【正文】 ghts go out to their relations and friends who have shown immense dignity in the face of great personal ，我們所有人都受到阿富汗戰(zhàn)事影響，為英軍士兵傷亡感到悲傷。conjunction with our 。The debt of gratitude owed to these young men and women, and to their predecessors, is indeed 。Recently I attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago and heard how important the Commonwealth is to young ，聽(tīng)到聯(lián)邦對(duì)年輕人是多么重要。It is inspiring to learn of some of the work being done by these young people, who bring creativity and innovation to the challenges they ，我了解到一些年輕人正在做著一些事情，他們面對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)，富于創(chuàng)造力和創(chuàng)新精神。在英聯(lián)邦成立以來(lái)的大部分時(shí)間里，我都同它聯(lián)系緊密。這不單是象征意義，也能促進(jìn)我們的團(tuán)結(jié)。In many aspects of our lives, whether in sport, the environment, business or culture, the Commonwealth connection remains vivid and ，不論是體育、環(huán)境、商業(yè)或文化，英聯(lián)邦國(guó)家之間的聯(lián)系緊密而豐富。隨著不斷的支持和貢獻(xiàn)，我相信英聯(lián)邦國(guó)家的多元化能加強(qiáng)各國(guó)在政治、宗教、種族和經(jīng)濟(jì)環(huán)境的凝聚力。but it is also a time to reflect on what confronts those less fortunate than ourselves, at home and throughout the ，圣誕節(jié)是歡慶與家人團(tuán)聚的時(shí)候，但我們也可以借這個(gè)時(shí)機(jī)回顧那些國(guó)內(nèi)外不幸者面臨的困境。never cease to work for a better future for ourselves and for ，這些困難和挑戰(zhàn)會(huì)令我們感到困惑，但我們絕不能停下腳步。I wish you all, wherever you may be, a very happy ，我都祝愿你們圣誕快樂(lè)。小女孩熱衷芭比娃娃是因?yàn)樗芟裾娴亩铱梢匀我飧鼡Q衣服，作為芭比娃娃的生產(chǎn)廠家，Mattel公司還出售芭比的整體衣柜，包括日常便裝，正式晚裝，泳裝和滑雪衫。此外，M公司還首次宣布，任何一個(gè)購(gòu)買(mǎi)芭比娃娃的女士都可以獲得舊芭比娃娃的折價(jià)優(yōu)惠。The ocean of manmade physical objects that surrounds us is set within a larger ocean of natural increasingly, it is the technologically produced environment that matters for the texture of plastic or concrete, the iridescent glisten of an automobile under a streetlight, the staggering vision of a cityscape seen from the window of a jet— these are the intimate realities of his things enter into and color his number is expandingwith explosive force, both absolutely and relative to the natural will be even more true in superindustrial society than it is 。塑料或混凝土結(jié)構(gòu)，街燈下霓虹閃爍的汽車(chē)，從飛機(jī)窗口俯瞰到的緩慢移動(dòng)的城市—這些人類(lèi)的親密伙伴。這種現(xiàn)象在將來(lái)的后工業(yè)化社會(huì)會(huì)更加突出。他們?cè)谇榫敖Y(jié)構(gòu)中的作用，我們和物品關(guān)系的縮短加快了生活的節(jié)奏。有的小女孩興高采烈的把她們的芭比娃娃換成新款高級(jí)的娃娃，有的小女孩象她們的母親和祖母年少時(shí)一樣，終日抱著同一個(gè)娃娃，形影不離，愛(ài)不釋手，直到長(zhǎng)大后娃娃從生活中消失，沒(méi)有什么比這更具有戲劇性的對(duì)比了。That manthing relationships are growing more and more temporary may be illustrated by examining the culture surrounding the little girl who trades in her child soon learns that Barbie dolls are by no means the only physical objects that pass into and out of her young life at a rapid , bibs, paper napkins, Kleenex, towels, nonreturnable soda bottles—all are used up quickly in her home and ruthlessly muffins e in baking tins that are thrown away after one is encased in plastic sacks that can be dropped into a pan of boiling water for heating, and then thrown dinners are cooked and often served on throwaway home is a large processing machine through which objects flow, entering and leaving, at a faster and faster rate of birth on, she is inextricably embedded in a throwaway ，這些孩子很快會(huì)知道有很多物品以極快的速度進(jìn)入并離開(kāi)他們的生活，不只是芭比娃娃。