冲突使死海的环境问题复杂化
📖 逐句对照翻译
International visitors to Israel used to visit Ein Gedi, a popular beach on the Dead Sea.
过去，到以色列的国际游客常会去死海沿岸的热门海滩——恩戈地。
The Dead Sea is the place on Earth’s surface that is farthest below sea level.
死海是地球表面低于海平面最深的地方。
Now, the beautiful desert area is in ruins beside the shrinking, salty lake.
如今，这片美丽的沙漠地区已沦为废墟，紧邻着不断萎缩、盐分日增的湖泊。
The beach has been closed to the public for five years, mainly because of the appearance of dangerous holes in the ground.
这片海滩已经对公众关闭了五年，主要是因为地面上出现了危险的坑洞。
These holes, known as sinkholes, are caused by the collapse of the surface layer.
这些洞被称为天坑，是由地表层塌陷造成的。
The beach has been closed because the drop in the sea's level has made it difficult to reach its waters.
海滩已经关闭，因为海平面下降导致难以到达海水区域。
These environmental changes are not new.
这些环境变化并非新近出现。
The Dead Sea, where Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian territory meet, has been dying for years.
死海位于以色列、约旦和巴勒斯坦领土的交汇处，多年来一直在消亡。
With the current conflict in the Middle East, efforts to deal with the environmental problem have disappeared too.
由于当前中东地区的冲突，应对环境问题的努力也已消失殆尽。
Nadav Tal of the Israel office of Eco Peace, a non-profit group, told the French News Agency (AFP), "Regional cooperation is the key... to saving the Dead Sea."
非营利组织“生态和平”以色列办事处的纳达夫·塔尔对法新社表示：“区域合作是拯救死海的关键。”
Tal added: "Because we are living in a conflict area, there is an obstacle."
塔尔补充道：“因为我们生活在冲突地区，所以存在障碍。”
Tal described how the sea has been declining more than one meter per year since the 1960s.
塔尔描述了自20世纪60年代以来，海平面每年下降超过一米的情况。
Environmental disaster
环境灾难
The evaporation of the salty waters takes place partly because temperatures reach up to 50 degrees Celsius in the summer.
咸水蒸发部分原因是夏季气温可达50摄氏度。
The sea has also been affected by years of increasing water usage from the sea's main source, the Jordan River, and other smaller waterways which begin in Lebanon and Syria.
多年来，约旦河作为该海域的主要水源，以及发源于黎巴嫩和叙利亚的其他较小水道，其用水量不断增加，这也对海洋造成了影响。
Local factories also use the water to get minerals -- potash, bromine, sodium chloride, and magnesium chloride, among others.
当地工厂也利用这种水获取矿物质——钾盐、溴、氯化钠和氯化镁等。
Tal told AFP, "The consequences of this water diversion is what we see around us.
塔尔对法新社说：“这次引水的后果就是我们周围所看到的景象。”
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He described it as an “ecological disaster," adding that "the declining of the Dead Sea is a disaster for Israeli tourism.
他将此描述为“生态灾难”，并补充说“死海的衰退对以色列旅游业来说是一场灾难”。
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Call for joint efforts
呼吁共同努力
Efforts to deal with the Dead Sea disaster include past agreements signed by Israel and Jordan.
应对死海灾难的努力包括以色列和约旦过去签署的协议。
But the wars taking place in Gaza and beyond have brought tensions to an all-time high.
但加沙及其周边地区的战争使紧张局势达到了前所未有的高度。
As a result, cross-border environmental issues are no longer getting attention.
因此，跨境环境问题不再受到关注。
At Israel's environment ministry, Ohad Carny has been working on the Dead Sea issue for years.
在以色列环境部，奥哈德·卡尼多年来一直致力于死海问题的研究。
He said the government was looking into several solutions.
他说政府正在研究几种解决方案。
They include building a desalination factory and making a canal from either the north or the south to deal with water shortages in the area including the Dead Sea.
这些措施包括建立一座海水淡化厂，以及从北部或南部开凿一条运河，以应对包括死海在内的该地区水资源短缺问题。
But, he said, "It doesn't make economic or environmental sense to desalinate water and bring it directly to the Dead Sea, because then it's a waste of drinking water and the region needs…more drinking water and more water for agriculture.
但是，他说，“将海水淡化后直接引入死海，无论从经济还是环境角度来看都不合理，因为这样做浪费了饮用水资源，而该地区需要……更多的饮用水和农业用水。
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Carny said that his attention was on the Israeli side.
卡尼说他的注意力集中在以色列方面。
But he added, "We can't do it alone. It must be a joint effort. So only time will tell, and we won't do anything without an agreement together with the Jordanian side."
但他补充道：“我们无法独自完成。这必须是一项联合行动。所以，只有时间才能证明一切，我们不会在没有与约旦方面达成协议的情况下采取任何行动。”
Back at the Dead Sea, 40-year-old bus driver Benny is at a place where people can still visit.
回到死海，40岁的巴士司机本尼身处一个人们仍可参观的地方。
Benny was getting some winter sun at one of the warm sinkhole pools.
本尼正在一个温暖的落水洞水池边享受冬日的阳光。
He said the sea's changes were difficult.
他说海洋的变化难以应对。
"But everything has a plus and minus. Because of what is happening here, we have water spots like this one."
但凡事都有利有弊。正因为这里发生的情况，我们才有了像这样的水渍。
I’m John Russell.
我是约翰·拉塞尔。
Ruth Eglash reported this story for Agence France-Presse (AFP).
露丝·埃格拉什为法新社（AFP）报道了这则新闻。
John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.
约翰·拉塞尔为VOA英语学习频道改编了它。
