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Yeah We're back, you know, I won't try to draw another circle on board
是的 我們又回來了 我就不再在黑板上畫一個圈了
because it's almost Halloween and my circles always look more like pumpkins anyway
因為要到萬圣節(jié)了 我畫的圈總是看起來像南瓜一樣
But, you know, it is, it's a new beginning, you know
但你要知道 它 它是一個全新的開始
Somewhere in this cycle, you know, is the time of Arthur
在這個循環(huán)中的某一個地方 就是亞瑟的時代
Somewhere in every one of these cycles, which begin in chaos and end in chaos,
每個循環(huán)中 都會有一段 開始于混亂 又結(jié)束于混亂
we emerge where we make an attempt to be better
我們出現(xiàn)并試圖使它變得更好
And so, the question remains for us
所以我們始終存在這樣的問題
One of the thing that hopefully makes this germane to you
但愿這個問題跟你們比較貼切
you know, there've been a lot of articles lately in the last four or five years
在過去的四五年中出現(xiàn)了許多文章
cover articles on Newsweek, US News & World Report, very different magazines
包括許多不同雜志 像 新聞周刊 美國新聞和世界報道 上面的文章
You know, we have three major news magazines
我們的三大主要新聞雜志
We have US News & World Report, Newsweek and Time
美國新聞和世界報道 新聞周刊 和時代雜志
Political profile of those magazines, US News & World Report,
那些雜志的政治因素 美國新聞和世界報道
if it has a political leaning, conservative
它有政治傾向的話 就是保守派
It's important to know what you've reading because what they say is affected by their political stance
知道你在讀什么是很重要的 因為他們的言論受他們政治立場的影響
Newsweek?
新聞周刊
Liberal
自由
Time?
時代雜志
Somewhere inbetween
介于他們倆之間
It tries to be more centralist
它試圖發(fā)表比較中立的觀點
And so, it's kind of curious to me, when you have, you know, magazines with different political,
我對這有點好奇 當(dāng)一些雜志出現(xiàn)了不同的政治立場時
you know, tones to them all decrying the same thing
你知道 他們都在譴責(zé)同樣的事情
The moral, ethical, behavioural decline of America, with cover stories and detailed things
道德 倫理 行為下降的美國 這其中還有許多故事和細(xì)節(jié)
I think this is should be your concern
我覺得你們應(yīng)該注意這些
And so, the question becomes, if we're in a cycle, is it too late to stand up and say, "Hey, wait"
所以 這個問題就變成了 如果我們在循環(huán)中 站起來說"嘿 等等"會不會太遲
