71. But it is a little upsetting to read in the explanatory notes that a certain line describes a fight between a Turkish and a Bulgarian officer on a bridge off which they both fall into the river--and then to find that the line consists of the noise of their falling and the weights of the officers, Pluff! Pluff! A hundred and eighty-five kilograms.

　　 但當我們先是從注釋中得知某詩行講述了一個土耳其軍官和一個保 加利亞軍官在橋上動手打架并雙雙掉進河里，而后卻發現該行詩中不過只充斥著撲通，撲通，185公斤重這類對他們落水時的動靜以及對軍官們體重的描寫時，我們不免感到困惑不安。

　　72. The coming of age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into the male- domiated job market have limited the opportunities of teen-agers who are already questioning the heavy personal sacrifices involved in climbing Janpans rigid social ladder to good schools and jobs.

　　 戰后嬰兒潮一代的步入成年以及女性打入男性主導的勞動力市場使得青少年的發展機會變得極為有限，他們已經在不停地質疑為了爬上日本國內那通往優秀學校和體面工作的嚴酷的社會階梯而做出的巨大的個人犧牲。

　　73. Last year Mitsuo Setoyama, who was then education minister, raised eyebrows when he argued that liberal reforms introduced by the American occupation authorities after World WarII had weakened the Japanese morality of respect for parents.

　　 去年，當擔任教育部長職務的瀨戶光夫爭辯說二戰后由美國占領當局引入的自由主義革新削弱了日本民族尊敬父母的道德品質的時候，輿論嘩然。

　　74. With economic growth has come centralization: fully 76 percent of Japans 119 million citizens live in cities where community and the extended family have been abandoned in favor of isolated, tow-generation households.

　　 隨著經濟的增長，出現了集中化：全國1．19億公民，其中整整76％的人口定居城市：在這里，原來的社區和多代同堂的大家庭已被摒棄，取而代之的是與外界疏于往來的、只由兩代人組成的核心家庭。

　　75. If the tradition of ambition is to have vitality, it must be widely shared; and it especially must be highly regarded by people who are themselves admired, the educated not least among them.

　　 如果野心的傳統具有生命力，那么這傳統必會為許多人分享；尤其會受到自己也受人仰慕的人士的青睞，在這些人中受過良好教育的可不占少數。

　　71. But it is a little upsetting to read in the explanatory notes that a certain line describes a fight between a Turkish and a Bulgarian officer on a bridge off which they both fall into the river--and then to find that the line consists of the noise of their falling and the weights of the officers, Pluff! Pluff! A hundred and eighty-five kilograms.

　　 但當我們先是從注釋中得知某詩行講述了一個土耳其軍官和一個保 加利亞軍官在橋上動手打架并雙雙掉進河里，而后卻發現該行詩中不過只充斥著撲通，撲通，185公斤重這類對他們落水時的動靜以及對軍官們體重的描寫時，我們不免感到困惑不安。

　　72. The coming of age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into the male- domiated job market have limited the opportunities of teen-agers who are already questioning the heavy personal sacrifices involved in climbing Janpans rigid social ladder to good schools and jobs.

　　 戰后嬰兒潮一代的步入成年以及女性打入男性主導的勞動力市場使得青少年的發展機會變得極為有限，他們已經在不停地質疑為了爬上日本國內那通往優秀學校和體面工作的嚴酷的社會階梯而做出的巨大的個人犧牲。

　　73. Last year Mitsuo Setoyama, who was then education minister, raised eyebrows when he argued that liberal reforms introduced by the American occupation authorities after World WarII had weakened the Japanese morality of respect for parents.

　　 去年，當擔任教育部長職務的瀨戶光夫爭辯說二戰后由美國占領當局引入的自由主義革新削弱了日本民族尊敬父母的道德品質的時候，輿論嘩然。

　　74. With economic growth has come centralization: fully 76 percent of Japans 119 million citizens live in cities where community and the extended family have been abandoned in favor of isolated, tow-generation households.

　　 隨著經濟的增長，出現了集中化：全國1．19億公民，其中整整76％的人口定居城市：在這里，原來的社區和多代同堂的大家庭已被摒棄，取而代之的是與外界疏于往來的、只由兩代人組成的核心家庭。

　　75. If the tradition of ambition is to have vitality, it must be widely shared; and it especially must be highly regarded by people who are themselves admired, the educated not least among them.

　　 如果野心的傳統具有生命力，那么這傳統必會為許多人分享；尤其會受到自己也受人仰慕的人士的青睞，在這些人中受過良好教育的可不占少數。