We are killing plants and animals, destroying the ozone layer, burning the world through our addiction to fossil fuels, and leaving a devastated planet for future generations.

我们正在砍树和杀动物，正在破坏臭氧层，正在燃烧世界，全因为我们对化石燃料的痴迷，留下一个破难的星球给我们子孙后代。

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And until they do, it is hard to see them starting to create a Brave New World, in either the east or the west of their devastated country.

在这之前，很难看到他们建立勇敢的新世界，不管是在这个满目疮痍的国家的东部还是西部。

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Scientists believed it was probably a victim of the deadly chytrid fungus that has devastated amphibian populations around the world.

科学家们推测它们应该是当时席卷整个两栖动物世界致命的蛙壶病菌的牺牲品。

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Even the more recent New Century Evangelion, which he sees primarily as a metaphor for teenage confusion, is set in a world devastated by attacks from a mysterious alien force.

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