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Onwards and Upwards
往前與往上，行進(jìn)與改進(jìn)
Author Unknown
作者：佚名
...In the rich world today, the idea of progress has become impoverished.
……今天，在那些富有的國(guó)家里，“進(jìn)步”的概念已經(jīng)變得貧乏無(wú)力。
Through complacency and bitter experience, the scope of progress has narrowed.
由于自滿和痛苦的經(jīng)歷，進(jìn)步包含的范圍已經(jīng)縮小了。
The popular view is that, although technology and GDP advance, morals and society are treading water or,
現(xiàn)在普遍的觀點(diǎn)認(rèn)為，雖然技術(shù)和國(guó)內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值在發(fā)展，道德和社會(huì)卻在原地踏步，或者正在倒退到腐朽墮落和野蠻的境地——
depending on your choice of newspaper, sinking back into decadence and barbarism.
是否這么說(shuō)，要取決于你政治立場(chǎng)。
On the left of politics these days, "progress" comes with a pair of ironic quotation marks attached; on the right, "progressive" is a term of abuse.
目前，持左翼政治觀點(diǎn)的人士認(rèn)為，“進(jìn)步”這個(gè)詞的出現(xiàn)總要伴隨著一對(duì)具有諷意味的引號(hào)；而持右翼政治觀點(diǎn)的人士則認(rèn)為，說(shuō)什么“在進(jìn)步”是一句罵人的話。
It was not always like that.
過(guò)去，情況并不總是這樣的。
There has been a tension between seeking perfection in life or in the afterlife.
一直以來(lái)就存在著是在今生尋求完美還是寄希望于來(lái)世的對(duì)立觀念。
Optimists in the Enlightenment and the 19th century came to believe that the mass of humanity could one day lead happy and worthy lives here on Earth.
啟蒙時(shí)代和19世紀(jì)的那些樂(lè)觀主義者相信人民大眾有朝一日能在地球上過(guò)上幸福的、有價(jià)值的生活。
They were bursting with ideas for how the world might become a better place.
他們的頭腦里充滿了這個(gè)世界如何才能成為更加美好的地方的種種想法。
