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马德里的气候大会

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World leaders have begun a two-week climate conference in Madrid.

世界领导人开始了为期两周的马德里气候大会。
They convened today amid warnings that the 2015 Paris climate accord will fall short of preventing major consequences of climate change.
他们今天召集起来,有警告称2015年巴黎气候协议将无法阻止气候变化带来的重大影响。
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the conference by criticizing global efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
联合国秘书长古特瑞斯开启会议,他斥责了全球在减少温室气体上的努力。
Do we really want to be remembered as the generation that buried its head in the sand, that fiddled while the planet burns?
我们真的希望成为逃避现实的一代?地球在灼烧,但我们在浪费时间?
The other option is the path of hope, the path of resolve, of sustainable solutions.
另一种选择是希望之路,解决之路,可持续解决方法之路。
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led an American delegation of Democratic lawmakers to the conference, voicing support for the Paris accords.
众议院发言人南希·佩洛西领导民主党立法人士代表出席会议,表达了对巴黎协定的支持。
President Trump has moved to withdraw the United States from the accord, effective next November.
特朗普已决定退出该协议,将从明年11月份生效。
Back in this country, a storm system blew into the Northeast, after making a mess across the Midwest.
国内方面,风暴系统影响东北方,此前让中西部一片狼藉。
New Jersey's state government largely shut down, as did schools in several states.
新泽西州政府大部分关闭,多个大州的学校也是如此。
Parts of Eastern New York state were under snow emergencies, and New York City warned commuters to brace for the worst.
纽约东部部分地区遭遇降雪警报,纽约警告通勤者准备最坏情况。
The fact that we have got five to eight inches projected for some parts of the city should make everyone aware quite that number could go up,
该城部分地区或迎来5-8英寸的降雪,所有人都应该意识到数字或许还会上升,

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and could go up quickly. We have all been down this road before. This could fluctuate a lot.

或许上升速度很快,我们都在路上走过,情况会有很大波动。
But when I start to hear five to eight, I'm like, you know, buckle your seat belts, because you're never sure what's going to happen next.
但当我听到5-8英寸时,我就像系紧安全带,因为你不确定会发生什么。
The storm could dump up to 20 inches of snow from Pennsylvania to Maine.
从宾夕法尼亚州到缅因州,风暴或带来多达20英寸降雪。
Six-term Congressman from California Duncan Hunter now plans to plead guilty to misusing campaign funds.
六任国会议员,代表加州的邓肯计划对挪用竞选资金问题认罪。
The San Diego Republican said today he will appear in federal court tomorrow to change his earlier not guilty plea.
圣迭戈共和党人今天称,他将明天出现再联邦法庭,改变之前的无罪声明。
He said he's doing it to protect his family. Hunter is accused of using campaign contributions to pay for vacations,
他称这是在保护家人,邓肯被指控使用竞选献金来支付度假费用,
golf trips and other personal expenses. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was fired today, a month before he was set to retire.
高尔夫之旅等其他个人开销,芝加哥警察局长埃迪·约翰逊今天被解雇,他比计划退休的日子提前了一个月。
In mid-October, he had been found passed out in his car at a stop sign near his home. He acknowledged that he had had a few drinks.
10月中旬,他被发现在自家车中晕了过去,地点是他家附近的红绿灯处,他承认他此前喝了酒。
But Mayor Lori Lightfoot said today an inspector general's report showed that Johnson was not truthful with her.
但市长莱特福特今天称一名总检察长的报告显示,约翰逊没有对她讲真话。
Eddie Johnson intentionally lied to me several times, even when I challenged him about the narrative that he shared with me.
约翰逊多次故意向我撒谎,及时在我向他对峙他对我进行的阐述时。
He maintained that he was telling the truth. I now know definitively that he wasn't.
他坚称他讲了真话,但我知道他没有。
Had I known these facts at the time, I would've relieved him of his duties as superintendent then and there.
如果我当时知道了这些事实,我会立刻解雇他作为警长的职责。
Lightfoot gave no details, but said the report could become public later.
莱特福特没有公布详细信息,但称报告或随后公布。

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