10. We are often shown / told these daysthat....
But is this really the case?
10.1 We are often told that technological know-how,acquired in exploring space, will be utilized to makelife better on earth. Is this really the case? What hasthe space exploration done to relieve the sufferingof the earth's starving millions? In what way has itraised the standard of living of anyone of us? Man may put human beings on the moon, butthere is growing skepticism about his ability to solve human problems closer to home.
我們經(jīng)常聽(tīng)說(shuō)在探索空間中獲得的技術(shù)知識(shí)將用來(lái)改善我們地球上的人的生活。情況真的如此嗎?太空探索對(duì)減輕地球上正在挨餓的千百萬(wàn)人的痛苦到底做了什么呢?它從什么方面提高了我們的生活水平呢?人類能夠把人自己送上月球，但人們?cè)絹?lái)越懷疑其解決地球上人自己?jiǎn)栴}的能力。
11 Recently the rise in / phenomenon of /problem of / question of ... has drawn /aroused public / popular / grave / world-wideattention / caused /aroused wide / general /considerable / international concern / arisen/loomed up /cropped up as controversial /asnoteworthy/more distinctly for settlement
11.1 Recently, the alarm about the problem of theuse of genetic technologies on human beings havecaused wide public concern, and understandably so.With nuclear energy threatening globalcatastrophe and with so many other technological advances visibly damaging the quality oflife, who would wish to have scientists tampering with man's inner nature? Indeed, fear of suchmanipulation may amuse even more anxiety than fear of death.
最近，有關(guān)把遺傳技術(shù)用于人類自身而產(chǎn)生的問(wèn)題的警示已引起了公眾的廣泛關(guān)注。這是可以理解的。核能開(kāi)發(fā)正威脅著全球的生存，其它許多技術(shù)進(jìn)步也正明顯地危害生活的質(zhì)量。在這種情況下，誰(shuí)還會(huì)希望科學(xué)家來(lái)任意改變?nèi)梭w內(nèi)部機(jī)能呢?確實(shí)，害怕對(duì)人的操縱所引起的擔(dān)憂可能會(huì)超過(guò)對(duì)死亡的害怕。
11.2 Recently psychologists have found only about two percent of adults use their creativity,compared with ten percent of seven-year-old children. When five-year-olds were tested, theresult soared to ninety percent! The findings set off many people thinking. Curiosity andoriginality are daily occurrences for the small child, but somehowmost of us lose the freedomand flexibility of the child as we grow older. The need to follow "directions" and "do-it-right",plus the many societal constraints we put on ourselves, prevent us from using our creativepotential.
最近，心理學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)在使用自己創(chuàng)造力方面，成人只有2%，而7歲的兒童竟有10%。如果在5歲的兒童中測(cè)試，這個(gè)數(shù)上升到90%。這些發(fā)現(xiàn)引起許多人思索。好奇心和創(chuàng)造性每天可在小孩子身上發(fā)現(xiàn)，而當(dāng)我們逐步長(zhǎng)大成人，多數(shù)人喪失了孩子的那種自由和靈活性�！鞍闯Ｒ�(guī)去做”，“按正確的去做”，以及種種社會(huì)的清規(guī)戒律把我們束縛住了，使我們無(wú)法發(fā)揮自己的創(chuàng)造潛力。
12 Recently the issue / problem / question of... hasbeen in the limelight. / brought into focus. / broughtto public attention. / posed among the generalpublic.
12.1 The problem of development vs. environmenthas now been in the limelight. Nowhere is the clashmore visible than in China, where the world's largestpopulation faces pollution, deforestation and acidrain on a large scale.
現(xiàn)在發(fā)展與環(huán)境的問(wèn)題已成為人們議論的中心。在中國(guó)這對(duì)矛盾表現(xiàn)得尤為明顯。這個(gè)世界上人口最多的國(guó)家正面臨著大量的環(huán)境污染、森林減少以及酸雨的襲擊。
