【正文】 asic value could be more dramatic than the difference between the new breed of little girls who cheerfully turn in their Barbies for the new improved model and those who, like their mothers and grandmothers before them, clutch lingeringly and lovingly to the same doll until it disintegrates from sheer this difference lies the contrast between past and future, between societies based on permanence, and the new, fastforming society based on ，我們對物品的態(tài)度反映了基本的價值評判。Antimaterialists tend to deride the importance of “things.” Yet things are highly significant, not merely because of their functional utility, but also because of their psychological develop relationships with affect our sense of foreshortening of our relationships with things accelerates the pace of ，但是物品是非常重要的，不僅因為它有實用功能，還因為其對精神的影響，我們發(fā)展和物品的關(guān)系，物品影響我們對關(guān)聯(lián)和斷聯(lián)的意識。人造物品進入并影響了人類意識，其數(shù)量急劇增長，無論是就絕對而言還是相對而言。但是這個技術(shù)制造的環(huán)境逐漸影響著人類。What Mattel did not announce was that by trading in her old doll for a technologically improved modes, the little girl of today, citizen of tomorrow’s superindustrial world, would learn a fundamental lesson about the new society: that man’s relationships with things are increasingly ，通過折舊芭比娃娃來銷售新款芭比娃娃，今天的小女孩，明天工業(yè)化社會的公民就會得出這樣一個對社會的基本認識：人類和物品的關(guān)系越來越短暫。Recently Mattel announced a new improved Barbie new version has a slimmer figure, “real” eyelashes and a twistand turn waist that makes her more humanoid than , Mattel announced that, for the first time, any young lady wishing to purchase a new Barbie would receive a tradein allowance for her old 最近Mattel公司推出一款更高級的芭比娃娃，這個新產(chǎn)品身材更苗條，有仿真睫毛，又可以扭轉(zhuǎn)彎曲的腰肢，所有這些特點使其更加人性化。第五篇：英國女王2013 圣誕演講Unit7 Things: The Throwaway Society一次性社會“Barbie,” a twelveinch plastic teenager, is the best known and bestselling doll in its introduction in 1959, the Barbie doll population of the world has grown to 12,000,000— more than the human population of Los Angeles or London or girls adore Barbie because she is highly realistic and eminently , Inc., maker of Barbie, also sells a plete wardrobe for her, including clothes for ordinary daytime wear, clothes for formal party wear, clothes for swimming and “芭比”曾是歷史上最著名最暢銷的洋娃娃，自從1959年問世以來，全世界的芭比娃娃的數(shù)量增長到1200,0000人—比洛杉磯，倫敦和巴黎任何一個城市的人口還要多。而應(yīng)該繼續(xù)努力，為自己和他人創(chuàng)造更美好的未來。Christians are taught to love their neighbours, having passion and concern, and being ready to undertake charity and voluntary work to ease the burden of deprivation and ，有同情心，樂于慈善和志愿工作，以減輕貧困和不利的負擔。We know that Christmas is a time for celebration and family reunions。am confident that this diverse Commonwealth of nations can strengthen the mon bond that transcends politics, religion, race and economic 。The Commonwealth is not an organisation with a is rather an opportunity for its people to work together to achieve practical solutions to ，而更是一個讓各國人民合作、解決困難的平臺。always been more important in promoting our unity than symbolism 、人民密不可分。It is important to keep discussing issues that concern us allthere can by no more valuable role for our family of have been closely associated with the Commonwealth through most of its ，它讓我們的大家庭產(chǎn)生更大的價值。New munication technologies allow them to reach out to the wider world and share their experiences and many, the practical assistance and networks of the Commonwealth can give skills, lend advice and encourage ，給予意見和鼓勵進取。under the age of 25, the organisation remains a strong and practical force for ，今天其成員國25歲以下人口超過10億，為它保持長久的強大和實用提供了力量源泉。Well over 13,000 soldiers from the United Kingdom, and across the Commonwealthare currently serving in 、澳大利亞、。我們向這些士兵的家人和朋友表示慰問，他們面對巨大個人損失表現(xiàn)得無比高尚。2009年對很多人來說都不好過，尤其是那些深受經(jīng)濟衰退之苦的人們。第四篇：英國女王圣誕演講2012others are best was a difficult year for many, in particular those facing the continuing effects of the economic 。而應(yīng)該繼續(xù)努力，為自己和他人創(chuàng)造更美好的未來。Christians are taught to love their neighbours, having passion and concern, and being ready to undertake charity and voluntary work to ease the burden of deprivation and ，有同情心，樂于慈善和志愿工作，以減輕貧困和不利的負擔。《英國社會生態(tài)概論》補充閱讀一We know that Christmas is a time for celebration and family reunions。It is, in lots of ways, the face of the with continuing support and dedication, I am confident that this diverse Commonwealth of nations can strengthen the mon bond that transcends politics, religion, race and economic 。The Commonwealth is not an organisation with a is rather an opportunity for its people to work together to achieve practical solutions to ，而更是一個讓各國人民合作、解決困難的平臺。The personal and living bond I have enjoyed with leaders, and with people the world over, has always been more important in promoting our unity than symbolism 、人民密不可分。It is important to keep discussing issues that concern us allthere can by no more valuable role for our family of have been closely associated with the Commonwealth through most of its ，它讓我們的大家庭產(chǎn)生更大的價值。對于許多人來說，英聯(lián)邦的實際援助與網(wǎng)絡(luò)可以提供技能，給予意見和鼓勵進取。Recently I attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago and heard how important the Commonwealth is to young ，聽到聯(lián)邦對年輕人是多么重要。The debt of gratitude owed to these young men and women, and to their predecessors, is indeed 。But we can be proud of the positive contribution that our servicemen and women are making, in conjunction with our 。I am sure that we have all been affec