In some regions, like the Sahara, the amount of rainfall can change drastically within a single generation.

在一些地区，比如撒哈拉沙漠，降雨量可能在一代人的时间内急剧变化。

It is the work of a single generation.

这是一代人的工作。

This is not a job for a single generation.

这不是一代人的工作。

Recent scientific advances may help us accelerate human adaptation to single generations.

最近的科学进步可能有助于我们加速人类对单代人的适应。

Because their sacrifice is not a debt that can be repaid in a single generation.

因为他们的牺牲不是一代人可以偿还的债。

The other bad news is that within a single generation social mobility is stagnant.

另一个坏消息是，在一代人之内，社会流动性停滞不前。

You and your brothers and sisters and your cousins are all of a single generation.

你和你的兄弟姐妹以及你的堂兄弟姐妹都是同一代人。

A single generation that has brought the future of humanity into doubt now tasked with securing a new future.

使人类的未来受到质疑的一代人现在肩负着确保新未来的任务。

These fluctuations of height, sometimes within a single generation, show that our environment determines a big part of how tall we are.

这些身高波动有时发生在一代人之内，表明我们的环境在很大程度上决定了我们的身高。

But when it comes to AI, the changes we've seen in a single generation, and lately in a single day, are truly historically novel.

但就人工智能而言，我们在一代人和最近一天内看到的变化确实是历史上新颖的。

If you had told me when we were just getting started that within a single generation, a young woman will go on to help lead her nation's financial sector, I'm not sure I would have believed you.

如果你在我们刚刚起步时告诉我， 在一代人之内， 一位年轻女性将继续帮助领导她国家的金融部门，我不确定我是否会相信你。