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XX年英语专业八级考试真题4英译中Good byeand goodluck Scientificand technologicaladvances areenabling usto prehendthe furthestreaches of the cosmos,the mostbasic constituentsof matter,and themiracle oflife.At thesame time,today,the actions,and inaction,of humanbeings imperilnot onlylife onthe pla,but thevery lifeofthepla.Globalization ismaking theworld smaller,faster andricher.Still,9/11,avian flu,and Iranremind usthat asmaller,fatster worldis notnecessarily asafer world.Our worldis burstingwith knowledge-but desperatelyin needof wisdom.Now,when soundbites aregetting shorter,when instantmessages crowdout essays,and whenindividual livesgrow morefrenzied,college graduatescapable ofdeep reflectionare whatour worldneeds.For allthese reasonsI believed-and Ibelieve evenmore stronglytoday-in theunique andirreplaceable missionof universities.科技进步正在使我们能够探索宇宙的边陲、物质最基本的成分及生命的奇迹.与此同时,今天,人类所做的及没能做到的事情,不仅危害到这个星球上的生命,也危害到该星球的寿命...。