Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points ofview;
今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路,但是我们的性情却更为急躁,眼光也更加狭隘;
we spend more, but enjoy less;
我们消耗的更多,享受到的却更少;
we have bigger houses, but smaller families;
我们的住房更大了,但我们的家庭却更小了;
we have more compromises, but less time;
我们妥协更多,时间更少; ?
we have more knowledge, but less judgment;
我们拥有了更多的知识,可判断力却更差了;
we have more medicines, but less health;
我们有了更多的药品,但健康状况却更不如意;
we have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values;
我们拥有的财富倍增,但其价值却减少了;
we talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much;
我们说的多了,爱的却少了,我们的仇恨也更多了;
we reached the moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our ownstreet and meet our neighbors;
我们可以往返月球,但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍;
we have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space;
我们可以征服外太空,却征服不了我们的内心;
难点单词:
temperaments 'tɛmprəmənt 气质 气度
compromises 妥协
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