Here is the original script of the interview, and its Chinese translation.
奥巴马总统：
“你知道，我认为中国在解决这个问题上有着巨大的利益。你如果和中国领导人谈谈，我想他们会立刻承认，如果超过十亿的中国人都拥有像澳大利亚人和美国人目前这样的生活方式，那么我们所有人都会面临一个非常悲惨的局面。这个星球根本无法承受这样的情况。
所以，他们明白，他们必须决定采取一种新的、更加可持续的发展模式，使他们能够继续追求目前所追求的经济增长，同时又能够应对由此带来的环境后果。
所以，我认为，从理性上讲，他们是明白这一点的。但是，他们目前一种可以理解的本能反应是：‘那就让发达国家——比如澳大利亚和美国——先解决这个问题吧。等我们的生活水平稍微赶上来一些之后，我们再来处理。’
而我们一直试图说明的一点是：我们不能，我们不能让中国等下去。
我们自己必须承担责任，采取必要的行动。但是，如果新兴国家——不仅仅是中国，还有印度、巴西以及其他国家——都沿着一条发展道路前进，最终取代我们成为世界上最大的碳排放国，那么这种做法也是不可持续、也不现实的。
所以，我们必须让所有国家在同一时间朝着同一个方向前进。”
The source is an interview between ABC News and Obama posted on 15 Apr 2010.
KERRY O'BRIEN: DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE MAKING HEADWAY WITH PRESIDENT HU ON THIS FRONT?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well you know I think China has an enormous interest in solving this problem. You know if you talk to Chinese leaders I think they will acknowledge immediately that if over a billion Chinese citizens have the same living patterns as Australians and Americans do right now then all of us are in for a very miserable time, the planet just can't sustain it, so they understand that they've got to make a decision about a new model that is more sustainable that allows them to pursue the economic growth that they're pursuing while at the same time dealing with these environmental consequences. So I think they understand intellectually. Right now though they're understandable impulse is to say well let's let the developed countries, the Australias, and the Americas deal with this problem first and we'll get to it when we've caught up a little bit in terms of our standard of living. The point we've tried to make is we can't, we can't allow China to wait. We have to take responsibility and do what needs to be done, but if emerging countries not just China but also India, Brazil and others are pursuing a path in which they replace us as the largest carbon emitters, that's not a sustainable practical approach, so we're going to have to have everybody moving on the same track at the same time.
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