The Paradox of Our Times
[00:09.21] We have bigger houses and smaller families;
[00:13.51] more conveniences, but less time;
[00:16.06]we have more degrees, but less common sense;
[00:19.14] more knowledge, but less judgment;
[00:21.67] more experts, but more problems;
[00:24.23]more medicine, but less wellness.
[00:27.03] We spend too recklessly, laugh too little,
[00:30.66]drive too fast, get too angry too quickly,
[00:34.16]stay up too late, get up too tired,
[00:37.15] read too little, watch TV too often,
[00:40.40]and pray too seldom.
[00:42.58] We have multiplied our possessions,
[00:44.87]but reduced our values.
[00:46.72]We talk too much, love too little and lie too often.
[00:50.83] We have learned how to make a living, but not a life;
[00:53.98] we’ve added years to life, not life to years.
[00:58.05] We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;
[01:01.40]wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
[01:04.64]We spend more, but have less;
[01:06.98]we buy more, but enjoy it less.
[01:09.53] We’ve been all the way to the moon and back,
[01:12.27]but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.
[01:15.53] We have conquered outer space, but not inner space.
[01:19.44]We’ve split the atom, but not our prejudice;
[01:23.05]we write more, but learn less;
[01:25.50]plan more, but accomplish less.
[01:27.84] We have learned to rush, but not to wait;
[01:31.35]we have higher incomes, but lower morals.
[01:34.50]We build more computers to hold more information,
[01:37.34] to produce more copies,
[01:39.22] but have less communication.
[01:41.27]We’ve become long on quantity, but short on quality.
[01:45.52] These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion,
[01:49.59]tall men and short character,
[01:52.37]steep profits and shallow relationships.
[01:54.84]More leisure and less fun;
[01:56.98]more kinds of food, but less nutrition;
[01:59.73]two incomes, but more divorce;
[02:02.00]fancier houses, but broken homes.
[02:04.91] This is a strange and confusing age.
[02:08.19]There are so many paradoxes in our time
背景音乐声音太大了
背景音乐太大声了
背景音乐:斯卡布罗集市
有翻译就更好了
像极了英语听力的man
背景音乐大了点,再小点更好
剩余的部分There are so many paradoxes in our time that we hardly know who we are ,where we are ,and where to go.
质量quality 数量quantity
背景音乐的声音太大了,是个败笔 ,男主的声音太小
我们居住的房屋越来越宽敞,家庭却越来越小;可以享受的生活便利日益增多,属于自己的时间却日趋减少;我们获得了一张又一张学位证书,却愈加缺乏常识和判断力;专家越来越多,问题却也日渐增加;药物越吃越多,健康却每况愈下。 我们喝酒太多,抽烟太多,花钱太疯,笑容太少,开车太快,发怒太急,熬夜太晚,起身太累,读书太少,电视看得太勤,祷告做得太少。我们不断聚敛物质财富,却逐渐丢失了自我价值。我们的话语太多,真爱太少,仇恨太多。 我们掌握了谋生手段,却不懂得生活真谛;我们让年华付诸流水,却不曾将生命倾注其中。我们能够往返于地球与月球之间,却不乐于穿过马路向新邻居问好。我们可以征服外部空间,却慑于走进内心世界。
睿睿qwq 回复 @someoneuknow: 有你真好(^_^)