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In a teleconference promoting her participation1 in Earth Day events on the National Geographic2 Channel, Goodall talked about what gives her hope during the pandemic and what she hopes we all learn from it.

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“And with this coronavirus, the hopeful thing is how communities and individuals have gotten together by helping4 each other.”

That is Jane Goodall during a teleconference last week. Wednesday, April 22, is the 50th Earth Day. And on Wednesday, Goodall will take part in daylong programming on the National Geographic Channel. During the teleconference last week, she was asked what gives her hope during this pandemic.

“The incredible courage of the people on the front lines—the doctors, the nurses risking and sometimes losing their lives. Of course, we shall get through this. The big hope is that this time we will pay attention to the cause of the pandemic, which is our disrespect of nature and the animals and the destruction of the environment, forcing animals into closer contact with each other and some of them with humans. The trafficking, the hunting, the killing5, the wet markets, the intensive animal farms, domestic animals and all of that is creating conditions for a virus to jump from one species to another.”

Goodall was also asked how she hoped the world might change because of the pandemic.

“How I hope it will change and how it changes are two different things in this particular case. I think probably millions of people, especially those living in cities, have experienced, for the first time, what it’s like to breathe fresh air and to see the stars at night and even see wild animals at closer quarters. And I think those people—and I think other people, too—have seen this as a wake-up call that we’ve disrespected nature. And we’ve got to start changing the way that we act, and we’ve got to rethink the way we live. 

“We’ve got to get away from this consumerism, materialism6 that puts economic development ahead of environmental protection, which is damaging the future generations of humans and animals. The fear as to whether this will make a sea change—the fear is that we have so many political leaders around the world right now. And I fear that they will want to get back to business as usual as quickly as possible—and even redouble it to make up for lost time.”

—Steve Mirsky

[The above text is a transcript of this podcast.]


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1 participation KS9zu     
n.参与,参加,分享
参考例句:
  • Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
  • The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
2 geographic tgsxb     
adj.地理学的,地理的
参考例句:
  • The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
3 transcript JgpzUp     
n.抄本,誊本,副本,肄业证书
参考例句:
  • A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
  • They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。
4 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
5 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
参考例句:
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
6 materialism aBCxF     
n.[哲]唯物主义,唯物论;物质至上
参考例句:
  • Idealism is opposite to materialism.唯心论和唯物论是对立的。
  • Crass materialism causes people to forget spiritual values.极端唯物主义使人忘掉精神价值。

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