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英语专业八级考试翻译题2 ①Opera is expensive: that much is inevitable. ②But expensive things are not inevitably the province of the rich unless we abdicate societys power of choice. ③We can choose to make opera, and other expensive forms of culture, accessible to those who cannot individually pay for it.④ The question is: why should we? ⑤Nobody denies the imperatives of food, shelter, defense, health and education.⑥ But even in a prehistoric cave, mankind stretched out a hand not just to eat, drink or fight, but also to draw. ⑦The impulse towards culture, the desire to express and explore the world thr