新德里污染太嚴重 市民興起“霧霾自拍”
印度新德里近日遭遇了近20年來最嚴重的霧霾，厚重的霧霾籠罩了新德里的各大著名景點，整個城市都是灰濛濛的，連週末的球賽也被迫取消了。市民們紛紛在街頭以霧霾爲背景自拍，並把圖片上傳到網絡上，希望能引起政府對空氣污染的重視。這可真是“用生命在自拍”啊！
The Indian government declared an "emergency situation" in New Delhi on Sunday as air pollution hit dangerous new highs and residents have the selfies to prove it.
由於印度新德里空氣污染值創下新高，市民紛紛自拍記錄空氣質量，11月6日印度政府宣佈新德里進入“緊急狀態”。
Officials announced a slew of measures to combat toxic smog in the capital city, including halting construction projects, canceling school, closing a coal-fired power plant for 10 days and dousing the dusty roads with water.
官員稱，首都政府已採取多種措施來對抗霧霾，包括暫停施工項目、學校停課、燃煤發電廠停產10天以及用水沖洗路面灰塵等等。
City dwellers, meanwhile, took "smog selfies" as they strolled through air so dirty you can taste and smell it.
空氣質量太差，人們甚至可以聞到空氣中的異味。面對這樣的環境，市民們紛紛拍下“霧霾自拍照”。
Visitors photographed their mugs against the hazy backdrop that blanketed popular tourist attractions like the India Gate, a 138-foot-hight structure built in 1931 to honor Indian soldiers who died in World War I.
像印度門這樣的著名景點都罩在厚厚的霧霾中，變得灰濛濛的，遊客們只能以此作背景，拍照留念。1931年竣工的印度門是紀念一戰烈士的建築，高達42米。
Other selfie snappers joined hundreds of protesters in downtown New Delhi to demand the government address the deadly smog.
其他自拍愛好者則加入新德里市區數百名抗議者的隊伍，要求政府解決致命的霧霾問題。
Visiting cricket players from Gujarat posed in protective face masks.
從古吉拉特邦來新德里的板球球員戴着保護面罩自拍。
Their match and one other for the Ranji Trophy were cancelled this weekend due to the city's rising pollution levels.
由於該市污染程度不斷加劇，本週末他們的比賽和原定的另一場Ranji杯比賽都被取消了。
New Delhi, already one of the world's dirtiest cities, is experiencing its worst smog in nearly two decades.
新德里正經歷着近20年來最嚴重的霧霾。它已然是世界上最髒的城市之一。
Sunday's Smog-Selfie Walk In #SmogCapital
-- Harmeet Shah Singh (@HarmeetSS) November 6, 2016
在#霧霾之都的週日霧霾自拍行
—— 哈米特•沙辛格 (@HarmeetSS) 2016年11月6日
Delhi smog forces Gujarat player to take selfie. #LetsSaveDelhi #RanjiTrophy
-- Jay Jadhav (@Jayjadhav07) November 6, 2016
新德里霧霾迫使古吉拉特邦板球球員拿起手機自拍。#讓我們拯救新德里 #Ranji杯
—— 傑•賈達夫 (@Jayjadhav07) 2016年11月6日
The city saw levels of PM2.5 the tiny particulate matter than can clog lungs of more than 900 micrograms per cubic meter on Saturday.
11月5日，新德里的PM2.5（即能堵塞肺部的微小顆粒物）每立方米含量超過900微克。
That's more than 90 times the level that World Health Organization considers safe and is 15 times higher than the Indian government's norms.
這一數值超過了世界衛生組織所認定的安全值的90倍，高出印度政府同類指標15倍。
Particulate matter comes from vehicle exhaust pipes, coal plant smokestacks, burning trash piles, dust and other sources.
顆粒物質來自汽車尾氣、燃煤廠煙囪排放、垃圾堆燃燒、粉塵及其他源頭。
The pollution can lead to asthma, lung cancer, heart disease and related illnesses, particularly in growing children.
霧霾能導致哮喘、肺癌、心臟病及其他相關疾病，對正在長身體的孩子危害尤重。
New Delhi's severe pollution was initially blamed on the widespread bursting of firecrackers during the festival Diwali.
新德里的嚴重污染最初被歸咎於排燈節期間大範圍的燃放煙花爆竹。
But images published by NASA last week suggested that crop burning in the neighboring states of Punjab and Haryana could be the reason for the skyrocketing levels of PM2.5. New Delhi's chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, told reporters Sunday that farmers in those states begin burning straw from their rice paddy crop at the start of every winter to clear their plants for planting wheat.
但11月初美國宇航局公佈的圖像顯示，新德里附近的旁遮普省和哈里亞納邦的秸稈焚燒可能是導致PM2.5值猛增的罪魁禍首。 新德里首席部長阿文•科利瓦爾11月6日告訴記者，附近幾省的農民爲了清理出空地種小麥，每年初冬都會焚燒稻田的作物秸稈。
Kejriwal said people should avoid going outdoors until the pollution levels drop and should work from home as much as possible.
科利瓦爾還說，在大氣污染水平降下來之前，人們最好避免外出，儘可能在家工作。
As in, maybe put down the selfie sticks, too.
再有就是把自拍杆收起來。
