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Whether we like it or not, the world we live in has changed _ in the last hundred years, and it is likely to change _ in the next hundred. Some people would like to stop these changes and go back to what they see as a _ and simpler age. But as history shows, the past was not that wonderful. It was not so bad for a _ minority, though even they had to do without modern medicine, and childbirth was highly risky for women. But for the vast _ of the population, life was nasty, brutish, and short.

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譯文:無論我們是否愿意,我們生活的世界在過去一百年間已經變化了許多,而且在未來的一百年里可能變化更多.有人想中止這種種變化,回到那個他們認為更純潔更樸素的時代.但正如歷史所表情的，過去并非那么美妙.過去對享有特權的少數人不算太糟,但即便他們也無從享受現代醫療,而生育對婦女來說風險極大.對占人口大多數的民眾而言,生活是艱難、殘忍而又短暫的.

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