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Well, now to another of our CNN Heroes, ordinary people making an extraordinary impact on the world.  
接著要向另一位「CNN 無名英雄」致敬，就是對世界造成重大影響的平凡人物。  

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And it's viewers like you who tell us about them on our Web site.  
這是像您這樣的觀眾在本台網站上告訴我們的。  

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This week we want to introduce you to Todd Barber.  
本週我們要向各位介紹陶德‧巴伯。  

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He's an avid scuba diver trying to save dying coral reefs around the world, and he's making a difference.
他是一位熱愛潛水的水肺潛水員，試圖拯救世界各地垂危的珊瑚礁，而且已經有了重大成果。

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Reefs are dying.  
珊瑚礁已命在旦夕。  

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Human activity around the world is impacting what's happening underwater.  
世界各地的人類活動對海底環境造成了衝擊。  

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If we don't do something to save our coral reefs, we will lose them all and the impact will be devastating for humanity.
我們如果不採取行動拯救珊瑚礁，它們將會徹底消失，對人類造成災難性的後果。

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In 1988, I was on a trip with my father and we went to the Cayman Islands,  
一九八八年，我和我父親前往開曼群島。  

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and we're looking at a coral reef that I had been taking pictures of since I was a baby and the reef was gone.  
我們看著一座從我小時候就持續拍照的珊瑚礁，但是珊瑚礁已經不見了。  

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My heart sank, and I had a strong passion to try to change that,  
我的心情沈到谷底，進而產生了一股想要改變這種情況的強烈熱情。  

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and my father and I sat down one night and came up with the idea of how to fix it.
有一天晚上，父親和我坐在一起聊天，然後想出如何修復這種狀況的主意。

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My name is Todd Barber and I make reef balls used to help restore reefs around the world.  
我的名字叫陶德‧巴伯，我製作珊瑚礁球以協助復育世界各地的珊瑚礁。  

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Reef balls serve as the base habitat for a natural reef to grow upon.  
珊瑚礁球可充當基礎棲息地，供自然的珊瑚礁在上面生長。  

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They were designed so that you can plant corals on them.  
珊瑚礁球經過特殊設計，你可以在上面種植珊瑚。  

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My goal was to mimic nature, not dictate nature.
我的目標是要模仿自然，不是控制自然。

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Reef balls are made with a special cement that lasts over 500 years.  
珊瑚礁球由一種特殊的水泥製成，壽命長達五百年以上。  

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They're portable, inexpensive and they're environmentally friendly.
它們移動很方便，價格低廉，而且對環境無害。

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I call this hatching a reef ball.
我把這個過程叫孵化珊瑚礁球。

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For me personally, the satisfaction comes from diving on a reef ball and seeing that the environment has been rehabilitated  
對我個人來說，只要潛入水下觀察珊瑚礁球，看到環境復原，  

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and that the reef is actually there and that our grandkids will be able to see the same thing.
珊瑚真的在那裡，知道我們的子子孫孫也能夠看到同樣的景象，我就感到非常滿足了。