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reconcile - reel Restoring the ocean
讓海洋恢復健康
When the ocean recreational area became toopolluted to visit,
當海洋娛樂區污染得不能讓人參觀時，
locals recounted the promises of thegovernment
當地人列舉了政府的種種保證，
and approached it to support a restorationproject.
要求政府支持一項恢復計劃。
The government surprised everyone byagreeing to help,
讓大家驚訝的是，政府竟然答應了，
realizing that they would become redundantif they did not.
因為官員們意識到要是不幫忙他們 就要失業了。
The restoration project began.
恢復計劃開始了。
Locals recruited experts to help restorethe quality of the reefs
當地人聘請了專家來幫助恢復礁石質量，
where people loved to scuba dive.
人們最愛在這個地方戴水肺潛水。
Companies redeemed bonds
各家公司將債券兌取現金，
to fund pollution reduction and recyclingprojects.
以資助減少污染和回收利用項目。
And small, local fisherman negotiated withlarge fishing companies
勢單力薄的當地漁民同大型捕魚公司協商
to work together to help recover the fishpopulation
共同幫助恢復魚的數量
that had been reduced to almost nothingfrom over fishing.
由于過度捕撈，魚的數量已減少到近乎零了。
Everyone became part of the recoveryproject,
每個人都投身到恢復工作中，
looking to it for the redemption of thefailed economy.
他們指望這項工作能拯救衰退了的經濟。
The project wasn't always easy.
但這項工作并不是一帆風順。
When arguments occurred, locals mediated toreconcile both parties.
有爭執發生時，當地人便通過斡旋使雙方和解
Conflicting ideas on how to reconstruct thereef itself also lead to conflict.
關于如何修復礁石的不同觀點也導致了沖突，
68 experts on ecology, reef dynamics,oceanography, engineering, etc.
于是68位研究生態學、礁石動態學、海洋學及工程學等方面的專家
attended one large meeting
參加了一次大型會議，
held in a large beach that had the shape ofa rectangle.
這次會議是在一個形狀上有點兒像長方形的巨大海灘上舉行的。
At this meeting, after much discussion,
經過會上的激烈討論，
they were finally able to rectify theconflicts
他們最終得以糾正發生沖突的做法，
and remove the redundancy that had causedthe initial problem.
消除那些最初引發問題的多余的東西。
Some arguments recurred, but were never asserious as before.
有些爭論會反復發生，但再也沒有以前 那么嚴重了。
When the reef had been reconstructed,
礁石修復之后，
experts noted that it had been done inrecord time
專家們說修復工作所用的時間創了紀錄，
and declared it a success to be modeledthroughout the world.
并且宣布這是一次成功在全世界是個典范。
Reels of film that had recorded the processwere made into advertisements
一盤盤記錄這一過程的膠片被做成廣告，
inviting recreation to return to an areathat was now protected and environmentally safe.
邀請人們回到這個既環保又安全的地方娛樂。
And the ocean breathed a sigh of relief!
海洋這才舒了一口氣。
