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1、专业八级分类模拟31TRANSLATION1>Thelivesofmostmenaredeterminedbytheirenvironment.Theyacceptthecircumstancesamidwhichfatehasthrownthemnotonlywithresignationbutevenwithgoodwill.Theyarelikestreetcarsrunningcontentedlyontheirrailsandtheydespisethesprightlyflivverthatdashesinandout
2、ofthetrafficandspeedssojauntilyacrosstheopencountry•Irespectthem;theyaregoodcitizens,goodhusbands,andgoodfathers,andofcoursesomebodyhastopaythetaxes;butIdonotfindthemexciting.Iamfascinatedbythemen,fewenoughinallconscience,whotakelifeintheirownhandsandseemtomouldittoth
3、eirownliking.Itmaybethatwehavenosuchthingasfreewill,butatalleventswehavetheillusionofit.Atacrossroaditdoesseemtousthatwemightgoeithertotherightortheleftand,thechoiceoncemade,itisdifficulttoseethatthewholecourseoftheworld1shistoryobligedustotaketheturningwedid.2^Finlan
4、disanenormouslandoflakesandforests;it'sthelargest,totallyunspoiledareainEurope.Around65%ofFinlandismadeupofforests.ThegeniusoftheFinnsliesintheircommitmentandcoexistencewithnature.Ontheotherhand,natureinFinlandissuchanoverwhe1mingfactorthatitwouldbeimpossiblenottoadap
5、toneselftoit.Withanareaof1,090squarekilometers,LakePaijanneisFinland1ssecondbiggest.Itswatersaresocleanthatyoucandrinkrightfromthem.Thelakeisoneofthemostbeautifulinthecountryandoffersoneofthemostpanoramicviews,thankstothemanysmallrisesintheland,whichallowyoutoadmireth
6、eunspoiledandboundlesscountryside.ThepopulationofFinlandamountstofewerthanfivemillioninhabitants.TheFinns,whomakeupthebasicnucleusofthepopulation,cameoriginallyfromtheUralsandimmigratedtotheterritoryofpresent-dayFinlandintheearlycenturiesoftheChristianage.Foralmostath
7、ousandyearsthispeoplelivedorganizedintribes,whichwasfamilybased.3、Onebasicweaknessinaconservationsystembasedwhollyoneconomicmotivesisthatmostmembersofthelandcommunityhavenoeconomicvalue.Yetthesecreaturesaremembersofthebioticcommunity•Ifitsstabilitydependsonitsintegrit
8、y,theyareentitledtocontinuance.Whenoneofthesenon-economiccategoriesisthreatened,and,ifwehappentoloveit,weinventexcusestogive