一封来自2070的信（中文图片版）
或者信中的事情将在不远的将来发生，不要说与你无关，因为你就活在这个地球上。
信件内容（中英文）：
现在是2070年
我才50岁，可是我看上去却象85岁的人。
因为缺乏足够的饮水，我有严重的肾病 。我觉得我活不了多长了，而我是现在我们社会年龄最长的人。
我记得当我五岁的时候
一切都是完全不一样的
公园里有很多树，房子都有漂亮的花园，我可以尽情地享受淋浴，在淋篷头下冲上一个小时的水
而现在我们只能通过浸过矿油的一次性毛巾来清洗身体
以前，女人们都为拥有美丽的头发而骄傲
Now, we have to shave our head to keep it clean without using water.
而现在，女人门都剃成了光头，因为这样可以避免使用水来保持头部干净，
以前，我父亲通过水管来冲洗他的汽车
而现在，孩子无法相信人可以用水来做这种事情。
我记得有很多警告上写着：请勿浪费水
但是根本没有人对此关注
人们总觉得水是用不完的。
今天，河流，水坝，珊瑚礁和地下水，要不已经彻底污染，要不就是干涸。
曾经围绕在我们身边的风景都全部变成了荒凉之地
胃肠炎,皮肤病和尿路感染现在已经成为死亡的主要原因了.
工业也陷于半瘫痪状态,失业率达到了最高记录.工人大多集中在海水淡化工厂，他们的工资不是薪水而是一杯水。
在荒凉的街道上，人们经常遭到抢劫的是水。
80%的食物都是合成的。
以前，人们建议一个成年人每天至少要喝八杯水。
现在，我们只可以喝半杯。
因为我们不能洗衣服，我们只能扔弃穿过的衣服，这样就导致了垃圾的增加。因为缺水，排水系统已经失去作用，于是我们又回到了使用生锈的水箱时代，象几个世纪前的人一样生活。
人们看上去很恐怖：他们的身体很虚弱，因为极度脱水，人们非常干渴；因为臭氧层完全破坏，阳光直接照射在地球上，人们的身体上充满了因为红外线照射所引起的疼痛。
因为她的皮肤特别干燥，20岁的她看上去仿佛像40岁的人。
科学家已经进行了各种各样的研究和调查，但是目前还没有找到解决的方法。
我们无法制造水。
因为没有足够的树木，因此缺乏氧气，而这会导致降低后代的智力。
The morphology of many individuals' spermatozoa was altered...
很多人的精液质量已经到了让人担心的时候
。。。。结果会导致儿童在出身时会有各种缺陷，变异或畸形。
The government even makes us pay a tax for the air we breathe:137 m3 per adult per day. [31,102 gallons]
而政府还要我们为呼吸空气而缴税：
每个成年人137立方米一天[31，102加仑]
而那些无法支付空气税的人被排斥在"通风区"以外。通风区是指装配了巨大的机械肺，通过太阳能来工作的区域。
"通风区"提供的空气质量并不是特别好，但是至少可以呼吸。
2070年时人的平静寿命是35岁
有些国家最终成功保留了一些岛屿，通过他们自己的溪流来种植蔬菜。而这些地区由军队看守。
水已经成为了珍稀的商品，成为新的宝藏，比金子和钻石更珍贵。
这个地方因为没有降雨，所以也树木早已消亡。而这里如果下雨，下的也是酸雨。
原因很简单。温室效而导致的气候变化和我们在20世纪所制造的大量污染造成了这样的现象。
我们曾经被警告来爱护我们的环境，但是人们对之置若罔闻。
当我的女儿要我来告诉她，在我年轻的时候的事，我向她描绘美丽的森林。
我告诉她什么是雨水，花朵，淋浴，垂钓于江湖的快乐，人们可以尽情畅饮水。
我告诉她以前健康的人是什么样。
女儿问我："爸爸，现在为什么没有水"
我感到喉咙一片梗塞。。。。。
我不由有种罪恶感，因为我正是属于那些无视警告，完全破坏我们环境的一代人。。。。。而且这样的人远远不止少数！
我是属于那最后一代可以改变这一切的人，可是我们什么都没有做。
今天，我们的孩子为我们支付沉重的代价。
坦率地说，我觉得，用不了多少时间，地球上将没有任何生命，因为环境的破坏已经到了无法挽回的地步了。
我多么希望我可以重回过去，告诉人们去明白这一切。。。。
。。。。在人们还来得及去拯救地球的时候！
把这封信发给你周围的朋友，即使是一部分人，也能让他们对全球环境所造成的水问题有所认知。
这绝对不是游戏，而是我们的真实生活。为了你的孩子去做点什么吧。即使你现在没有孩子，你将来也会有的。
不要让我们的后代生活在地狱中。。。。让他们享受美好生活！
Auteur : Ria Ellwanger, en collaboration avec Lopez Chavez Ariel Alahin riaellw@globo.com, alainlopez909@hotmail.com
Texte : revue "Crónica de los?Tiempos", d'avril 2002.
