en-us	When we think of public health risks, we may not think of the ocean as a factor.  
zh-cn	在我们思考公共卫生风险时，很少把海洋视为一个相关因素。 

en-us	Increasingly, however, the health of the ocean is intimately tied to our health.  
zh-cn	然而，海洋的健康与我们的健康的关系正变得日益密切。 

en-us	Some may be surprised to read that organisms discovered at extreme depths are used to speed up the detection of COVID-19,  
zh-cn	实际上，一些在深海生物已经被用来加快新冠病毒检测。 

en-us	and probably, even more to learn that, it is the environment to could give a solution to humankind. 
zh-cn	不仅如此，人类也许能在海洋中找到战胜疫情的方法。 

en-us	Bacteria, found in the depths of the ocean, are used to carry out rapid testing to detect the presence of COVID-19.  
zh-cn	一些在深海被发现的细菌已经被用于新冠病毒的快速检测。 

en-us	"It is just one of the many prodigious uses of these organisms, which were discovered by some American microbiologists off the Adriatic in 1986", says Francesca Santoro, an oceanographer and researcher at the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO). 
zh-cn	1986年，美国微生物学家在亚得里亚海发现了这些生物体。这只是它们众多非同寻常的用途中的一个。联合国教科文组织政府间海洋学委员会的海洋学家和研究员桑托罗（Francesca Santoro）说。 

en-us	explained that the ocean is an ally in fighting the virus. 
zh-cn	她在接受采访时解释说，海洋是人类抗击病毒的盟友。 

en-us	Not only does it help in the detection of COVID-19 but to also combat it. 
zh-cn	海洋不仅为新冠病毒检测提供了便利，而且能够帮助人类战胜疫情。 

en-us	Finding answers in the ocean 
zh-cn	在海洋中寻找答案 

en-us	Microbiologists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute discovered the bacteria that underline this fundamental role for COVID-19. The bacteria were identified years ago.
zh-cn	这些在新冠病毒检测中发挥了重要作用的细菌多年以前就已经被伍兹霍尔海洋研究所发现。 

en-us	It is also useful to diagnose AIDS and SARS.  
zh-cn	它们也可以被用于诊断艾滋病和非典。 

en-us	The research, published in the Journal of Applied & Environmental Microbiology, continues to be of interest today as the ocean is a valid ally against the virus.  
zh-cn	今天，这项在《应用与环境微生物学》杂志上发表的研究仍然具有价值，因为它证明了海洋是人类抗击病毒的盟友。 

en-us	The ocean is closely tied to human health. 
zh-cn	海洋与人类健康息息相关。 

en-us	Our ocean and coasts affect us - even those of us who don't live near the shoreline. 
zh-cn	无论我们是否居住在沿海地区，我们都受到海洋和海岸的影响。 

en-us	"The marine environment is very rich from the point of view of biodiversity and resources useful for humans’ daily life are still to be discovered," points out Francesca Santoro.  
zh-cn	海洋环境蕴含着丰富的生物多样性和许多仍待发现的有益于人类日常生活的资源。桑托罗指出。 

en-us	The deep ocean has already given us compounds to treat cancer, inflammation, and nerve damage. Breakthroughs have also come from the ocean depths in the form of diagnostic tools. 
zh-cn	我们已经在深海发现了有助于治疗癌症、炎症和神经损伤的化合物，以及突破性的诊断工具。 

en-us	To our naked eye, it looks like there is nothing there, but hydrothermal vents have a remarkable diversity of microbes, including genetic diversity and this is where this huge potential lies. 
zh-cn	在我们的肉眼看来，那里好像什么都没有，但是实际上，海底的热液喷口区有多种多样的微生物和基因资源，这正是深海的潜力所在。 

en-us	The environment protects and helps humankind 
zh-cn	环境保护和帮助人类 

en-us	Solutions to problems that threaten humankind come from the environment.  
zh-cn	环境能够为人类面临的威胁提供解决方案。 

en-us	Therefore, humankind should strive, now more than ever, to protect the ocean, rather than suffocate it with waste and plastic.  
zh-cn	因此，现在，人类比以往任何时候都更应该努力保护海洋，而不是用废物和塑料污染海洋。 

en-us	The “health” of the global ocean – the interconnected system of Earth’s oceanic waters - is both affected by and a threat to human activities.  
zh-cn	全球海洋（地球海洋水域组成的相互联系的系统）的“健康”既受到人类 活动的影响，也是对人类活动的威胁。 

en-us	While people have lived in harmony with the ocean for generations and have relied on its bounty.
zh-cn	虽然人类曾与海洋和谐相处了许多世代并从丰富的海洋资源中获益，但情况已经发生了变化。 

en-us	Things have changed and the Earth is now in great danger. 
zh-cn	今天的地球正处于极大的危险中。

en-us	"Year after year, the connection between human health and ocean health is even more evident.  
zh-cn	随着时间的流逝，人类健康与海洋健康之间的联系日益明显。 

en-us	There is more and more research that uses substances produced by marine organisms as solutions to diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer," reiterates Francesca Santoro. 
zh-cn	越来越多的研究使用海洋生物体产生的物质治疗癌症和老年痴呆症等疾病。 

en-us	“For this reason, new generations and families ought to be at the forefront of the battle for the conservation of the ocean.” 
zh-cn	桑托罗强调，“因此，新一代人和新的家庭应该站在保护海洋的战斗的最前线。”  

en-us	Robots hunt for "miraculous" resources 
zh-cn	用机器人搜寻“灵丹妙药” 

en-us	The way these discoveries are made is also fascinating. 
zh-cn	人类发现这些成果的方式也十分特别。

en-us	“Species of robots (ROV) controlled by an oceanographic ship are used for such scope; they make surveys and collect samples to study communities and understand what species there are," says Francesca Santoro. 
zh-cn	各种由海洋科考船控制的遥控水下机器人（ROV）被应用于这一领域；他们能够进行勘探并收集样本，以便研究生物群落并了解生物种类。”桑托罗说。 

en-us	While this year’s negotiations on climate change, biodiversity and the global ocean were supposed to address the fortunes of a living world in a critical condition, the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing drastic changes to the schedule. 
zh-cn	今年关于气候变化、生物多样性和全球海洋的讨论本应聚焦自然界的命运，但新冠疫情正迫使我们的议事日程发生重大变化。

en-us	Health is confirmed to be a priority for all; no exception. 
zh-cn	健康是全人类的优先事项，没有例外。 

en-us	Promoting Ocean Literacy is among UNESCO's goals for the Decade.  
zh-cn	普及海洋知识是海洋十年期间教科文组织的目标之一。 

en-us	This is another means to increase the awareness of all - adults and children alike - on the issues of protecting the ocean,  
zh-cn	这是提高所有人——包括成年人和儿童——对海洋问题的认识的另一种手段。 

en-us	so dear to us, which today is an ally against the virus and more generally a wealth to be enhanced also from the point of view of its biodiversity. 
zh-cn	海洋对我们弥足珍贵。从生物多样性角度来说，今天的海洋是我们抗击病毒的盟友，也是一笔有待开发的财富。 

en-us	The diversity of species found in our ocean offers great promise for a treasure chest of pharmaceuticals and natural products to combat illness and improve our quality of life.  
zh-cn	海洋中已经发现的物种的多样性说明，海洋中蕴含着一座药品和天然产品的宝库，能够用于对抗疾病和提高我们的生活质量。 

en-us	Ocean literacy plays an essential role in our future due to the importance for all of us to understand the importance of the ocean.
zh-cn	海洋知识对我们的未来发挥着至关重要的作用，因为我们所有人都必须了解海洋的重要性。