第一期：海洋I am the ocean. I'm water . I'm most of this planet. I shaped it.我是海洋，我是水，我覆盖了大部分地球我创造了它Every stream, every cloud, and every rain drop. It all comes back to me.每一条河，每一朵云，每一滴雨，都将回到我的怀抱One way or another , every living thing here needs me.不管怎样，地球上所有的生物都需要我I'm the source. I'm what they crawled out of.我是源头，所有的生命都来自于我Humans? They're no different.人类？他们没有什么不同I don'towethem a thing.我不欠他们I give.Theytake.But I can alwaystakeback.我付出，他们索取但是我可以随时收回That'sjust the wayit's alwaysbeen.人们一直都是这样做。
It's nottheirplanetanyway.Neverwas.Never will be.毕竟这不是你们的星球，以前不是，以后也不是But humans, they take more than their share.但人类，他们贪得无厌They poison me, then they expect me to feed them.他们毒死我，竟然还想让我继续养活他们Well it doesn't work that way.这怎么可能If humans want to exist in nature with me and off of me, I suggest they listenclose. I'm only going to say this once.如果人类想在大自然中与我共存，赖我而生，我要你们听仔细 我只说一次If nature isn't kept healthy, humans won't survive.如果没有健康的大自然，人类将走向灭亡Simpleas that.就那么简单Me, I could give a damn,withor withouthumans.至于我，有没有人类都无所谓。
I'm the ocean.I coveredthis entireplanetonce.我的海洋我曾经覆盖过整个地球And I can always cover it again.我也可以再一次把它全部覆盖That's all I have to say.这就是我要说的第二期：土地I am the soil.我是土地I am in the hills,and in the valleys,the farms,the orchards.我存在于高山上，山谷中，农场里，果园间Withoutme humanscould not exist.But you treatme like dirt.没有我，人类无法生存但你们却把我看得一文不值Do you realizethat I am just a thin skin on this planet?你们意识到了吗，我只是这个地球薄薄的一层皮肤？And thatI'mactuallyalive.我也是有生命的Full of organisms that grow your food.充满了让你们的食物得以生长的有机物。
But I ambroken, aching,overused,sick.但是我被你们破坏、伤害、过度开发、损害Becauseof you. You havewitheredmeaway toless than half of what I used to be justover 100 yearsago.就是因为你们你们让我萎缩，现在我只剩下不及100年前一半的厚度Are you paying attention?I am turningto dust.你们注意到了吗？我正在逐渐化为一片荒漠So maybeyou could treatmewitha little morerespect.所以也许你们能对我多一些尊重I supposeyou still want to eat,right?我想你们不想饿肚子，对吧？第三期：珊瑚礁I am coral.我是珊瑚礁Some people think I'm just a rock.有些人认为我只是岩石When, in fact, I'm the largest thing alive on this planet .但事实上，我是这个星球最大的生命体。
I'm so big, I can be seen from space. But for how long?大到从太空都可以看到我但还能持续多久？I grew for almost250 million yearsand humanscamealong and now one fifthof me is gone.我来到这里大约2.5亿年后人类出现了，从那时起我已经失去了我的五分之一Sure, l live at thebottom of the sea. Andyou might not see me that often.是的，我生活在海底，你们很少能见到我But you do need me.但是你们需要我Do you realize that one quarter of all marine life depends on me?你们知道有四分之一的海洋生物都依赖我生存吗？I am the nursery of the sea.我是海洋生物的栖息地Little fish depend on me for food and to hide from the big fish.我为小鱼提供食物，为它们提供躲避大鱼追捕的庇护所。
And guess who eats the big fish?猜猜谁吃大鱼呢？That's right. You do.是的I'mthe proteinfactoryfor theworld.我是全世界的蛋白质工厂Yetyou raisethe temperatureofthe ocean so Ican'tlive here anymore.但你们却让海洋温度不断升高，使我无法继续生存Andwhenbigstormsand tsunamisbarrel throughtheocean,I'myourfortress.当风暴和海啸灾大洋上呼啸而过时，是我在为你们遮挡Yet you tearme apart withdynamiteand poisonme with cyanide.然而你们却用炸药把我撕碎，用氰化物来毒害我Well, here'sa crazy thought:Stop killingme.我有一个疯狂的想法：停止伤害我第四期：大自然Some call me nature.有人称我为大自然Others call me “ Mother Nature.”也有人叫我 “大自然母亲 ”。
I've been here for over 4.5billion years.我在这里已经超过 45亿年22,500 times longerthanyou.是你们人类存在时间的22500倍I don't really needpeople.Butpeople need me.我真的不需要人类但人类需要我Yes, your future depends on me.是的，你的未来取决于我When I thrive, you thrive. When I falter , you falter . Or worse.如果我繁盛，你们也将繁盛如果我衰败，你们也会衰败或者更糟But I've been here for eons.但我已经永世存在于此I have fed species greater than you. And I have starved species greater thanyou.我养育过比你们强大得多的物种我也曾让比你们强大得多的物种因饥饿而亡My oceans. My soil. My flowing streams. My forests.我的海洋。
我的土壤我的河流我的森林They all。