If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future.

  • -- Alexis Herman 亚历克西斯·赫尔曼

如果我们不能开始就基本问题达成一致,比如消除最具虐待性的童工形式,那么我们真的还没有准备好走向未来。

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Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

人类真正的道德考验,其根本考验(深藏在视线之外),在于它对那些受其摆布的人——动物——的态度。在这方面,人类遭受了一场根本的灾难,一场如此根本的灾难,以至于所有其他国家都起源于这场灾难。

I probably have fundamentally antisocial tendencies. I never took one extracurricular activity. I just failed utterly at that level. Part of me still rebels against that.

我可能有根本的反社会倾向。我从来没有参加过任何课外活动。我只是在那个水平上彻底失败了。我内心的一部分仍在反抗。

The first dog I had was owned by an abusive couple. He was very skittish. He wouldn't let me hold him. It was explained to me that it was because of how he was treated.

我养的第一只狗是一对虐待狂夫妇养的。他很神经质。他不让我抱他。有人向我解释说,这是因为他受到了怎样的对待。

The first and most important reason for its elimination is the unquestioned fact that evolution is not a science; it is a hypothesis only, a speculation.

其消失的第一个也是最重要的原因是一个毋庸置疑的事实:进化不是一门科学;这只是一种假设,一种推测。

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.

雕刻家通过凿掉大理石中不需要的部分来雕刻出美丽的雕像,这是一个淘汰的过程。

I only feel better because people aren't being so abusive to me about my weight.

我只是感觉好一些,因为人们没有对我的体重那么虐待。