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Do you think the world is going to be a better place next year? In the next decade?
你們覺得明年這個世界會變的更好嗎？未來十年呢？
Can we end hunger, achieve gender equality, halt climate change, all in the next 15 years?
我們能不能解決饑餓問題，實現(xiàn)性別平等，停止氣候變化，讓所有這些都在未來15年內實現(xiàn)？
Well, according to the governments of the world, yes we can.
那么，根據世界各國政府所說，我們是可以做到的。
In the last few days, the leaders of the world, meeting at the UN in New York,
在過去的幾天里，全世界的領導人在位于紐約的聯(lián)合國總部進行了會面，
agreed a new set of Global Goals for the development of the world to 2030.
對于到2030年世界發(fā)展的一系列新的全球目標達成了共識。
And here they are: these goals are the product of a massive consultation exercise.
就是這些：這些目標是大量咨詢磋商的產物。
The Global Goals are who we, humanity, want to be.
這些全球目標是我們這些人類想要實現(xiàn)的。
Now that's the plan, but can we get there?
這就是這個計劃，但是我們能實現(xiàn)嗎？
Can this vision for a better world really be achieved?
這個更好的世界的愿景可以實現(xiàn)嗎？
Well, I'm here today because we've run the numbers,
我今天站在這里，是因為我們研究了一下，
and the answer, shockingly, is that maybe we actually can. But not with business as usual.
研究出的答案，非常讓人震驚，那就是也許我們真的能做到。但不是用一如往常的方式來實現(xiàn)了。
Now, the idea that the world is going to get a better place may seem a little fanciful.
現(xiàn)在，這個世界正在變得更好的想法可能看起來還有些不切實際。
Watch the news every day and the world seems to be going backwards, not forwards.
我們每天看新聞時覺得這個世界是在退步，而不是進步。
And let's be frank: it's pretty easy to be skeptical about grand announcements coming out of the UN.
那我們坦白地說：其實這個從聯(lián)合國發(fā)出的宏偉的公告很容易讓人懷疑。
