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But bridle yours for a moment, because if join the cursers it will certainly justify my doubtfulness, and because you will decide for yourself whether the contrast makes sense between the polite Nipponese and the less polite Chinese, and sure enough, you have got to keep your eyes open for all kinds of discourteousness all round you.

不过，你先别骂，一是因为，你若骂街就正好证明我的怀疑是对的了，二是因为我们可以看看下文所说的中国人不够礼貌和日本人够礼貌的对比是否属实，还可以看看咱们周围的不礼貌现象。

They are less interested in securing real freedom and equality for Tibetans, and for the Chinese people more broadly, than they are in using and abusing internal disgruntlement in China and nearby territories as a way of humiliating the Chinese government.

他们感兴趣的不是为西藏人，或广义的中国人，争取真正的自由和平等，而是利用和滥用中国内部以及和周边国家的不合来羞辱中国政府。

Some foreigners become disillusioned because of this but I have come to understand that the fault is my own.

而我惊讶地发现，中国人对物质的追求，比我之前见过的任何人都要更胜一筹。

"When you see the enthusiasm, the idealism and the faith in a better future and then when you look at the perception abroad -- that it's propping up a regime, air pollution, child-athlete factories -- there is a disjuncture," Ms. Brownell says.

布朗奈尔说："当你看到中国人对未来抱有更高的热情、理想和信心，然后看到国外的观念：认为中国是在维持自己的统治，只看到这里的空气污染、从小就培养运动员的机械体制──这就是认识的脱节。"

He said to me,"I don't dislike the Chinese, only their actions."

他对我说，"我不喜欢中国人，只有他们的行动"。

In view of the fact that part of the western network is working on constant promotion of values and vainly attempt to disorganize our spiritual civilization , which results in the scales fell from my eyes:it is a desecration of Chinese Confucian culturenot unless we can't establish China's own "protected areas of culture".

正是由于面对部分西方网络，不断的宣传和瓦解中国精神文明的现实，才让我们觉得，不建立中国自己的"文化保护区"，是对中国儒家文化亵渎，因为西方网络所宣传的所谓"普世价值"不能体现在中国人的价值观。

In addition, Beijing is surrounded by mountains that prevent pollutants from dispersing and is subject to severe sandstorms.

中国多达10%的农田被污染；大约7亿中国人的饮用水中含有污物。2007年，中国取代美国成为全球最大的温室气体排放国。

Unfortunately, there's a strong Chinese view nowadays that criticalthinking and dissidence create problems, so everyone should just keepquiet and maintain harmony.

不幸的是，现在的中国人里面有一种被广泛接受的看法：批判性思考和不同政见总是会造成问题，所以每个人应该保持沉默，营造和谐。

Unfortunately, theres a strong Chinese view nowadays that critical thinking and dissidence create problems, so everyone should just keep quiet and maintain harmony.

不幸的是，现在的中国人里面有一种被广泛接受的看法：批判性思考和不同政见总是会造成问题，所以每个人应该保持沉默，营造和谐。

It waseasy for the Chinese to dissociate the soft power ofAmericansociety from the hard power of Washington.

中国人很容易将美国社会的软实力与美国政府的硬实力区分开来。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。