But this has not been without its price.

但不代表進步沒有代價。

Though we stand at the height of prosperity…

儘管我們站在繁榮的巔峰…

We need only look to the past to remember…

只要以史為鏡我們便能銘記…

...That Nature is a power that cannot be ignored.

永遠不能忽略大自然的力量。

Consuming even the mightiest empires…

它能吞噬最為強大的帝國…

And causing the greatest among us

讓偉人中的偉人

... to tremble in her fury.

也拜倒於其怒火之下。

Yet from adversity the human spirit endures…

但面對逆境，人類精神仍不磨滅…

Finding ways to coexist with the Earth…

尋找著與地球共處的方式…

Or bend it to our cause.

或者將其為我所用。

Pursuing a course beyond distant horizons...

追尋著比地平線更遠的彼岸景色，

and revealing paths…

開創道路…

...both towards innovation..

前方不只有創新…

And unintended catastrophe.

還有不可預料的災難。

Our survival necessitates new solutions to old problems.

為了生存，我們必須為老問題找到新解方。

To ensure a future both for ourselves and generations to come…

才能確保我們和子孫後代有個美好將來…

United in purpose, we must now look beyond borders.

有志一同的我們必須放下門戶之見。

And welcome the dawn of the next era in human civilization.

同時迎接人類文明新時代的光明開端。