2018年6月英語四級(jí)美文：Paradox of Our Times
2018年6月英語四級(jí)美文100篇匯總
英語四級(jí)美文：Paradox of Our Times
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Paradox of Our Times
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We have bigger houses and smaller families;
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more conveniences, but less time;
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we have more degrees, but less common senses;
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more knowledge, but less judgment;
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more experts, but more problems;
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more medicine, but less wellness.
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We spend too recklessly,
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laugh too little, drive too fast,
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get to angry too quickly, stay up too late,
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get up too tired, read too little,
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watch TV too often, and pray too seldom.
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We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
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We talk too much, love too little and lie too often.
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We have learned how to make a living, but not a life;
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we’ve added years to life, not life to years.
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We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;
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wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
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We spend more, but have less;
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we buy more, but enjoy it less.
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We’ve been all the way to the moon and back,
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but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.
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We have conquered outer space, but not inner space.
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We’ve split the atom, but not our prejudice;
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we write more, but learn less;
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plan more, but accomplish less.
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We have learned to rush, but not to wait;
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we have higher incomes, but lower morals.
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We build more computers to hold more information,
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to produce more copies, but have less communication.
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We are long on quantity, but short on quality.
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These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion;
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tall men and short character;
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steep profits and shallow relationships.
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More leisure and less fun;
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more kinds of food, but less nutrition;
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two incomes, but more divorce;
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fancier houses, but broken homes.
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This is a strange and confusing age.
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There are so many paradoxes in our time
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that we hardly know who we are,
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where we are, and where to go.
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