💬 新概念英语第四册

Lesson 36 The cost of government

This increases the expense of government,

这样一来就增加了政府的开支，

Lesson 36 The cost of government

and reduces correspondingly the amount of economic resources that could be used for developing the country.

从而相应地减少了那部分可以用来发展国家的经济资源。

Lesson 36 The cost of government

And it should not be forgotten how small those resources are in a poor and backward country.

不应忘记，在一个贫穷落后的国家里，那部分财力是很有限的。

Lesson 36 The cost of government

Where the cost of government is high, resources for development are correspondingly low.

凡是政府管理费用高的地方，用于发展国家经济的资金就会相应地减少。

Lesson 36 The cost of government

This may be illustrated by comparing the position of a nation with that of a private business enterprise.

把国家的状况同私人企业的状况加以比较，就可以看清这个问题。

Lesson 36 The cost of government

An enterprise has to incur certain costs and expenses in order to stay in business.

一个企业为了继续经营，不得不支出一定的费用和开销。

Lesson 36 The cost of government

For our purposes, we are concerned only with one kind of cost----

就我们的目的而言，我们只关心一种费用-

Lesson 36 The cost of government

the cost of managing and administering the business.

企业行政管理费。

Lesson 36 The cost of government

Such administrative overheads in a business are analogous to the cost of government in a nation.

一家企业的这种行政管理开支类似于一个国家的政府管理所用的开支。

Lesson 36 The cost of government

The administrative overheads of a business are low to the extent that everyone working in the business can be trusted to behave in a way that best promotes the interests of the firm.

如果企业中的每个人都在真诚地为提高企业利润而工作，那么企业的管理费用就会降低到相应的程度。

Lesson 36 The cost of government

If they can each be trusted to take such responsibilities.

如果企业的每个人都信得过，人人都认真负责，

Lesson 36 The cost of government

and to exercise such initiative as falls within their sphere,

在各自的工作范围内发挥主动性，

Lesson 36 The cost of government

then administrative overheads will be low.

行政管理费用就会降低。

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

At the age of twelve years, the human body is at its most vigorous.

人体在12岁时是生命力最旺盛的时期。

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

It has yet to reach its full size and strength,

虽然在这个时期人的身材、体力

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

and its owner his or her full intelligence;

和智力还有待发展和完善，

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

but at this age the likelihood of death is least.

但在这个年龄死亡的可能性最小。

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

Earlier, we were infants and young children, and consequently more vulnerable;

再早一些，我们是幼儿和小孩子，身体较脆弱；

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

later, we shall undergo a progressive loss of our vigour and resistance which, though imperceptible at first,

再迟一些，我们就要经历生命力和抵抗力逐步衰退的过程。虽然这个过程起初难以觉察，

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

will finally become so steep that we can live no longer,

但最终会急转直下，我们也无法再活下去了。

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

however well we look after ourselves,

不管我们怎样精心照料我们自己，

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

and however well society, and our doctors, look after us.

不管社会和医生怎样对我们进行精心照顾，

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

This decline in vigour with the passing of time is called ageing.

生命力随时间的流失而衰退叫做衰老。

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

It is one of the most unpleasant discoveries which we all make that we must decline in this way,

人人必然会衰老。

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

that if we escape wars, accidents and diseases we shall eventually 'die of old age',

既使我们能避开战争、意外的事故和各种疾病，我们最终也会"老死；

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

and that this happens at a rate which differs little from person to person,

衰老的速度在人与人之间相差甚微，

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

so that there are heavy odds in favour of our dying between the ages of sixty-five and eighty.

我们最可能死亡的年龄在65至80岁之间，

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

Some of us will die sooner, a few will live longer----on into a ninth or tenth decade.

有些人会死得早一些，少数人寿命会长一些--活到八十几岁或九十几岁，

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

But the chances are against it,

但这种可能性很小。

Lesson 37 The process of ageing

and there is a virtual limit on how long we can hope to remain alive,

我们所希望的长寿实际上是有限度的。