Latin America was stuck in its own lost decade after the debt crisis at the start of the 1980’s.

拉丁美洲在二十世纪八十年代初叶的债务危机后正陷入它自己失去的十年中。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

Recent bestsellers suggest that religious faith is really a sign of backwardness, the mark of primitives stuck in the dark ages who are yet to catch up with scientific reason.

最新的畅销书籍提出，宗教信仰实际上是一种落后的标志，表明了陷于黑暗年代原始人还需要追赶上科学理性。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

This time, the Kremlin has stuck its finger in the West’s eye over the long and painful effort to bring Kosovo to formal independence.

这一次，克里姆林在实现科索沃正式独立的问题上将砂子放进了西方国家的眼睛。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

But now Connie was thin and earthy-looking, with a scraggy, yellowish neck, that stuck out of her jumper.

但是现在呢， 康， 妮瘦了， 颜容惨淡， 她的颈项从胸衣上挺出来， 又瘦又带点黄色。

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

'Come and sit here i' th' ' ut,' he said, going in front of her to the hut, pushing aside some timber and stuff, and drawing out a rustic chair, made of hazel sticks.

“到这小屋里坐坐吧。 ” 他说着， 先她走到小屋里去， 把些废木树推在一边。 拖出了一把榛树枝做的粗陋的椅子。

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

The sticking point is Hamas’s unwillingness to recognize the existence of Israel; but that could be made a condition for an eventual settlement rather than a precondition for negotiations.

难点是哈马斯不愿意承认以色列的生存权；但是，承认以色列的生存权可以作为最终解决 的一项条件而非谈判的先决条件。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

In the fission reactions that nuclear power generation relies on today, heavy elements such as uranium break into smaller ones, while in nuclear fusion small elements such as hydrogen stick together and form heavier elements (helium).

在我们今天用来产生核能的核裂变反应中，是把铀这样的重元素裂变成小的元素，而核聚变是把像氢这样的小元素结合在一起形成重元素（氦）。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

“I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me,” said he. “But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of our visitor's stick?

“至少我的眼前放着一把擦得很亮的镀银咖啡壶。”他说，“可是，华生，告诉我，你对咱们这位客人的手杖怎样看呢？

Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬

巴斯克维尔猎犬

柯南 道尔

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Conan Doyle, Arthur

© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle

'No, you' d better come along in case she sticks. The engine isn' t really strong enough for the uphill work.'

“是人， 你还是跟我们去好， 万一车子地走不动了的话， 这机器上山用实在是不够力的。 ”

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

“Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one has been so knocked about that I can hardly imagine a town practitioner carrying it.

“因为这根手杖原来虽很漂亮，可是，已经磕碰得很厉害了，很难想象一位在城里行医的医生还肯拿着它。

Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬

巴斯克维尔猎犬

柯南 道尔

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Conan Doyle, Arthur

© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle

But you have to wait for the times. Accept your own aloneness and stick to it, all your life.

但是你得等待这时机来到， 接受你的孤独而一生依着它。

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

Frankly, sticking to the public record, the two resignations seem like night and day.

坦率地说，从公众记录的角度来讲，两位的辞职可谓大相径庭。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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