现代大学英语精读2.doc

现代大学英语精读2 P20 我们像在暖房里种花那样养孩子是错误的。必须让他们接触各种社会问题，因为不久他们就将作为公民来应对这些问题。 It’s wrong to raise our children in the way that we grow flowers in the greenhouse.We must expose them to all social problems，because they will be dealing with them as citizen very soon. 随着时间的推移，我们不可避免地会越来越多地卷入国际事务。而冲突必然会发生，因为国家之间总有不同的观点和利益。 As time flying by,we are inevitably going to more and more involved in affairs.And conflict are sure to occur,because there are always different opinion and interest among nations. 我们为我们的成就而骄傲，我们有理由感到骄傲。但是我们永远不能变得狂妄，不然我们就会失去我们的朋友。 We are proud of our achievements and we have reason to be.But we must never be arrogant，or we will lose our friends。 信息现在唾手可得。一个普通的电脑就能储存一个普通图书馆的信息。 Information is easily available now.An average computer can store the information of an average library. 那家建筑公司没有资格操作这个项目。他们没有任何法律文件能证明他们具备必要的专门技术。我们必须找一个专门建造歌剧院的公司。 The construction company is not qualified for the project.They do not have any legal documents to certify that they have the necessary expertise.We must find a company specializing in building theaters. 这些智囊团不做决策。他们力图提出一些对决策者十分有用的新主意和深刻的分析。 These think tanks don’t make decisions.They are out to put forward some new ideas and analysis helpful for decision maker. 国内生产总值不是一切。如果人民的生活质量没有真正改善的话，我们国家就不能说已经现代化了。 GDP isn’t everything.If the quality of our people’s life isn’t really improved,our country can’t be said to have been modernized. 虽然那时候我们在很多方面都很困难，但作为孩子我们仍然很幸福，因为有干净的空气、水；江河湖泊里有很多鱼、螃蟹、黄鳝；田野里有花、有树、有鸟。 Poor as we are in many aspects at that time,we were still happy as children for there was fresh air、clean water，a lot of fish、crabs in the river，a lot of flowers and birds in the fields. 只要给某一个人或者某一群人以绝对的权力，那这一个人或这一群人就肯定会滥用权力，因为正如阿克顿勋爵所说，“权力使人腐败，绝对权力使人绝对腐败。” Once absolute power is given to any individual or any group,that person or group is sure to abuse power because just as Lord Acton said，“power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupt absolutely。” 在我们国家，传统上都认为“万般皆下品，惟有读书高”。 Traditionally in our country，school education w