ISSUE
144 - "It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value."
165 In any given field, the leading voices come from people who are motivated not by conviction but by the desire to present opinions and ideas that differ from those held by the majority.
ARGUMENT 10
"The department of agriculture in Batavia reports that the number of dairy farms throughout the country is now 25 percent greater than it was 10 years ago. During this same time period, however, the price of milk at the local Excello Food Market has increased from $1.50 to over $3.00 per gallon. To prevent farmers from continuing to receive excessive profits on an apparently increased supply of milk, the Batavia government should begin to regulate retail milk prices. Such regulation is necessary to ensure both lower prices and an adequate supply of milk for consumers."
88"Technologies not only influence but actually determine social customs and ethics." 88.
科学技术不但影响而且决定了社会风俗和民族习惯
70."In any profession—business, politics, education, government—those in power should step down after five years. The surest path to success for any enterprise is revitalization through new leadership." 70.
在任何领域,商业、政治、教育、政府,掌权者应该在5年任期后下台。对任何公司企业来说,取得成功最保险的途径就是聘用新生的人担当领导
arguement
53.(48)Thirteen years ago, researchers studied a group of 25 infants who showed signs of mild distress when exposed to unfamiliar stimuli刺激 such as an unusual odor气味 or a tape recording of an unknown voice. They discovered that these infants were more likely than other infants to have been conceived受孕 in early autumn, a time when their mothers' production of melatonin-a hormone荷尔蒙 known to affect some brain functions-would naturally increase in response to decreased daylight. In a follow-up study conducted earlier this year, more than half of these children-now teenagers-who had shown signs of distress identified themselves as shy. Clearly, increased levels of melatonin before birth cause shyness during infancy and this shyness continues into later life.
13年前,研究者研究了一组在受到不熟悉的刺激比如不寻常的气味和未知声音的录音时表现出轻微紧张的25名婴儿。他们发现这些婴儿比其他婴儿更可能在早秋怀孕,而早秋是他们的母亲分泌的melatonin--一种已知会影响一些大脑功能的荷尔蒙--因日照的减少而增加的季节。在今年早些时候所作的跟踪调查中,这些表现出紧张迹象的儿童--现在已经是十几岁--有一半以上认为自己害羞。显然,出生前melatonin的增加导致婴儿期的羞涩并且这种羞涩将延续至生命更晚的阶段。
ISSUE:
76. Truly profound thinkers and highly creative artists are always out of step with their time and their society.
138. Only through mistakes can there be discovery or progress.