To be credible as a mediator of this mechanism, the IMF itself would need reform, including a substantial change of voting power to bring the influence of developing countries in line with the weight they carry nowadays in the global economy.

要成为这一机制可信赖的协调者，国际货币基金组织自身也需要改革，包括对表决权进行实质性改变以便使发展中国家拥有与其在当今世界经济中的份量相称的影响力。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010

But they' re having to draw their horns in nowadays, now th' pits are working so bad, and they haven' t got the money. And the grumbling they do, it' s awful, especially the women.

但是在这样的年头儿， 他们不得不把风头收敛一下了， 现在矿务不景气， 他们也没有我了， 他们的抱怨是令人骇怕的， 尤其是妇女们。

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

Indeed, strained by decades of governmental failure to curb massive unemployment, the French are nowadays often perceived as having retired from the political sphere to concentrate on their lives and leisure.

事实上，因为对政府几十年来未能制止居高不下的失业率感到失望，法国人现在通常被认为不再关心政治而只关注他们自己的生活和休闲。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010

Mrs Bolton was for a moment breathless, flabbergasted. Then she didn' t believe it: she saw in it a ruse. Yet doctors could do such things nowadays. They might sort of graft seed.

波太大气窒着呆了一会， 过后， 她知道了这只是欺骗的话罢了， 不足相信的， 不过， 今日的医生们是能做这种事的；他们很能够做接种这类的事情的。

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

But nowadays our task is to apply these scientific and technological advances to delivering treatment and prevention strategies to people throughout the world, particularly those in resource-poor nations.

但是今天我们面临的任务是把这些科技的进展应用到给全世界，尤其是那些身处资源贫乏的国家的人民提供治疗和预防措施上去。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010

“Multiculturalism” has become a suspect term almost everywhere in the world nowadays, and particularly in Europe.

“多元文化”在当今世界的每一个地方，尤其是在欧洲，几乎成了可疑的代名词。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

In short, if you live in Iran nowadays, intellectuals are the new terrorists.

简言之，如果你生活在现时的伊朗，知识分子就是新的恐怖分子。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010