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24 \.\ 当权者谨慎并有限度的使用他们权力的时候他们的工作才最有效力。
Politics & Media (2)
108 \proceedings can help people understand the issues that affect their lives. The more kinds of government proceedings-- trials, debates, meetings, etc -- that are televised, the more society will benefit.\
在很多国家，从电视上看到政府人员办公的场景已是可能。观看这些过程有助于人们理解影响他们生活的问题。政府办公如审判、辩论、会议等的各个场景，转播得越多，对社会越有益。
193 \lasting significance.\
更有持久影响的不是头版头条的政治事件，而是鲜有报道的社会变革。
Others (8)
3 \is more important to allocate money for immediate, existing social problems than to spend it on long-term research that might help future generations.\
我们应该把更多的钱用在目前现存的社会问题上，而不是用在可能有助于后代的长期研究项目上。
31. \spent on research is almost always a good investment, even when the results of that research are controversial.\05/18; 06/6]
花在研究上的资金基本上都是不错的投资，即使研究的结果是有争议的。（现实和理想）
56 \Governments should focus more on solving the immediate problems of today rather than trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future.\05/20; 06/4]
政府应该把更多的注意力放在解决当务之急，而不是试图解决将来预期的问题上。时间之当务之急和百年大计
20 \ 政府为儿童所想所做应该比成人多。
195 \The goal of politics should not be the pursuit of an ideal, but rather the search for common ground and reasonable consensus.\05/14; 06/0]
政治的目标不应是追求一个理想状态，而是寻找共同点和合情合理的共识。
82 \ 政府绝对不应该审查博物馆要展览的艺术品和历史陈列。
13 \of the world's lesser-known languages are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them. The governments of countries in which these languages are spoken should act to prevent such languages from becoming extinct.\05/24; 06/4]
许多世界上鲜为人知的语言由于越来越少的人使用而逐渐消失。使用这些语言的国家应该采取措施防止这些语言绝迹。
83 \Government should preserve publicly owned wilderness areas in their natural state, even though these areas are often extremely remote and thus accessible to only a few people.\05/47; 06/6]
政府应该保护那些疆域范围内的偏远地带，保持他们的原始状态，尽管这些地区一般来说非常偏僻，很少有人能够到达。
152 \The only responsibility of corporate executives, provided they stay within the law, is to make as much money as possible for their companies.\05/40; 06/7]
对于公司的执行官，他们唯一的任务就是在法律允许的范围内，为公司赚取尽可能多的金钱。
224 \, justified.\ 审查制度很少被证明是正当的。
No.5 Communications & Media
Functions of Media (8)
111 \worldwide distribution of television programs and advertisements is seriously diminishing the differences among cultures.\
全球性电视节目和广告极大地减少了各种文化之间的差异。
151 \
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and thoughtful communication.\
高速的电子通讯媒介，如电子邮件和电视，阻止了人们有思想、有意义的交流。
215 \clearly and extensively on a single issue over a long period of time.\
当今社会视觉影像的爆炸使得人们不能长时间明确且全面地关注某一问题。
107 \the time to develop thoughtful, well-reasoned points of view.\
实时通信系统促使人们匆忙决定并快速作出回应，而不是花时间得出一个仔细思考过、合情合理的观点。
219 \people are less likely than ever to think deeply or originally. They feel unable to compete with -- much less contribute to -- the quantity of information that is now available electronically.\
现在计算机技术已经使快速地访问大量的信息成为可能，人们已经不像以前那样进行深入和有创造力地思考了。他们感觉无法，也没有意义去和现在可以电子化获取的信息量相比。
29 \When they seek a public role, they should expect that they will lose at least some of their privacy.\05/8; 06/6] 公众人物，例如演员、政治家和运动员应该预料到人们对他们私生活的关注。当他们决定成为公众角色时，他们应该想到自己至少将失去某些隐私。
161 \In this age of intensive media coverage, it is no longer possible for a society to regard any woman or man as a hero. The reputation of anyone who is subjected to media scrutiny will eventually be diminished.\
在媒体铺天盖地的年代，不可能树立英雄。任何人在媒体的“审视”下都会名声扫地。
185 “Scandals—whether in politics, academia, or other areas—can be useful. They focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could. ” [05/64; 06/4]
丑闻，不管是政治、学术还是其他领域，都是有用的。它们能吸引人们的注意力，而使我们聚焦于问题，以一种演讲者和改革家都做不到的方式。
