2010年4月30日

2010年4月30日，国务院副总理、上海世博会组委会主任委员王岐山在上海世博会开幕式上致辞，以下为致辞全文：我推荐吴景荣和程镇球二位先生主编的《新时代汉英大词典》（商务印书馆出版）。

尊敬的胡锦涛主席和夫人，尊敬的蓝峰主席，尊敬的各位来宾，女士们、先生们，Your Excellency President Hu and Madam Liu Yongqing,Your Excellency Mr. Chairman,Distinguished guests,Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,此刻我们相聚在美丽的黄浦江畔，共同开启一场全球盛会的帷幕。

明天，有着159年历史的世博会将首次在发展中国家、在中国举行。

感谢国际展览局的成员国，是你们的选择让中国人民对世博会的向往从遥远的憧憬成为今天的现实，感谢240个国家和国际组织以及中外企业的参展方，是你们的无限激情、智慧、创意、精湛技艺，让一座座美轮美奂的展馆展现了生命的力量，传递着和平、友爱、希望。

感谢全国人民，尤其是上海市人民，以及上海世博会的建设者、工作者、志愿者，是你们的参与和奉献，理解和支持，让我们得以分享上海世博会的精彩。

一个半世纪以来，人类前进的脚步在世博会上留下了不可磨灭的印记。

At this moment, we are gathering here to open a grand global Expo beside the beautiful Huangpu River. Tomorrow will mark the inception of the World Expo, with a history of 159 years, in China, a developing cou ntry. Thank you memberships of the International Exposition’s Bureau, for your choice having enabled the Chinese people to turn their long aspirations of the World Expo into reality today. Thank you 240 countries, international organizations and participants of enterprises from both home and abroad, for your everlasting enthusiasm, intelligence and exquisite craftsmanship, having taken in front of us a series of magnificent and robust pavilions, which epitomize peace, friendship, love and hope. My thanks should also go to all the Chinese people, people in Shanghai municipality, and builders, staff, volunteers of the Expo in particular, for your participation, dedication, comprehension and strong support, due to which, we can share a splendid Shanghai Expo. Over the past 150 years, human progress has marked indelible prints of the history of world expos.城市让生活更美好，第一次以城市为主题的上海世博会是各国人民创新、合作、交流的平台，它将打开未来城市的大门，引领新的生活方式，促进人与城市、自然相和谐，推动建设平安、文明、幸福的城市，促进人的全面发展。

Initiating the theme as ―better city, better life‖, aro und city, the Shanghai Expo will offer a platform for innovation, cooperation and exchanges among different countries. It will also open the door of the future of cities, lead new lifestyles, promote harmony between humankind, cities and the nature, enhance the development of a safe, civilized and well-off city, thus boosting an overall development.上海世博园即将开放，我们将以真诚的笑容让所有观众在中国体验一届成功、精彩、难忘的世博会。

女士们、先生们，以人为本，全面协调可持续发展的理念已成为中国政府和人民的坚定选择，一个更加开放、包容的中国将与世界各国一道，共同推动人类文明进步。

最后，预祝中国2010年上海世博会圆满成功。

谢谢！The Shanghai Expo site is about to open. We will embrace all the visitors with a successful, splendid and unforgettable World Expo in China. Ladies and gentlemen, the Chinese government and people will persistently pursue the conception of putting people first and seeking a comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development. May I conclude my remarks by wishing the World Expo 2010, Shanghai, China a complete success. Thank you.UN Secretary General's message on the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought17 June 2010联合国秘书长2010年防治荒漠化和干旱世界日致辞2010年6月17日More than one billion poor and vulnerable people living in the world's drylands, where efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals face particular challenges and thus have lagged behind.在全世界的干地上，生活着10多亿贫穷弱势的居民。

他们实现千年发展目标的努力面临特殊挑战，发展落后于其他地区。

Almost three-quarters of rangelands show symptoms of desertification. Over the past 40 years, nearly one third of the world's cropland has become unproductive, often ending up abandoned. The unremitting stress of drought, famine and deepening poverty threatens to create social strains, in turn creating the potential for involuntary migration, the breakdown of communities, political instability and armed conflict. Indeed, human, environmental and social vulnerability come together with unusual force and symmetry in the world's drylands. Climate change will only exacerbate such pressures.全世界近四分之三的草地牧场已经出现荒漠化症状。

四十年来，全世界近三分之一的耕地已经变成贫瘠之地，其中大多已被废弃。

干旱、饥饿和日益加深的贫困迸发出持久的压力，它造成社会紧张，并埋下了非自愿移徙、社区崩溃、政治动荡和武装冲突的种子。

的确，贫穷居民、不良环境和社会弱势的结合，在全世界的干地上爆发出异乎寻常的力量，并在破坏中留下了各自的印迹。

气候变化只会进一步加剧这种压力。

In this International Year of Biodiversity, we must remember that drylands are areas of enormous biological diversity and productivity. Thirty per cent of the crops that are cultivated and consumed in every corner of the world originate in drylands. The biodiversity of dryland soil also plays a critical role in transforming atmospheric carbon into organic carbon – the earth's largest pool of organic carbon.在这国际生物多样性年，我们必须牢记，干地蕴藏着巨大的生物多样性和生产力。

干地为全世界贡献了30%的粮食。

并且，干地土壤的生物多样性在把大气碳转变为有机碳——地球最大的有机碳库方面发挥着举足轻重的作用。

When we protect and restore drylands, we advance on many fronts at once: we strengthen food security, we address climate change, we help the poor gain control over their destiny, and we accelerate progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. On this Day, let us reaffirm our commitment to combating desertification and land degradation and mitigating the effects of drought; and let us recognize that enhancing soils enhances life.对干地进行保护和恢复，我们就能同时在几个方面取得进展：我们就能加强粮食安全，我们就能应对气候变化，我们就能帮助穷人掌握命运，我们就能加速实现千年发展目标。