Bill:It's rather cold this winter.

今年冬天真是冷啊!

Cici:Yeah. Australia, however, is awful hot.

是啊。但是澳洲卻極其的熱。

Bill:In a word, we have abnormal weather all over the world this year.

總而言之，今年全球的天氣都很反常。

Cici:Absolutely. And there're so many natural disasters in recent years, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake.

確實如此。而且近幾年有很多的天災，比如04年的印尼海嘯，08年的汶川大地震。

Bill:There are also new diseases--SARS and H1N1, they kills a lot of people.

還出現(xiàn)了新的疾病——SARS 和H1N1，它們奪去了很多人的生命。

Cici:According to the Mayan calendar, Dec. 21, 2012 is the end of the world. Maybe that's true.

根據(jù)瑪雅歷，2012年12月21日是世界末日?；蛟S那是真的。

Bill:But a Mayan elder insists 2012 is not the end of the world,"definitely not. "

但是一名瑪雅老人強調2012不是世界末日，“絕對不是” 。

Cici:Anyway, I think the prediction is a wake-up call.

不管怎樣，我想這個預言為我們敲響了警鐘。

Bill:Yeah. We should pay more attention to environmental protection, and try our best to take good care of our unique earth.

是的。我們應該更注重環(huán)境保護，并盡力好好愛護我們唯一的地球。

Cici:You're right. By the way, I think we should not buy any houses before Dec. 21, 2012.

說得對。順便說一句，我想我們不應該在2012年12月21日前買房子。