Others (2)
109 \person in the ad. This practice is effective because it not only sells products but also helps people feel better about themselves.\
很多广告的目的是要让消费者因为拥有产品后“像”广告中的人物而购买某种产品，这样的广告是有效的，因为这样既销售了产品，又让人们自我感觉良好。
No.6 Society
Problems (5)
186 \Practicality is now our great idol, which all powers and talents must serve. Anything that is not obviously practical has little value in today's world.\05/21; 06/0]
实用主义是我们现在主要的追求，一切的力量和才智都必须为其服务。任何并非显著实用的东西在当今世界几乎是没有价值的。(当务之急和长远大计的关系)
15 \.\ 社会的安定取决于社会对人们极端行为的回应措施。
121 \human, processes. Thus, there is no justification for society to make extraordinary efforts, especially at a great cost in money and jobs, to save endangered species.\05/23; 06/6]
在过去不同的地质时期，很多物种的灭绝都是自然因素造成，而并非人类行为。所以，社会没有理由花费很大的人力物力去拯救濒临灭绝的物种。
149 \environmentally sensitive projects.\
保护野生环境最实际有效的方法就是通过环保项目吸引更多的观光客到那些地方去。
242. \and financial well-being.\
社会应尽力挽救每一动植物物种，不管花费多少人力、时间和财力。
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Progress of Society (4)
133 \choice, no one today would prefer to live in any other time.\
现代社会中的问题使很多人抱怨：“我们生活在一个糟糕的年代。”但如果让他们来选择，没有人会愿意过以往的生活。
137 \.\ 我们所谓的进步只不过是把一个问题转化成了另一个问题。
147 \Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them.\05/32; 06/7] 传统和现代化是水火不容的。人们必须二者选一。
211 \future conditions more than present conditions.\
一个决策，不管政府、企业抑或个人做出的，都应该考虑将来的情形多于目前的情形。
Ideality & Reality (2)
99 \In any realm of life -- whether academic, social, business, or political -- the only way to succeed is to take a practical, rather than an idealistic, point of view. Pragmatic behavior guarantees survival, whereas idealistic views tend to be superceded by simpler, more immediate options.\05/22; 06/0](33) 在生活的各个领域，不管是学术、社交、商业或政治，要想成功，只能靠实际而并非理想化的观点。注重成效的行为确保了生存，而理想化的观点倾向于被更简单、更直接的观点取代。
148 \ 许多人崇尚理想主义，但它往往带来失望或烦恼。
Competition (2)
2 \ 对社会而言，竞争最终利大于弊。
37 \ 在大多数社会中，通常情况下竞争总是起到消极的作用，而不是积极的作用。
No.7 Culture (5)
10 \Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive, because it is primarily in cities that a nation's cultural traditions are preserved and generated.\[05/27; 06/1]
政府必须要确保主要城市发展所需的财政支持，因为一个国家的文化传统主要是在城市中得以保存和发展。
6 \ 了解当代文化最有效途径是分析其年青人的趋势和潮流。
63 \other culture, one that is distinctly different from your own.\
为了真正地了解你自己的文化，不管你怎样定义它，你需要了解至少一种其他的文化，并且这种文化和你的文化完全不同。
207 \Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are.\05/25; 06/2] (33)
典礼和仪式有助于确立一种文化，否则人们的社会或群体的角色归属感削弱。
243 \ 文明真正的价值反映在它的艺术创作上，而不是科学成就上。
No.8 Arts
Imaginative Works (2)
49 \picture of human experience than do factual accounts. Because the creators of fiction shape and focus reality rather than report on it literally, their creations have a more lasting significance.\
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有想象力的作品，比如小说、戏剧、童话和传说向人们展示了过去人们经验的精确且有意义的画面，而事实记述则稍逊。因为小说的作者重在刻画和关注事实，而非表面事实的报道，他们的作品有更深远的意义。
14 \ 每个人都有必要去阅读诗、小说、神话和其他有想象力的文学作品。
Government & Arts (3)
85 \Government funding of the arts threatens the integrity of the arts.\05/10; 06/0] 政府对艺术的资助威胁着艺术的独立性。
101 \ 政府应资助艺术家，促进艺术繁荣，以便人们都能接触到艺术。
190 \resources to support the arts is inappropriate -- and, perhaps, even cruel -- when one considers all the potential uses of such money.\
当人们挨饿、失业或者缺少维持生存的基本技能时，动用公众资源来支持艺术就不合适了，也许，考虑到这些金钱的所有可能用途时，就更不人道了。
Artists & Critics (4)
76 \ 真正影响深远的思想家和具有高度创造力的艺术家们总是与他们的时代和社会步伐不一致。
96 \works of art, they have a responsibility to establish standards by which works of art can be judged.\
尽管那些评价艺术作品的批评家企图否定在评价艺术作品时任何客观标准的存在，他们还是有责任建立起一套艺术作品的评判标准。
143 \*those who evaluate works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc.
