来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第1集 第1集》

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  climatic change and environmental devastation;
  气候的变化和环境的破坏
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  and the failure to provide such basics
  以及在发展中国家
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  as safe and adequate water supplies
  数以万计的人无法得到基本的
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  for untold millions of people in the developing world.
  安全保障和足够的水资源供给
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  Unfortunately, not one of those factors
  不幸的是 以上的种种因素似乎没有一个
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  seems likely to abate in the near future,
  能在短期的将来得到减轻
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  and some of them are gathering momentum as we speak.
  像我们说的有些甚至愈演愈烈
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  Well, it's possible, and reasonable even,
  这是有可能的 更是情理之中的
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  to ask whether it is true
  质疑我们应付流行病的方式
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  that the way we handle epidemic diseases
  是否全都正确
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  will be crucial to our survival as a society.
  这对我们的社会生存至关重要
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  In addition, I would argue,
  另外 我还想表明