近日在网上看到一则漫画，如下：

Following is the caricature posted online recently:






　　“植树节”本是国家以法律形式规定宣传森林效益，并动员群众参加造林，激发人们爱林、造林的感情，提高人们对森林功用的认识，促进国土绿化，达到爱林护林和扩大森林资源、改善生态环境的目的。

Arbor Day means to popularize the benefits of forestation, mobilize people to plant tress, stimulate their passion to protecting trees as well as the forests, teach them the knowledge about the forests, strengthen the virescence of China and aim to preserve the forest resources and improve the ecological environment.

　

可是如今的植树节似乎成为下层工民的“工作”，上层领导表现时的“晃子”？全员参与是否成为“空谈”？植树节谁最忙？

But now, Arbor Day becomes the busy work for the humble labors and the meaningless show for the so-called leaders. Since the Arbor Day with All Attended be an empty talk, who would be the busiest?

Planting trees, and planting hopes

植树，为了我们的未来

Only a shovel of dirt and the job is done! Making a cheeky post in front of the dazzling flashes, he will deliver a very important speech, making headlines on tomorrow’s newspaper. Then, happiness goes to everybody —leaders get merits to promote, the journalists get reports to printand readers get time to kill. Did we miss something?Yes, trees, the leading role! Where are they, and how will they become?Who cares!!

只是一铲土，大功告成！在闪光灯前装腔作势地摆个姿势，再发表一通重要的演说，上明天报纸的头条。这样每个人都很开心——领导取得了功绩；记者交了差；读者有了时间来读报打发时间。但我们遗忘了什么吗？是的，树，故事的主角。他们在哪里，他们将会怎样？ 但有谁在乎！

Maybe they will be tortured and withered under the scorching summer sun, leaving a patch of land where the story gets started again on the next Arbor Day.

也许他们会在夏天的骄阳下摧残枯萎，留下一片地正好在下一个植树节上重新上演这个故事。

It’s no doubt that everyone is aware of the importance of tree planting. As for our planet, malnourished due to the excessive exploitation, a tree planted is as vital asa cell revived on our body. However, what we can see is not the expansion of the green land. Miserably, more steel and concrete forests are thriving in our world. Sometimes, even a little patch of green is temporarily paved under the guise of urbanization, easily wiped out if it is sold to a real estate tycoon.

毫无疑问，每个人都知道植树的重要性。对于我们地球，过分的开发已经使她营养不良，一棵树木就像我们身体里的一个重新复活的细胞一样重要。然而，可悲的是，钢筋水泥的森林却在我们这个世界里日益茂盛。有时，甚至一块绿地也只是在城市化的伪装之下暂时留在那里，在哪个房产大鳄买下后就马上消失了。

When we enjoy more and more trees seemingly with us in our community; we should know it gives no benefit to our earth as it is like a kind of transplant surgery, moving trees from the countryside to the city.

当我们欣喜在社区越来越多的树木成荫时，我们应该知道其实这对我们这个地球毫无益处。这就像给地球做的移植手术一样，把树从乡下移到了城市。

What do we really need? We need the green that can live with us and our next generations for ever.

It depends on the real action taken by everyone. The desert is engulfing our world, but that fellow is still considering how much his imagine can be glorified after the Arbor Day’s show.How ridiculous!

我们真正需要的是什么？我们需要能够和我们及子孙后代永远共同生息的绿色。这需要每个人都尽心尽力去做。沙漠正在吞噬我们这个世界，而那个家伙却在考虑这场植树节表演后他的形象是否会更加光辉灿烂一点。多么可笑！

Please remember, we are not just planting trees. Indeed, we are planting more hopes for our future.

请记住，我们不是只在种树，我们在给我们的未来种下希望。

Arbor Day 植树节; popularize vt. 使推广,普有,流行 ; forestation 造林, mobilize vt,动员 ;virescence n, 绿化,绿色 preserve vt, 保护ecological adj,生态学的

humble adj,卑贱的 labor n, 劳工

shovel n,铁铲dazzling flashes ,耀眼的闪光灯 get merits to promote 取得功绩,

torture vt, 折磨withered adj, 枯萎的 scorching adj, 灼热的

malnourished adj,营养不良的 exploitation n,开发,开采,revive vt,复活 . Miserably, adv 悲惨地 thrive v, 兴旺,繁荣 paved vt,铺 guise n, 伪装urbanization n, 都市化,

seemingly adv表面上地transplant surgery 移植手术,

engulf vt,吞入,卷入glorified adj,美其名的,变荣耀的 ridiculous adj,荒谬的,可笑的

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