Musique: Chopin - Tristesse
Images : Getty Images
Traduction fran?aise "maison": Eva Sagasti generationsfutures.net
Free English translation: Daniel T. Brunner daniel_to_b@hotmail.com
We are in the year 2070.
I just turned 50 years old, but I look 85.
I experience major kidney problems, because I drink very little water.
I think that I don't have much more time to live.
Today, I am the oldest person living in this society.
I remember, when I was 5 years old
There were lots of trees in the parks, houses had beautiful gardens, and I could enjoy long baths and stay in the shower for one whole hour.
everything was very different.
Now, we have to clean ourselves by using disposable towelettes moisturized with mineral oil.
Before, women were proud of their beautiful hair.
Before, my father used to wash his car with water that came out of a hose.
Today, children find it hard to believe that one ever could use water to perfom such a task.
Now, we have to shave our head to keep it clean without using water.
I remember the many warnings: "DON'T WASTE WATER"
But nobody paid attention.
People assumed that water was unlimited.
Today, rivers, dams, lagoons, and under-ground water are all
either irremediably polluted or completely dried up.
The landscape that surrounds us has turned into nothing more than an immense desert.
Gastro-intestinal infections, and skin and urinary tract diseases have now become the main causes of death.
Industry is paralysed, and the jobless rate reached a dramatic level.
Desalination plants are the main employers.
They give one drinking water instead of a salary.
People are constantly being mugged for water on the deserted streets.
80% of the food is synthetic.
Before, it was recommended that an adult drink 8 glasses of water a day.
Today, I am allowed only half a glass.
Since we cannot wash our clothes, we throw them, which increases the amount of trash.
We had to go back to using septic tanks, just like in the past century, because the sewage system stopped working due to the lack of water.
People look scary: their bodies are weak; parched by extreme dehydration; covered by sores caused by ultraviolet rays that the atmosphere can no longer filter since the ozone layer is depleted.
Due to the dryness of her skin, a young 20 year-old woman looks more like 40.
The lack of trees reduces the amount of oxygen available, which in turn lowers the intellectual quotient of up-coming generations.
Scientists perform all types of research and investigations, but there is no solution in sight.
We cannot produce water.
The morphology of many individuals' spermatozoa was altered...
…which results in children being born with all sorts of deficiencies, mutations and malformations.
The government even makes us pay a tax for the air we breathe: 137 m3 per adult per day. [31,102 gallons]
Those who can't pay the tax are expulsed from the "ventilated areas" that are equipped with gigantic mechanical lungs, powered by solar energy.
The air supplied in the "ventilated areas" is not of very good quality, but at least one can breathe there.
The average age is 35.
Some countries succeeded in preserving a few islands of vegetation with their own streams. These areas are closely monitored by the army.
Water has become a rare commodity, a highly sought after treasure, infinitely more valuable than gold or diamonds.
Here, though, there are no more trees because it hardly ever rains. And whenever it does rain, it is acid rain that comes down.
There are no more seasons. Climatic changes such as the greenhouse effect and the polluting activities we indulged in during the twentieth century took care of that.
We were warned about the need to take care of our environment, but nobody bothered.
When my daughter asks me to tell her how it was when I was young, I describe the beauty of the forests.
I tell her about the rain, about the flowers, about how pleasurable it was to bathe, to fish in the rivers and the lakes, and being able to drink as much water as one desired.
I tell her about how healthy people used to be.
She asks me:
I feel a lump in my throat...
- Daddy! Why is there no water anymore ?
I can't help feeling guilty, because I belong to the generation that completed the destruction of our environment by simply not taking seriously any of the warnings ... and there were so many of them!
I belong to the last generation who could have made a difference, but who chose not to act.
Today, our children pay the hefty price.
Quite frankly, I think that, within short, life on this Earth will no longer be possible, because the destruction of our environment reached its point of no return.
How I wish I could go back in time and get the Human race to understand this ...
... at a time when it was still possible for us to do something to save our planet Earth!
This is no game, it is already our reality. Do it for your children; if you don't have any yet, maybe you will some day.
Don't leave them hell as a legacy ... Leave them life!
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