又中又英——Doomsday Clock
Michael Chugani 褚简宁
2021-02-02 04:52 HKT
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Not many people pay attention to the Doomsday Clock. It is not a real clock that tells the time. It is a symbolic clock at the University of Chicago. Last week, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, a group that manages the symbolic clock, set it at 100 seconds to midnight. That's the same setting as last year. It means the world could reach doomsday in 100 seconds. We should all be frightened by this, but most people don't take the Doomsday Clock seriously. The word "doomsday" means the end of the world. That is the meaning of the word for the Doomsday Clock. But the word "doomsday" can also mean a time when something very bad happens.
The Doomsday Clock is a symbol of human-made apocalypse. The word "apocalypse" is similar to "doomsday". In the Bible, it means the end of the world. The Doomsday Clock warns us about the end of the world caused by humans. The word "symbolic" comes from the word "symbol", which represents something. For example, a cross represents the Christian religion. The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that warns us about the end of the world. Every year, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists move the clock backwards or forwards to tell us how much danger the world is in. It is doomsday, or the end of the world, when the scientists set the Doomsday Clock at midnight.
Scientists began the Doomsday Clock in 1947 after the nuclear bombing of Japan. At that time it was set at seven minutes to midnight. That meant the world had seven minutes before apocalypse. In 2018, it was two minutes to midnight. Today it is just 100 seconds. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists believe the greatest threats to the world now are climate change, nuclear weapons, and the coronavirus. Some people believe the coronavirus is natural, not human-made. But other people believe humans caused it by food markets that sell live animals and not acting fast enough to control the virus.
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不是很多人会关注那个末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）——它不是真正用作报时的钟，而是在芝加哥大学一个具象征意义的（symbolic）钟。上星期，负责管理这个象征性的（symbolic）钟的原子科学家，将这个时钟设定为距离子夜仅一百秒。这跟上年的设定一样。这个时间设定的意思是，世界可以在一百秒内就到达末日（doomsday）。我们所有人本应会因此而惧怕，可是大多数人都没有认真看待这个末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）。Doomsday是指世界末日，用在Doomsday Clock一词中正是这个意思；但doomsday一字也可解作危机时刻，有极糟糕的事情发生。
末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）是人为（human-made）大灾劫（apocalypse）的标志（symbol）。Apocalypse一字跟doomsday 相近，在《圣经》里，它就是指世界末日。这个末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）警戒我们，人类的作为正在毁灭世界。Symbolic来自symbol一字，是象征某种意义。譬如，十字架就代表了基督宗教。这个末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）正是警告我们世界末日随时到临的符号（symbol）。每一年，原子科学家都会将这钟的分针拨后或拨前，以告诉我们世界正在面临多大的威胁。要是科学家将末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）的分针调拨至子夜，那就标示着doomsday，即世界末日。
一九四七年，日本经历原子弹爆炸后，科学家就开始设立这个末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）。当时它的设定为距离子夜七分钟，意即世界距离末日（apocalypse）仅余七分钟。二○一八年，它距离子夜两分钟；今天，只得一百秒。原子科学家相信，现时全球最大的威胁是气候变化、核子武器，以及新冠肺炎。一些人认为，新冠肺炎病毒是天灾而非人为的（human-made）；但另一些人则相信，它是人类造成的，因为有街市贩卖活动物，且人类在控制病毒的应变上也不够迅速。
中译：七刻
Michael Chugani 褚简宁
The Doomsday Clock is a symbol of human-made apocalypse. The word "apocalypse" is similar to "doomsday". In the Bible, it means the end of the world. The Doomsday Clock warns us about the end of the world caused by humans. The word "symbolic" comes from the word "symbol", which represents something. For example, a cross represents the Christian religion. The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that warns us about the end of the world. Every year, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists move the clock backwards or forwards to tell us how much danger the world is in. It is doomsday, or the end of the world, when the scientists set the Doomsday Clock at midnight.
Scientists began the Doomsday Clock in 1947 after the nuclear bombing of Japan. At that time it was set at seven minutes to midnight. That meant the world had seven minutes before apocalypse. In 2018, it was two minutes to midnight. Today it is just 100 seconds. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists believe the greatest threats to the world now are climate change, nuclear weapons, and the coronavirus. Some people believe the coronavirus is natural, not human-made. But other people believe humans caused it by food markets that sell live animals and not acting fast enough to control the virus.
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不是很多人会关注那个末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）——它不是真正用作报时的钟，而是在芝加哥大学一个具象征意义的（symbolic）钟。上星期，负责管理这个象征性的（symbolic）钟的原子科学家，将这个时钟设定为距离子夜仅一百秒。这跟上年的设定一样。这个时间设定的意思是，世界可以在一百秒内就到达末日（doomsday）。我们所有人本应会因此而惧怕，可是大多数人都没有认真看待这个末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）。Doomsday是指世界末日，用在Doomsday Clock一词中正是这个意思；但doomsday一字也可解作危机时刻，有极糟糕的事情发生。
末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）是人为（human-made）大灾劫（apocalypse）的标志（symbol）。Apocalypse一字跟doomsday 相近，在《圣经》里，它就是指世界末日。这个末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）警戒我们，人类的作为正在毁灭世界。Symbolic来自symbol一字，是象征某种意义。譬如，十字架就代表了基督宗教。这个末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）正是警告我们世界末日随时到临的符号（symbol）。每一年，原子科学家都会将这钟的分针拨后或拨前，以告诉我们世界正在面临多大的威胁。要是科学家将末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）的分针调拨至子夜，那就标示着doomsday，即世界末日。
一九四七年，日本经历原子弹爆炸后，科学家就开始设立这个末日之钟（Doomsday Clock）。当时它的设定为距离子夜七分钟，意即世界距离末日（apocalypse）仅余七分钟。二○一八年，它距离子夜两分钟；今天，只得一百秒。原子科学家相信，现时全球最大的威胁是气候变化、核子武器，以及新冠肺炎。一些人认为，新冠肺炎病毒是天灾而非人为的（human-made）；但另一些人则相信，它是人类造成的，因为有街市贩卖活动物，且人类在控制病毒的应变上也不够迅速。
中译：七刻
Michael Chugani 褚简宁
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