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1、1.手机刷新了人与人的关系。会议室门口通常贴着一条通告:请与会者关闭手机。可是会议室里的手机铃声仍然响成一片。我们都是普通人,并没有多少重要的事情。尽管如此,我们也不会轻易关掉手机。打开手机象征我们与这个世界的联系。手机反映出我们的"社交饥渴症"。最为常见的是,一个人走着走着突然停下来,眼睛盯着手机屏幕发短信。他不在乎停在马路中央还是厕所旁边。 Fewthingshavechangedhumanrelationsasmuchasthecellphonehas.Itsohappensthatweoftenseeanoticeonadoortoaconferenceroom,"Pleas
2、ekeepyourcellphoneoffwhenameetingisinsession."Westill,however,alwayshearthebeepsresoundingthroughoutthechamber.Theprevalenceofusingthecellphonetodayreflectsour"thirstforsocialization"andsymbolizesaconnectionbetweenusandtheoutsideworld.Wearethereforereluctanttoturnitoff,althoughfewofusareVIPs,or
3、thosewhohavemanyurgenciestotakeimmediatecareof.Soweoftennoticesuchapicture:apedestrian,allofsudden,stops,hiseyesfixedonthephonescreen,toedithismessages,obliviousofallotherthings.Whetherbeingontheroadcenterorbesideatoiletdoesnotseemtobotherhim.2.We,thehumanspecies,areconfrontingaplanetaryemergen
4、cy-athreattothesurvivalofourcivilizationthatisgatheringominousanddestructivepotentialevenaswegatherhere.Butthereishopefulnewsaswell:wehavetheabilitytosolvethiscrisisandavoidtheworst-thoughnotall-ofitsconsequences,ifweactboldly,decisivelyandquickly.However,toomanyoftheworld'sleadersarestillbestd
5、escribedinthewordsofWinstonChurchillappliedtothosewhoignoredAdolfHitler'sthreat:“Theygooninstrangeparadox,decidedonlytobeundecided,resolvedtobeirresolute,allpowerfultobeimpotent.”Sotoday,wedumpedanother70milliontonsofglobal-warmingpollutionintothethinshellofatmospheresurroundingourplanet,asifit
6、wereanopensewer.Andtomorrow,wewilldumpaslightlylargeramount,withthecumulativeconcentrationsnowtrappingmoreandmoreheatfromthesun我们人类,正面临全球性的危机,我们的生存和文明受到威胁。尽管我们聚在一起共商对策,而灾难却在扩大,形式不容乐观。但也有令人欣喜的消息:如果行动大胆果断,反应迅速,我们有能力解决这场危机,避免其向最坏的方向发展。但是,时下世界上的许多国家领导人可以用当年温斯顿·丘吉尔批评欧洲诸政要忽视阿道夫·希特勒的名言来形容,"它们在奇怪的悖论中前行
7、,仅仅为一个决定而犹豫不决,有了决心却拖泥带水,信心犹疑不定,见解随波逐流,掌权者虚弱无力。" 而如今我们向这个星球脆弱的大气层倾倒超过七千万吨温室气体,把其当作天然排污口。明天我们还会变本加厉,堆积的温室气体吸纳了越来越多的太阳热度。3.Anyonewitheyescantakedelightinafaceoraflower.Youneedtraining,however,toperceivethebeautyinmathematicsorphysics