所以在卡伊拉什天葬能获得更好的未来 So a sky burial at Kailash contributes to a brighter future.
或许世界屋脊由关于山的神话和河流构成
There may be legends of mythical mountains and rivers that form the "axis of the world".
但是青藏高原本身 还有它的山峦、冰川、河流
But the Tibetan plateau itself,with its mountains,glaciers,and rivers,
作为季风的推动者 and as the engine that drives the monsoon,
是名副其实的世界屋脊 lays fair claim to being the real axis of the world.
除了是印度和巴基斯坦的源头 Apart from feeding the rivers of India and Pakistan,
西藏的冰川还是更多主要河流的源头 Tibet's glaciers are the source of even more great rivers.
越南的湄公河、缅甸的怒江雅鲁藏布江和黄河
Vietnam's Mekong,Burma's Salween and the Yangtze and the Yellow,
都流经中国 both of which flow into China.
每年充足的水从青藏高原流出 Each year,enough water flows from the Tibetan plateau
注入了黄河--中华文明的母亲河 to fill the entire Yellow River,the mother river of Chinese civilisation.
现如今仅中国就有3亿人依靠 Today in China alone,300 million people depend on water
从青藏高原的流下的水生活 from the Tibetan plateau.
由于对亚洲气候和水资源体系的深远影响 With its profound effect on Asia's weather and water systems,
青藏高原养活了差不多一半的世界人口
the Tibetan plateau helps to sustain almost half the world's population.
至少在现在就是这样 For the moment,at least.
在接近珠穆朗玛峰峰顶的地方 Close to the summit of Mount Everest,
冰层曾经覆盖过大部分的地域 a forest of ice once covered much of the area.
但是现在由于气候的变化 But now,thanks to climate change,
大部分冰层消失了 much of it has gone.
在接下来的30年里 Within the next 30 years
预计西藏80%的冰川将会消失 it's predicted that 80% of the Tibetan glaciers could disappear.
从许多方面来说 In many ways,
西藏脆弱的环境是世界生态的晴雨表 Tibet's fragile environment is the barometer of our world.
它今天发生了什么 What happens to it today,
迟早会影响到所有人 in time,will affect us all.

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