CARLA: So I think we've probably got enough for our presentation.

卡拉：所以我想我们的演讲大概已经有了足够的内容。

It's only fifteen minutes.

只需要15分钟。

ROB: OK. So I suppose we'll begin with some general historical background about why coastal cities were established.

罗伯：好的。所以我想我们应该从一些关于为何建立沿海城市的历史背景开始。

But we don't want to spend too long on that.

但我们不想在这上面花太多时间。

The other students will already know a bit about it.

其他的学生估计已经了解了一些。

It's all to do with communications and so on.

这全要看沟通互动了。

CARLA: Yes. We should mention some geographical factors, things like wetlands and river estuaries and coastal erosion and so on.

卡拉：是的。我们应该提到一些地理因素，如湿地、河口、海岸侵蚀等。

We could have some maps of different cities with these features marked.

我们可以准备一些不同城市的地图，在上面标出这些特征。

ROB: On a handout you mean? Or some slides everyone can see?

罗伯：你是说讲义？或是一些大家都能看到的幻灯片？

CARLA: Yeah, that'd be better.

卡拉：是的，那会更好。

ROB: It'd be good to go into past mistakes in a bit more detail.

罗伯：把过去的错误讲得更详细一点会很好。

Did you read that case study of the problems there were in New Orleans with flooding a few years ago?

你读过几年前新奥尔良洪水问题的案例研究吗？

CARLA: Yes. We could use that as the basis for that part of the talk.

卡拉：读过。我们可以用它作为那部分演讲的基础。

I don't think the other students will have read it, but they'll remember hearing about the flooding at the time.

我觉得其他学生应该没有看过这个案例，但他们应该会听说过当时那件关于洪水的事。

ROB: OK. So that's probably enough background.

罗伯：好吧。所以背景大概就够了。

CARLA: So then we'll go on to talk about what action's being taken to deal with the problems of coastal cities.

卡拉：那么我们接着讨论，人们正在采取什么行动来处理沿海城市的问题。

ROB: OK. What else do we need to talk about?

罗伯：好的。我们还需要谈什么？

Maybe something on future risks, looking more at the long term, if populations continue to grow.

可以谈点未来的风险，更多地着眼于长期，如果人口继续增长的话。

CARLA: Yeah. We'll need to do a bit of work there, I haven't got much information, have you?

卡拉：是的。我们需要在那一点上做做准备，我没有太多的信息，你呢？

ROB: No. We'll need to look at some websites. Shouldn't take too long.

罗伯：我也没有。我们需要查询一些网站。这用不了多久。

CARLA: OK. And I think we should end by talking about international implications.

卡拉：好的。我认为我们应该在结束时谈谈国际影响。

Maybe we could ask people in the audience.

或许我们可以问问观众。

We've got people from quite a lot of different places.

我们有很多来自不同地方的人。

ROB: That'd be interesting, if we have time, yes. So now shall we…

罗伯：对，如果我们有时间的话，那会很有趣的。所以现在我们……