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Uint1 1.我们像在暖房里种花那样养育孩子是错误的。我们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 is wrong to raise our children the way we grow flowers in the greenhouse. We must expose them to all social problems because very soon they will be dealing with them as responsible citizens.2.随着时间的推移，我们不可避免的会越来越多的卷入国际事务。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 goes on we are inevitably going to get more and more involved in international affairs. And conflicts are sure to occur because there always exist different views and interests among nations.We are proud of our accomplishments, and we have reason to be. But we must never become arrogant. Otherwise we will lose our friends. 4.信息现在唾手可得。一个普通的电脑就能存储一个普通图书馆的信息。?Information is now easily available. An average computer can store the information of a small 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剧院的公司。That construction company is not qualified to handle the project. They do not have any legal document to certify that they have the necessary expertise. We must find a company that specializes in building theatres. 6.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 do not make decisions. They are out to generate new ideas and penetrating analyses that will be extremely useful for decision makers..国内生产总值不是一切。如果人民的生活质量没有真正的改善的话，我们国家就不能说已经现代化了。The growth of GDP is not everything. Our country cannot be said to have been modernized unless the quality of our people’s lives is really improved.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辛福，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 were in many ways at that time, we were still quite happy as children, for there was clean air, clean water, a lot of fish, crabs and eels in the rivers, lakes, and ponds; and a lot of flowers, trees and birds in the fields. 9.只要给某一个人或某一群人以绝对权力，那这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，绝对权力绝对使人腐败。”Give absolute power to any individual or any particular group of people, and that person or group is sure to abuse that power because, just as Lord Acton says, Power corrupts, and absol