reveal the correct answer later in the programme. One recent survey showed that three-quarters or more of young people in the UK feel the future is frightening.

好的，尼爾，我稍後會在節目中揭曉正確答案。最近的一項調查顯示，四分之三或更多的英國年輕人覺得未來很可怕。

Here, Immy, aged 14, and Millie, 11, share some of their fears with BBC Ideas.

在這裡，14 歲的伊米（Immy）和 11 歲的米莉（Millie）與 BBC Ideas 分享了她們的一些恐懼。

If climate change were like an animal or a plant, I think it'd be some sort of parasite because it's the only thing that's actually growing and getting bigger while everything else starts dying off. I think climate change is, like, really scary and the fact that lots of people aren't doing much about it just sort of freaks me out.

如果氣候變化就像動物或植物，我想它會是某種寄生蟲，因為它是唯一真正在生長和變大的東西，而其他一切都開始消亡。我覺得氣候變化真的很可怕，而且很多人都沒有采取任何措施，這讓我很害怕。

The environment is definitely very special because if we get rid of it, there's nowhere else we can go. Like, it's a very one-in-a-million sort of planet.

環境絕對是非常特殊的，因為如果我們擺脫了它，我們就無處可去了。就像，這是一個萬里挑一的星球。

Immy calls climate change a parasite. In the natural world, a parasite is an animal or plant that lives on another living thing and feeds from it. If you describe a person as a parasite, you mean they are lazy and live off other people supporting them or giving them money.

伊米稱氣候變化為寄生蟲。在自然界中，寄生蟲是指寄生在其他生物身上並以此為生的動物或植物。如果把一個人說成是寄生蟲，那就意味著他很懶惰，靠別人養活他或給他錢過活。

Likewise, Immy thinks climate change is sucking the goodness out of the planet and she uses a slang idiom to describe her feelings – it freaks me out. If something freaks you out, it makes you become very emotional, upset or confused.

同樣，伊米認為氣候變化正在吸走地球的美好，她用了一個俚語成語來形容她的感受--"嚇死我了"。如果某件事讓你抓狂，它就會讓你變得非常情緒化、不安或困惑。

Millie agrees. What freaks her out is that governments don't seem to be doing much about the problem. It's not as if we can escape anywhere. Humankind only has one home – planet

米莉對此表示贊同。讓她感到不安的是，政府似乎並沒有採取什麼措施來解決這個問題。我們又不能逃到任何地方。人類只有一個家園--地球

Earth. Millie calls Earth one-in-a-million, meaning very special or rare.

地球米莉稱地球為百萬分之一，意思是非常特別或稀有。

So what can be done? Psychotherapist Caroline Hickman has visited ten countries around the world talking to over 100,000 teenagers about their climate fears. They told her about parents ignoring them when they wanted to discuss their feelings and adults telling them, fixing the planet is your job now. Here she gives BBC Ideas some advice on discussing climate change with children.

那麼可以做些什麼呢？心理治療師卡羅琳-希克曼（Caroline Hickman）走訪了全球十個國家，與十萬多名青少年交談，瞭解他們對氣候的恐懼。他們告訴她，當他們想討論自己的感受時，父母卻不理睬他們，而成年人卻告訴他們，修復地球是你們現在的工作。在此，她向 BBC Ideas 提供了一些關於與兒童討論氣候變化的建議。

My advice to adults, parents, teachers is do not put it off, don't push it away, don't save it up and just have that big conversation. Talk about it regularly. That's crucial.

我對成年人、家長和老師的建議是，不要拖延，不要推脫，不要把它積壓起來，而只是進行一次重要的談話。定期談論它。這是至關重要的。

And it's OK for you to say to your children, I don't have all the answers. We're not sure exactly how to deal with all of this, but let's find out together.

你可以對孩子說，我沒有所有的答案。我們也不確定該如何處理這一切，但讓我們一起找出答案。

Caroline's top tip is to discuss the climate crisis regularly, to talk with children about their climate fears and not put it off – not delay talking about it until later.

卡羅琳的最高建議是定期討論氣候危機，與孩子們談論他們對氣候的恐懼，不要將其擱置--不要延後到以後再談。

Caroline also advises parents not to push it away, to choose to forget about or ignore the subject. A better response is to tell kids honestly – we don't have all the answers but by sharing ideas we can work things out together.

卡洛琳還建議家長們不要一推了之，選擇忘記或忽略這個話題。更好的對策是誠實地告訴孩子們--我們沒有所有的答案，但通過分享想法，我們可以一起解決問題。

A more hopeful message – and one that's shared by climate champion Greta Thunberg.

氣候倡導者格麗塔-圖恩伯格（Greta Thunberg）也傳遞了一個更有希望的資訊。

Yes, and it's time to reveal the answer to my question. How did Greta Thunberg's climate activism begin, Neil?

是的，是時候揭曉我問題的答案了。格麗塔-圖恩伯格的氣候行動主義是怎麼開始的，尼爾？

I said it was by skipping school on Fridays.

Which was the correct answer. Greta started her School Strike for Climate in August 2018 before it was taken up by over 1.6 million school children from 125 countries around the world. OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learnt from this programme, starting with climate anxiety – feeling worried, afraid or depressed because of climate change.

哪個是正確答案。格麗塔於2018年8月開始了她的 "氣候問題校園罷工 "活動，隨後被來自全球125個國家的160多萬名學童所接受。好了，讓我們來回顧一下這個節目中學到的詞彙，首先是氣候焦慮--因為氣候變化而感到擔憂、恐懼或沮喪。

A parasite is an animal or plant that feeds off another living thing.

寄生蟲是以另一種生物為食的動物或植物。

If something makes you feel very emotional or upset, you might say it freaks me out.

如果某件事讓你感到非常情緒化或心煩意亂，你可能會說它把我嚇壞了。

The idiom one in a million describes something which is extremely special, rare or unlikely.

成語 "萬里挑一 "形容事物極為特殊、罕見或不大可能。

And finally, two phrasal verbs to finish with – to put something off, which means to delay doing it till later, and to push something away, which means to decide to forget about or ignore it. Once again, our six minutes are up. But remember to join us again soon for more trending topics and useful vocabulary, here at 6 Minute English. Goodbye for now!

最後，還有兩個短語動詞--to put something off 和 to push something away。to put something off 的意思是把某事延後到以後再做；to push something away 的意思是決定忘記或忽略它。我們的六分鐘時間又到了。但請記得，不久後再來 6 分鐘英語，我們將為您提供更多熱門話題和實用詞彙。再見