佚名/Anonymous

Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;

We spend more, but enjoy less;

We have bigger houses, but smaller families;

We have more compromises, but less time;

We have more knowledge, but less judgment;

We have more medicines, but less health;

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values;

We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much;

We reached the Moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;

We have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space;

We have higher income, but less morals;

These are times with more liberty, but less joy;

We have much more food, but less nutrition;

These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces increase;

These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes;

That's why I propose, that as of today.

今天的我们，有了更高的建筑、更宽的公路，性情却更急躁，眼界也更狭窄；

我们花费的更多，享受却更少了；

我们的房子大了，家却更小了；

我们有了更多的妥协，时间却更少了；

我们的知识更多了，判断力却日渐下降；

我们的药品日益丰富，健康却不尽如人意；

我们的财富不断累积，但价值慢慢缩减；

我们说的更多，爱的却少了，仇恨也更多了；

我们能往返月球，却发现穿梭于街道与邻居接触是那么的难；

我们征服了外太空，却征服不了我们的心；

我们的收入多了，道德意识却少了；

这是一个自由的时代，但能享受的快乐少了；

我们有了更多的食物，营养却少了；

如今每个家庭都有双份薪水，离婚率也越来越高；

如今的住房越来越高档，破碎的家庭也越来越多。

这就是我要说的，让我们从今天开始的原因。

temperament ['temp?r?m?nt] n.气质；性质；性情

She is possessed of a wonderfully calm temperament.

她的性情非常文静。

compromise ['k?mpr?maiz] n.妥协；折中；折中案

To ensure the safety of drinking water, there can be no room for compromise.

为了保证饮用水的安全，不能有任何妥协方案。

multiply ['m?ltiplai] v.繁殖；乘；增加

All the money I spend enriches society and comes back to me multiplied.

我花的每一分钱都增加社会的财富，它会加倍回到我身边。

conquer ['k??k?] v.克服；征服；战胜

When will scientists conquer cancer?

科学家什么时候才能征服癌症呢？

我们的房子大了，家却更小了。

我们能往返月球，却发现穿梭于街道与邻居接触是那么的难。

这是一个自由的时代，但能享受的快乐少了。

We reached the Moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors.

come back：回来；突然想起；重新流行；恢复；复原；复苏

That's why I propose, that as of today.

as of：在……时；自……起；直到……；自从