玉米松餅放進(jìn)一次性的烤罐，菠菜放進(jìn)塑料袋中，這種塑料袋可以一起放進(jìn)沸水鍋中加熱然后丟棄。她的家就是一個(gè)大型處理機(jī)器，通過(guò)這個(gè)機(jī)器，物品以越來(lái)越快的速度不斷流動(dòng)，進(jìn)入又離開(kāi)，從出生開(kāi)始，她就被包圍在一次性的文化中。我們代表公司宣傳一種一次性的塑料窗簾?！边@種抵制在其他發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家越來(lái)越少了。但是到二十世紀(jì)六十年代，看看吧，各種瓶瓶罐罐凸現(xiàn)在瑞典的高速公路上??怎么了？跟美國(guó)一樣，瑞典已經(jīng)變成一個(gè)購(gòu)買(mǎi)，使用一次性物品的國(guó)家了。在英國(guó)，花七便士就可以買(mǎi)到已經(jīng)擠好牙膏，一次性使用的牙刷。The recent introduction of paper and quasipaper clothing carried the trend toward disposability a step boutiques and workingclass clothing stores have sprouted whole departments devoted to gaily colored and imaginatively designed paper magazines display breathtakingly sumptuous gowns, coats, pajamas, even wedding dresses made of bride pictured in one of these wears a long white train of lacelike paper that, the caption writer notes, will make “great kitchen curtains” after the 。時(shí)尚雜志展示了價(jià)格驚人的紙長(zhǎng)袍，紙外套，紙睡袍，甚至紙婚紗和禮服。Paper clothes are particularly suitably for children, Writes one fashion expert: “Little girls will soon be able to spill ice cream, draw pictures and make cutouts on their clothes while their mothers smile benignly at their creativity.” And for adults who want to express their own creativity, there is even a “paintyourselfdress” plete with : $。”對(duì)于想展示創(chuàng)造力的成年人，可以買(mǎi)一種配有刷子的“自助衣服”，價(jià)格兩美元。因此有一家百貨商店很有特色，店內(nèi)全是清一色的衣服，這些衣服都是用被稱作“魔鬼也會(huì)留意的纖維和尼龍”做成的。但不僅僅是經(jīng)濟(jì)問(wèn)題，一次性文化的蔓延還帶來(lái)了不容忽視的精神影響。這種心態(tài)使得我們對(duì)于物品的價(jià)值觀產(chǎn)生了巨大的改變。我們只是和一系列馬上將被代替的物品保持短期的聯(lián)系，而不是和某一物品保持長(zhǎng)期的聯(lián)系。the mind catches hold of something and will not let it go.” It is useless to argue with the mind in this stronger the will is, the more futile the task can only gently insinuate something else into its rightly chosen, if it is really attended by the illumination of another field of interest, gradually, and often quite swiftly, the old undue grip relaxes and the process of recuperation and repair, ：“憂慮是一陣情感的沖動(dòng)，意識(shí)一旦陷入某種狀態(tài)，這種狀態(tài)將很難被改變。意志力越強(qiáng)，這種抗?fàn)幘驮斤@得徒勞無(wú)益。如果這種新的東西選擇恰當(dāng)，而且確實(shí)能激起你對(duì)另一領(lǐng)域的興趣，漸漸地、而且經(jīng)常是非常迅速地，你過(guò)分緊張的情緒就會(huì)緩解，你又開(kāi)始恢復(fù)到原來(lái)的狀態(tài)。they must fall on good ground。但這不是一件一朝一日或憑一時(shí)的意氣就能一蹴而就的事情。它的種子必須要精挑細(xì)選，然后播撒到肥沃的土壤中，要想得到籽粒飽滿、需要時(shí)隨手可摘的果實(shí)，還必須對(duì)他們精心呵護(hù)。you have got to like what you speaking, human beings may be divided into three classes。一個(gè)人到了晚年才說(shuō)：“我要培養(yǎng)這種或那種興趣。這種嘗試只能更加增加大腦的壓力。隨心所欲的做你喜歡的工作不會(huì)幫你減輕心理壓力，而是你必須設(shè)法喜歡你目前所做的工作。體力勞動(dòng)者經(jīng)過(guò)一周的辛勤勞動(dòng)已經(jīng)筋疲力盡，再讓他們?cè)谥芰挛缣咦闱蚧虼虬羟驘o(wú)助于消除他們的疲勞。As for the unfortunate people who can mand everything they want, who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object of desire — for them a new pleasure, a new excitement is only an additional vain they rush