Time flies and so much has happened.

时光飞逝，事物变迁。

But one theme stood out this past year: the passing of the seasons.

四季的变迁。

“Art swayed the destinies of the town.”

“她的命运随着艺术的变迁而摇摆。”

I saw the seasons come and go through her eyes.

我通过她的眼睛看到了季节的变迁。

Or are they due to our changing climate?

或是因为气候变迁造成？

So that would represent a dramatic change of climate.

那将是一种剧烈的气候变迁。

Half the people in office still don't believe in climate change.

有一半政府官员是不相信气候变迁。

Mr. McWhorter's academic speciality is language history and change.

麦荷特先生的学术专长是语言的历史变迁。

She understood that people had always felt a need to explain the processes of nature.

她明白人们总是想为大自然的变迁寻求。

But others are the result of drift.

但是其他单词则呈现出了词义的变迁。

But they're also changing faster than ever.

但海洋也正以前所未有的速度不断变迁着。

Try to have a conversation with anyone about climate change, people just tune out.

试着和任何人讨论气候变迁，他们只会充耳不闻。

But this synthetic varnish will not change in color as it grows old.

但这种合成漆不会随着时间变迁而改变颜色。

Its unique flavor has survived centuries of change in China, from the Qing Dynasty to the 21st century.

在经历了中国数百年变迁后，其仍保留着自己的独特风味，这一历史变迁从清朝开始一直持续到了21世纪。

And the same thing happened to those who believed strongly in climate change.

而同一件事也发生在那些深信气候变迁的人身上。

But also rapid climate change and antibiotic resistance.

有快速的气候变迁微生物抗药性。

HSBC believes its itinerancy explains its survival. Countries and regimes come and go.

汇丰相信，总部地址的巡回变迁阐述了其生存之道。

It also contributes to climate change by trapping heat in the atmosphere.

它也会将热困在大气中，因而促成气候变迁。

And standing next to them, you can get this feeling of time having taken place.

站在树木旁边的时候，你可以感受到时间的变迁。

Parmenides realized, of course, that nature is in a constant state of flux.

然，帕梅尼德斯也体认到大自然恒常变迁的事实。