Only then we will know with certainty if a miracle did occur at Heiligendamm or if the summit was, indeed, yet another “political miracle play.”

只有到了那时我们才能确定在海利根达姆究竟是发生了奇迹，还是又一次上演了“政治奇迹表演”。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

A leader of Solidarity, a former political prisoner, and the foreign minister responsible for Poland’s accession to NATO, Geremek had refused to sign yet another declaration that he had not been a communist secret police agent.

作为波兰团结工会领袖、曾经的政治犯、以及处理加入北约事务的波兰外长，格雷麦克已经拒绝再一次签署自己没有担任过共产党秘密警察的声明。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

These dangers were predictable, and the world now knows that the war has proved a terrible failure of American strategy, and may yet have even more catastrophic consequences.

这些危险是可以预料得到的，而且全世界都知道，这一场战争表明美国战略的惨痛失败，还可能会有更为灾难性的后果。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

Fortunately, openly anti-European political programs are not the norm, at least not yet.

幸运的是，公开反对欧洲政治的计划还没有形成潮流，至少现在还没有。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011

Straw defended women’s right to wear less intrusive headscarves; yet he also argued that something is seriously wrong when, in conversation with another person, one cannot engage in face-to-face interaction.

斯特劳认为女性有权利戴不那么碍手碍脚的头巾；他还辩解说在与另一个人进行交谈时，不能进行面对面的交流是非常严重的失礼。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

They might be just as surprised to learn that health policy is not yet subject to the same approach.

也许当他们听说医疗卫生政策并不运用同样的方法时同样会感到很惊讶。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

They are suffering huge financial losses by boycotting the courts, and yet they are determined that the Chief Justice must be reinstated.

他们抵制出庭而遭受了巨大的经济损失，但是他们却决心首席法官一定要恢复原职。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011

And yet, particularly since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, that is precisely what has happened, owing to four key mistakes made by the Bush administration.

但特别是在2001年9月11日的恐怖袭击后，这一事实已经摆在面前，究其原因与布什政府所犯的四大错误有关。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

The World Bank should be ashamed that its president has not yet offered a similar proposal.

世界银行行长如果还没有提出一个类似的提议，那么世行就应该感到羞愧。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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

Consider Vista, yet another “great” new operating system that Microsoft rolled out this year, together with Office 2007.

看看Vista和Office 2007，微软今年推出的另一款全新的“伟大”操作系统。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011

Burma’s rulers have failed in their duty to protect the Burmese people, but active and decisive political action by the international community towards the regime may yet do so.

缅甸统治者没有履行保护缅甸人民的义务，但国际社会针对缅甸政权积极果断的政治行动却还有可能实现 这样的目标。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 27.10.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 27.10.2010

Yet consumer confidence, capital expenditure, and hiring have yet to take a sharp hit.

但是，消费者信心、资本开支以及招聘却尚未受到大的冲击。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011

But this seems too complicated to explain to Gabriel just yet.

但要想对加布里埃尔解释这个问题似乎太过复杂。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011

I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole-and yet-and yet-it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life!

我希望不曾钻进这个兔子洞， 可是……可是这种生活是那么离奇！

Carroll, Lewis / Alice's adventures in Wonderland卡罗尔 刘易斯 / 爱丽丝梦游仙境

爱丽丝梦游仙境

卡罗尔 刘易斯

Alice's adventures in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis

© 1901, by Harper & Brothers

And yet the more I thought of the lady's face and of her manner the more I felt that something was being held back from me.

可是我愈想象那女士的面孔和她的神情，我就愈觉得她还有些东西是瞒着我的。

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