来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：环境政治与法律 第2集 第2集》

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  And gradually, this seeping, oozing
  这些不断渗入泄露的
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  toxic soup started bubbling to the surface of the playground
  有毒物质开始逐渐充满操场的地表
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  and people's backyards and into their basements.
  以及人们的后院和他们的地下室
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  That prompted the passage of
  这加速了二十世纪八十年代《超级基金
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  the Superfund law back in the 1980s.
  法》的出台
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  So in many respects, law follows public recognition
  因此在全方位看来 法律紧跟着
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  of significant threat
  公众意识到重大威胁而来
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  that is a surprise in a sense.
  这在一定程度上是一个惊喜
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  But these laws evolved not in a systematic way.
  但是这些法律的形成并不系统
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  It was not as if somebody said,
  并不像有些人说的
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  "Okay, we need air law.
  "好吧 我们需要《空气清洁法》
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  We need clean water law.
  我们需要《清洁水法》