Unit12 课文翻译.docVIP

In the rich world the idea of progress has become impoverished. Through complacency and bitter experience, the scope of progress has narrowed. The popular view is that, although technology and GDP advance, morals and society are treading water or, depending on your choice of newspaper, sinking back into decadence and barbarism. On the left of politics these days, “progress” comes with a pair of ironic quotation marks attached; on the right, “progressive” is a term of abuse. 在一个富裕的世界，关于进步的观念则变得贫困。 现状引起的自满和经历带来的痛苦都使得进步的视野越变越狭窄。取决于你爱看哪种立场的报纸， 流行的看法是：尽管科技和GDP发展了，道德与社会却停滞不前，甚至可说是， 正在向颓废和野蛮沉沦。在当今政治的