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Think it over

好好想想

Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;

今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路，但是我们的性情却更为急躁，眼光也更加狭隘;

We spend more, but enjoy less;

我们消耗的更多，享受到的却更少;

We have bigger houses, but smaller families;

我们的住房更大了，但我们的家庭却更小了;

We have more compromises, but less time;

我们妥协更多，时间更少;

We have more knowledge, but less judgment;

我们拥有了更多的知识，可判断力却更差了;

We have more medicines, but less health;

我们有了更多的药品，但健康状况却更不如意;

We have multiplied out possessions, but reduced out values;

我们拥有的财富倍增，但其价值却减少了;

We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much;

我们说的多了，爱的却少了，我们的仇恨也更多了;

We reached the Moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;

我们可以往返月球，但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍;

We have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space;

我们可以征服外太空，却征服不了我们的内心;

We have higher income, but less morals;

我们的收入增加了，但我们的道德却少了;

These are times with more liberty, but less joy;

我们的时代更加自由了，但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少;

We have much more food, but less nutrition;

我们有了更多的食物，但所能得到的营养却越来越少了;

These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces increase;

现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入，但离婚的现象越来越多了;

These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes;

现在的住房越来越精致，但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭;

That’s why I propose, that as of today;

这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始;