Why not consider another way to save the planet, which requires no despair (if we act fast enough) and certainly less difficulty than coping with the escalating onslaught of ever more scary crises?

那些不那么令人绝望（只要我们行动足够快）的措施？处理越来越可怕的危机日益严重的冲击是困难的，那么我们是否应该采取较为容易的方式呢？

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"We ask the people of Japan to exercise the spirit of fraternity, help each other and act fast," he said.

“我们呼吁日本人民发扬有爱精神，帮助他人迅速行动”首相说道。

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We knew we had to act fast.

我们知道我们必须立刻采取行动。

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And so we had to act fast and take some emergency steps to prevent the economy from going back into what could have been a Great Depression.

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Second, and very importantly, because we have to act fast.

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We had to act fast.

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