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The second time I cried underwater was on the north shore of Curaao, 2011.
我第二次在水下哭泣是2011年在庫拉索島的北岸。
It was the calmest day of the year, but it's always pretty sketchy diving there.
在一個風平浪靜的日子，不過在那里潛水一直是非常草率的。
My boyfriend and I swam against the waves. I watched my compass so we could find our way back out, and he watched for sharks,
我和男友逆著海浪游著。我負責看著羅盤以確保我們能回來，他負責看有沒有鯊魚，
and after 20 minutes of swimming that felt like an hour, we finally dropped down to the reef,
經過了20分鐘的游泳，感覺像游了一個小時，我們終于下潛到了珊瑚礁，
and I was so shocked, and I was so happy that my eyes filled with tears. There were corals 1,000 years old lined up one after another.
我被震驚了，我高興到淚水在我的眼睛里打轉。那些活了一千年之久的珊瑚，一個一個連成一片。
They had survived the entire history of European colonialism in the Caribbean, and for centuries before that.
它們在加勒比海經歷了歐洲大殖民時期并活了下來，在那之前已經活了幾個世紀。
I never knew what a coral could do when it was given a chance to thrive.
我永遠不知道珊瑚生命力多旺盛直到它們有了一個繁榮的機會。
The truth is that even as we lose so many corals, even as we go through this massive coral die-off, some reefs will survive.
真相是即使我們損失如此多的珊瑚，甚至像我們正在經歷的如此大面積的珊瑚死亡，會有一些珊瑚重新繁榮起來。
Some will be ragged on the edge, some will be beautiful. And by protecting shorelines and giving us food to eat and supporting tourism,
有些殘喘的活在邊邊角角，有些會非常美麗。并且保護海岸線還能夠增加漁業資源，促進旅游業發展，
they will still be worth billions and billions of dollars a year.
依然能夠帶來每年數十億的財富。
The best time to protect a reef was 50 years ago, but the second-best time is right now.
保護珊瑚礁最好的時間是在50年前，而第二個最佳時刻就是現在。
Even as we go through bleaching events, more frequent and in more places, some corals will be able to recover.
即使我們已經經歷了白化事件，即使面積更廣，更加頻繁，有些珊瑚是可以恢復的。