艺术家应该对给予他们的批评毫不理会。批评家总是削弱和限制艺术家的创造力 。*评价艺术作品，例如小说、电影、音乐、绘画等的人。
144 \It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value.\*a person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc. \05/75; 06/11] (54)
是艺术家而不是批评家，带给社会一些具有持久价值的东西。*批评家指经常评价艺术作品，例如小说、电影、音乐、绘画等的人。
167 \field.\05/15, 06/7]
批判性的判断在任何领域当中都是没什么用处的，除非它是来自于该领域中的专家。统一和分歧之专家
Value of Arts (2)
131 \The arts (painting, music, literature, etc.) reveal the otherwise hidden ideas and impulses of a society.\ (29)
艺术（绘画、音乐、文学等）展现了那些隐藏的观点和社会的脉动。
218 \In order for any work of art -- whether film, literature, sculpture, or a song -- to have merit, it must be understandable to most people.\05/26; 06/2]
艺术作品要有价值，不管是电影、文学还是歌曲，都必须让大多数人能够理解。 No.9 Science & Technology
Affections of Science (13)
88 \Technologies not only influence but actually determine social customs and ethics.\05/30; 06/3] 科学技术不但影响而且决定了社会风俗和道德规范。 (36)
114 \but the overall condition of humanity is no better. War, violence, and poverty are still with us. Technology cannot change the condition of humanity.\
人道主义在上个世纪并没有真正的发展。科技发展，但是人道主义的整体面貌并没有得到改善。战争、暴力、贫穷一直困扰着我们。科技不能改变人道主义状况。
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129 \ 科技对现代生活是必须的，但并非任何时候都能起到积极的作用。
135 \technology to find solutions to these problems.\
虽然我们面临的大多数环境问题都来源于科技的应用，我们应该依靠科技本身来寻找这些问题的解决方案。
150 \Because of television and worldwide computer connections, people can now become familiar with a great many places that they have never visited. As a result, tourism will soon become obsolete.\05/47; 06/5]
由于电视和全球范围内的计算机网络，人们现在可以熟悉很多以前从未涉足过的地方。其结果就是使得旅游变得过时了。(旅游将会被淘汰，技术进步对人类社会的影响之旅游)
166 \past century, the most significant contribution of technology has been to make people's lives more comfortable.\
上个世纪，科技的最大贡献在于使人们的生活更舒适。
196 \solves, and may threaten or damage the quality of life.\[05/15; 06/3]
科技产生的问题多于所解决的，可能威胁或降低人们的生活质量。
24 \time. Ironically, though, instead of making more leisure time available, these developments have contributed to a pace of human affairs that is more rushed and more frantic than ever before.\
快餐、实时通讯、高速运输，所有这些最新发展都是为了节省人们的时间。但具有讽刺意味的是，这些进步非但没有给人们带来更多的闲暇时间，反而让人们的生活节奏越来越忙乱。
58 \ 快节奏的生活导带来的问题比解决的问题多。
115 \such tools, we have no reference points to indicate how far we have advanced or retreated.\
通过逻辑思维和精确的测量手段才能获知我们的进步。没有这些工具，就没有参考点来标明我们进步了多少，退步了多少。
237 \available to everyone. The great advantage of this new technology is that it will enable anyone—not just scholars—to conduct in-depth research without having access to the original works.\
计算机以及视频技术可以制作原件的复制品，使得普通人都能接触到绘画或历史文件，此新技术的巨大优点在于它使得每一个人－而不只是学者－能够不接触原件而进行深入的研究。
7 \The video camera provides such an accurate and convincing record of contemporary life that it has become a more important form of documentation than written records.\05/52; 06/2] (34) 数码相机可以精确、令人信服地记录当代人们的生活，作为一种记录方式，它的重要性已经超过了纸笔记录。
41. \Such non-mainstream areas of inquiry as astrology, fortune-telling, and psychic and paranormal pursuits play a vital role in society by satisfying human needs that are not addressed by mainstream science.\05/71; 06/5]
研究界的一些非主流领域，比如星象学、占卜术和意念及超自然探索，在社会中起到了很重要的作用，因为它们满足了人们无法从主流科学获得的需求。(少数和多数之非主流学科)
159 \The human mind will always be superior to machines because machines are only tools of human minds.\05/28; 06/0]
人类的智慧将总是高于机器，因为机器只是人类智慧的工具。技术进步对人类社会的影响（类似于影响和决定人类传统）
Objectives of Science (3)
30 \The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people's efficiency so that everyone has more leisure time.\05/15; 06/1]
技术进步的主要目标是提高人们的效率，使得每个人都有更多的闲暇时间。
66 \surely deteriorate.\
人们越来越依赖于技术去解决问题，而人类自身思考的能力却被消弱。
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