3 、"It is more important to allocate money for immediate, existing social problems than to

spend it on long-term research that might help future generations."

近期問題長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)研究都要重視

1、誠然，我們應(yīng)當(dāng)把錢用在當(dāng)前的社會(huì)問題上，如：發(fā)展經(jīng)濟(jì)，解決失業(yè)、犯罪 poverty, disease, war等，因?yàn)檫@些社會(huì)問題可能嚴(yán)重危害人們的生命、財(cái)產(chǎn)安全；

vaccinate the children in poor African coutri es where hygiene conditions are unqualified

2、然而，我們同時(shí)也應(yīng)當(dāng)將錢用于長(zhǎng)期的研究很多問題不能馬上解決，用于長(zhǎng)期研究才能根治，如環(huán)境問題，需要植樹造林為未來長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)規(guī)劃，環(huán)境才能從根本上得以改善；如科學(xué)研究不是一朝一夕的事

long-term research devotes to resolving or prev enting social problems that might occur to our descendants; preserve the environment from deteri oration is easier than resolving those already emerged enironmental problems which jeopardize the ecosystem

*如果只顧眼前，不顧未來，對(duì)后代生活造成嚴(yán)重影響，不搞節(jié)能研究，能源問題

Immediate, existing problems 好比急性疾病對(duì)于人體一樣常常關(guān)系到社會(huì)的穩(wěn)定，經(jīng)濟(jì)的運(yùn)行，的存亡，解決不好后果十分嚴(yán)重。比如失業(yè)問題引起政府稅收增加，不利于企業(yè)發(fā)展，事業(yè)人經(jīng)濟(jì)緊張，購買力下降進(jìn)一步阻礙經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展。附加的貧富差距引起社會(huì)階級(jí)對(duì)立，矛盾加劇的話引起社會(huì)動(dòng)亂，有些問題是短時(shí)間內(nèi)不能解決的，需要長(zhǎng)期幾代人不懈的努力與規(guī)劃。提高人的道德素質(zhì)需要一點(diǎn)一滴的逐漸培養(yǎng)不可能一下子解決，預(yù)防貪污腐敗制度的完善需要長(zhǎng)期的研究與實(shí)踐，這些與 human nature有關(guān)的問題從來沒有被解決過。

當(dāng)代人對(duì)于后代有責(zé)任，比如環(huán)境的惡化，能源的消耗，對(duì)后代造成了不良影響，需要研究未來的能源危機(jī)與對(duì)策。需要針對(duì)環(huán)境的惡化做出補(bǔ)救措施，而且生態(tài)的恢復(fù)也是一個(gè)長(zhǎng)期過程。

3T "It is more important to allocate money for immedi ate, existing social problems than to spend it on long-term research that might help future generations."

與其花錢進(jìn)行可能有助于后代的長(zhǎng)期性研究，還不如把錢花在迫在眉睫，已經(jīng)存在的社會(huì)問題上。

①花錢解決現(xiàn)在的問題很合理，特別是很緊急的問題。如：tsunami

②有些問題不是現(xiàn)在就能解決的。需要長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)的規(guī)劃。貧困問題、犯罪問題，有關(guān) human nature 的問題從歷史上看從來沒有真正得到解決過。

③我們對(duì)未來負(fù)有責(zé)任。 A一方面，我們的行為造成了他們的損失。能源上，環(huán)境上。B 從道德上說，人與動(dòng)物的區(qū)別在于我們會(huì)感情上認(rèn)為應(yīng)對(duì)后代負(fù)責(zé)。

When we enjoy the fruits of industrialization and democracy, we are, on the other side, confronted with social problems brought by as another consequence of this process.

Firstly, immediate, existing social problems that ba ffled us deeply need to be resolved as quickly as possible so to restore a sound society and improve its healthy development.

However, many present social problems cannot be resolved immediately as we hoped.

Furthermore, neglecting long-term researches that may help future generations, overemphasizing to focus on the present problems, may result in incomp lete resolution to these social problems, which can merely be an expedience rather than a resolution.