鸟瞰中国（2015）

making it ideal for marine life.
这人的家族已经在这里养鱼六代了
This man's family has been breeding fish here for six generations.
我父亲过去常教我们捕鱼技巧和捕什么鱼
My father used to teach us fishing techniques and what fish to catch.
在海上捕鱼很艰难，
fishing out on the sea was tough,
所以我父亲决定养鱼
so my father decided to rear fish instead.
这是石斑鱼，目前是最有价值的鱼
This is the grouper, currently our most valuable fish.
我的孩子们，喜欢养海鲜
my children like rearing seafood.
他们也更喜欢饲养家畜，而不是在海上捕鱼
they, too, prefer breeding stock than fishing out on the sea.
中国也在尝试利用太阳的力量
China is also attempting to use the power of the sun.
这座太阳能发电厂位于中国西南部，
This solar farm is in southwestern China,
在青藏高原，
on what's known as the Tibetan plateau,
15000英尺高的山地
a region of mountains and uplands reaching 15,000 feet.
在这个高度，太阳很强烈，
at this altitude, the sun is intense,
使其成为太阳能电池板海洋的理想地点
making it an ideal spot for a sea of solar panels.
它们产生的能量足以为一座中等规模的城市供电
They generate enough energy to power an average-sized city.
中国也在开♥发♥最大的太阳能
China is also working on the biggest solar energy
全球生产基地
production base in the world.
这是它的总部
and this is its headquarters.
太阳能建筑，可再生能源建筑
Solar architecture, or renewable energy buildings
将成为未来的流行趋势
will become a popular trend in the future.
这个概念将被每个国家和文化所接受
the concept will be taken up by every country and culture.
这些建筑的设计原则，将成为世界潮流
the design principles of these buildings will become a world trend.
开♥发♥商希望这将成为一个世界的
developers hope this will become a world hub
清洁技术制♥造♥中心
of clean tech manufacturing.
这是中国经济增长最显著的例子之一
one of the most striking examples of China's
爆♥炸♥式的增长，这是香港附近的深圳市
explosive growth is the city of Shenzhen near Hong Kong.
40年前，这是一个拥有30万人口的小镇
40 years ago, this was a town of 300,000.
今天，它被称为中国的硅谷，
Today, It's known as China's silicon valley,
拥有1200万人口
home to 12 million.
人们蜂拥到这里寻找技术和设计方面的工作，
people have flocked here for jobs in technology and design,
推动城市向上扩展，建造了数十座新的摩天大楼
pushing the city to expand up with dozens of new skyscrapers.
但伴随着人们而来的是汽车，
But along with people come cars,
堵塞了城市道路，污染了大气
which have clogged the city's roads and polluted its skies.
汽车是深圳的主要污染源
Cars are the main source of pollution in Shenzhen
因为工厂很少
as there are very few factories.
如果城市能解决汽车问题，
if the city can solve the car problem,
它可以解决排放问题
it can solve the problem of emissions.
为了控制污染，这座城市建造了
to curb the pollution, the city has built
一系列电动公共汽车
a fleet of electric buses.
这项技术并不新鲜，
the technology isn't new,
但实施的规模是巨大的
But the scale of implementation is.
我2006年来到这里，
I came here in 2006,
当时没有那么多车，
back then there weren't as many cars,
交通也没有那么拥挤
and traffic wasn't as congested.
现在，也许是因为快速发展，
now, maybe because of the rapid development,
每个人都想买♥♥车
everyone wants to buy a car.
但交通堵塞是日常生活中的一部分，
But traffic jams are an everyday fact of life,
就像食物一样，你必须拥有它
It's just like food, you have to have it.
3000辆零排放巴士
3,000 of these zero-emissions buses
现在在全市范围内运作
now operate throughout the city.
完全充电后，它们可以跑150英里
fully charged, they can run for 150 miles.
司机们向指挥中心报告，
the drivers report to a command center,
一台中♥央♥计算机跟踪每辆公共汽车
where a central computer keeps track of each bus.
这个房♥间是中♥央♥监控站
This room is the central monitoring station
我们所有的电动汽车
for all our electric vehicles.
