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Van Loon, a philosopher in the early 20th Century, left the legacy of "tolerance" to future generations. Humanity today possesses more wisdom and awareness than its forebears a century ago. Have we achieved the broad-mindedness to treat people who are different from us, and who hold different views, with tolerance? Can we nurture a human spirit which is superior to the generation before, and with our warm hearts, hand it down to future generations?

二十世纪初的哲学家凡龙以"宽容"为遗产留给后世，今天的人类在经历一百年的波折之后，是不是比一个世纪前的祖先具备更多的智慧和意识，有没有锻炼出同样的胸襟，以宽容的心去对待"异己"，去接纳"异见"，并且培养出比上一代更优秀的心灵，以温暖的掌心传给下一代？

Van Loon, a philosopher in the early 20th Century, left the legacy of "tolerance" to future generations. Do humanity today possess more wisdom and awareness than its forebears a century ago? Have we achieved the broad-mindedness to treat people who are different from us, and who hold different views, with tolerance?

二十世纪初的哲学家凡龙以"宽容"为遗产留给后世，今天的人类在经历一百年的波折之后，是不是比一个世纪前的祖先具备更多的智慧和意识，有没有锻炼出同样的胸襟，以宽容的心去对待"异己"，去接纳"异见"，并且培养出比上一代更优秀的心灵，以温暖的掌心传给下一代？

Van Loon, a philosopher in the early 20th Century, left the legacy of "tolerance" to future generations. Do humanity today possess more wisdom and awareness than its forebears a century ago? Have we achieved the broad-mindedness to treat people who are different from us, and who hold different views, with tolerance? Can we nurture a human spirit which is superior to the generation before, and with our warm hearts, hand it down to future generations?

二十世纪初的哲学家凡龙以"宽容"为遗产留给后世，今天的人类在经历一百年的波折之后，是不是比一个世纪前的祖先具备更多的智慧和意识，有没有锻炼出同样的胸襟，以宽容的心去对待"异己"，去接纳"异见"，并且培养出比上一代更优秀的心灵，以温暖的掌心传给下一代？

"Meeting forebears of the Bedouin who live here today , Burckhardt recognized the ruined city [in 1812] as the Petra of ancient lore, which vanished from most maps in the seventh century."

探访今天居住在这里的贝多因人的祖先的时候，布克哈特认识出了这座遗弃的城市(1812年)就是古老的佩特拉城。自十七世纪以来，它已经从大多地图上消失。

As Stephen Schneider, a climatologist at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research puts it, It is often said that we do not so much inherit the world from out forebears, but rather we borrow it from our children.

国家气象研究总局的气候学家Stephen Schneider提出，我们不是从我们的祖先那里继承了这个世界，而是在向我们的后代借。

Although Napoleon was Corsican, he is considered by most modern Frenchmen to have been French as their own forebears.

尽管拿破仑是科西嘉人，但今天大多数的法国人仍然认为，作为他们的祖先，他是法国人。

Although Napoleon was Corsican,he is considered by most modern Frenchmen to have been French as their own forebears.

虽然拿破仑是科西嘉岛人，可是今日大我数的法国人仍为他是他的祖先法国人。

Here I am in a pulpit, dressed like a Puritan minister — an apparition that would have horrified many of my distinguished forebears and perhaps rededicated some of them to the extirpation of witches.

站在这个讲坛上，我穿得像个清教徒教长——一个可能会吓到我的杰出前辈们的怪物，或许使他们中的一些人重新致力于铲除巫婆的事业上。

Here I am in a pulpit, dressed like a Puritan minister ― an apparition that would have horrified many of my distinguished forebears and perhaps rededicated some of them to the extirpation of witches.

站在这个讲坛上，我穿得像个清教徒教长――一个可能会吓到我的出色先辈们的怪物，或许使他们中的一些人重新致力于革除巫婆的事业上。

Here I am in a pulpit dressed like a Puritan minister ― an apparition that would have horrified many of my distinguished forebears and perhaps rededicated some of them to the extirpation of witches.

站在这个讲坛上，百度穿得像个清教徒教长――一个可能会吓到百度的杰出前辈们的怪物，或许使他们中的一些人重新致力于铲除巫婆的事业上。

Chinese traditional virtue is humility and wariness,the compliment and praise to the others should be declination

中国人的传统美德是谦虚谨慎，对别人的恭维和夸奖应是推辞。如

We bought this house on the never-never.

我们以分期付款的方式买下这座房子。