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Doomsday Clock Now Just 2 Minutes To Midnight
Mounting concerns about the possibility of a nuclear war, along with US President Donald Trump’s "unpredictability," have pushed the symbolic "Doomsday Clock" to two minutes before midnight, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists said Thursday.
「原子科學家公報」週四表示，由於對爆發核子大戰可能性的憂慮增長，加上美國總統川普的「難以預測」，已推進象徵性的「末日時鐘」距離午夜僅剩2分鐘。
The "Doomsday Clock" － which serves as a metaphor for how close humanity is to destroying the planet － was moved forward by 30 seconds. The last time the clock was at two minutes to midnight was in 1953 when the United States and Soviet Union were testing hydrogen bombs at the height of the cold war.
「末日時鐘」作為人類距離毀滅地球有多近的隱喻，已被往前移動30秒。上次這個時鐘距離午夜僅有2分鐘，是在1953年美國與蘇聯在冷戰高峰測試氫彈時。
"In 2017, world leaders failed to respond effectively to the looming threats of nuclear war and climate change, making the world security situation more dangerous than it was a year ago.… In this year’s discussions, nuclear issues took center stage once again," said the group.
該團體指出：「2017年，世界領袖未能有效回應核戰及氣候變遷的進逼威脅，使得全球安全情勢比1年前更加危險…。在今年的討論中，核武議題再度成為焦點。」
The "Doomsday Clock" was created in 1947. Its time has changed 20 times since then, ranging from two minutes to midnight in 1953 to 17 minutes before midnight in 1991. Last year it moved from three minutes before midnight to two-and-a-half minutes.
「末日時鐘」是在1947年成立。此後迄今已更動20次，範圍從1953年距離午夜僅2分鐘，到1991年距離午夜17分鐘不等。去年，它從距離午夜3分鐘提前至2分30秒。
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