在深圳有74个充电站
We have 74 charging depots across Shenzhen.
在这个屏幕上，每个蓝点代表一辆车
on this screen, each blue dot represents a vehicle.
我们可以监控每一辆公交车和停车场
We can monitor every single bus and depot.
到2017年底，该市计划
by the end of 2017, the city plans
拥有一个完全电动的公交车队
to have a bus fleet That's entirely electric.
展望未来，
as they look to the future,
中国人♥民♥也在把目光投向天空
the Chinese people are also shifting their gaze skyward.
在北♥京♥附近，他们建造了所谓的
near Beijing, They've built what's called
“大天区多目标光纤
the "large sky area multi-object fiber
光谱望远镜” ----也被称为郭守敬望远镜
spectroscopic telescope" - also known as lamost.
五年内，它将绘制1000万颗恒星的地图
over five years, it will map 10 million stars
在银河系和我们以外的一百万个星系
in the milky way along with a million galaxies beyond our own.
但这只是中国用来研究太空的工具之一
But this is just one of the tools China is using to study space.
千里之外还有一台更大的望远镜
another even bigger telescope lies a thousand miles away.
直径为1600英尺，这将是
with a diameter of 1,600 feet, this will be
这是世界上最大的望远镜
the world's biggest telescope when It's complete.
中国科学家认为这将建立一种联♥系♥
Chinese scientists believe it will be a link
在古代天文学家
between their ancient astronomers
和这个国家的未来之间
and the country's future
在宋朝的1054年，
During the song dynasty in the year 1054,
中国天文学家发现了一颗超新星恒星
Chinese astronomers discovered a star that went supernova
在一道白光中
in a flash of white light.
当这个望远镜完成后，也许我们的第一个目标
when this telescope is complete, maybe our first target
就是再看看那颗星星
is to look at that star again.
这将是一种连接我们未来、现在和古老过去的方式
it will be a way of connecting our future, present, and ancient past.
为了正常工作，望远镜必须
to work properly, the telescope had
在偏远地区建造
to be constructed in a remote area
无电子干扰或噪声污染
without electronic interference or noise pollution.
最终，它将能够看到
ultimately, it will be capable of seeing
一千光年之外的外行星
extra planetary transmissions a thousand light-years away.
我们就像小蜘蛛在织网
We are like tiny spiders trying to weave
一张500米宽的网
a 500 meter wide web.
这张网有6000多个接头，重量超过1500吨♥
This web has over 6,000 joints, and weighs over 1,500 tons.
如果单个接头未正确安装到位，
If a single joint isn't installed in place properly,
我们将无法达到我们需要的形状
We won't be able to achieve the shape we need.
最大的风险是我有100多名员工
the biggest risk is that I have over 100 workers
在200英尺及以上的高度
at a height of 200 feet and above.
这是一个难以想象的风险
It's an unimaginable risk.
你可能会认为走钢丝的人的工作很危险，
you may think tightrope walkers have a risky job,
但我的工人每天都在走钢丝
But my workers are treading tightropes every day.
我们工程师不喜欢建造太大的项目
We engineers don't like to build projects that are too big
因为它们非常困难
as they are very difficult.
但是当我们面对自然条件迫使我们
But when faced with natural conditions that force us
为了建造这么大的东西，我们愿意去做
to build something this big, We're willing to do it.
因为我们总是想挑战自己
because we are always looking to challenge ourselves.
我们想知道我们是否能做到，
We want to find out whether we can do it,
以及我们能做得多好。
and how well we can do it.
中国是一个关注未来的国家
China is a country focused forward
她植根于过去
But grounded in the past.
一旦农村地区开始重新定义自己
once rural areas are redefining themselves.
有时是戏剧表演
sometimes with theatrics.
其他时候则需要创新
other times with innovation.
这是一个挑战自己，让自己变得更大、更好、更勇敢的国家
This is a country challenging itself to be bigger, better, and bolder.
也是一个努力争取自身成功的国家
It's also a nation That's grappling with its own success.
当今的中国，一个不断发展的世界大国，
modern-day China, a growing world power speeding,
蹒跚着，飞向下一个世纪
stumbling, and soaring towards the next century.