100篇短文突破高考英语词汇--word文档及朗读MP3（71-75篇）.docVIP

第71篇 Is it possible to persuade mankind to live without war? War is an ancient custom which has existed for at least six thousand years. It was always evil and usually foolish, but in the past the human beings managed to live with it. Modern skill has changed this. Either man will .stop war, or war will stop man Nowadays, it is nuclear weapons that cause the greatest danger, but biological or chemical weapons may, before long, offer an even greater threat If we succeeded in stopping war, there would be no danger for us. To do this, we need to persuade mankind to look upon international questions in a new way, not by contests of force, in which the victory goes to the side which is most skillful in killing, but by judgment in accordance with agreed principles of law, It is not easy to change old mental habits, but this is what must be attempted. There are those who say that the adoption of this or that ideology (意识形态)would prevent war. I believe this to be a complete error. All ideologies are based upon beliefs without proof which are, at best, doubtful, and at worst, totally false. Those people who believe them are willing to go to war in support of them. The movement of world opinion during the past years has changed very largely such as we can C9welcome, It has become a common belief that nuclear war must be avoided. Of course, very tough problems remain in the international world, but the spirit in which they are being approached is a better one than it was some years ago. It has begun to bethought ,even by the powerful men who decide whether we shall live or die, that a general consensus should be reached It has begun to be understood that the important conflict nowadays is not between East and West, but between Man and the H-bomb(氢弹). 有可能说服(persuade)人类过没有战争的生活吗？战争是一个古老的习俗，已存在了至少六千年。战争总是邪恶的，而且常常是愚蠢的(foolish)，但是在过去，人类却一直与之一起生存。现代技术已改变了这种现象。或者人类停止战争，或者战争毁灭人类。现在(nowadays)，给人类造成最大危险的是核武器(weapon)．但不久后，生化武器可能会形成更大的威胁。如果我们成功停止战争，对我们来说就没有危险。为了做到这一点，我们需要说服人类以新的方法来处理国际问