1, 1 Man is ,at one and the same time ,a solitary being and a social being .
1人类同时具有这两种特性:独居性和社会性。 2 Only the existence of these varied ,frequently conflicting,strivings accounts for the special character of a man ,and thier specific combination determines the extent to which an individual can achieve an inner balance and can contribute to the well-being of society.
8.13.斯里兰卡动荡 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 14 (AP) - Security forces arrested 12 members of the minority Tamils before dawn on Sunday in connection with the assassination on Friday of Sri Lanka's foreign minister. A Tamil lawmaker said only a peace agreement could stop such killings in the country, which many fear is sliding back to war. A state of emergency went into effect within hours of the assassination, and top Sri Lankan officials warned that the killing was a major setback to the fragile peace efforts and questioned the denials by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam that they were responsible for the killing. 斯里兰卡科伦坡讯〕周日傍晚以前,安全部队逮捕了 与周五斯里兰卡外长被刺有关的12名泰米尔人。一位 泰米尔立法者说,只有和平协议才能中止此类暗杀。 人们担心这个国家正滑入战争(的泥潭)。 暗杀后几个小时后,斯里兰卡进入了全国紧急状态。 高级官员说,这次暗杀让脆弱的和平努力遭受重大挫 折,并对造反的泰米尔猛虎组织拒绝对此次暗杀 负责提出置疑。 8.14. 飞机失事 GRAMMATIKO, Greece - A Cypriot plane full of vacationers slammed into a mountainside north of Athens on Sunday after at least one pilot lost consciousness from lack of oxygen, killing all 121 people aboard, more than a third of them children, AP reported. The cause of Greece's deadliest plane crash appeared to be technical failure — resulting in high-altitude decompression — and not terrorism, authorities said. A transport official said the 115 passengers and six crew may have been dead when the plane went down. 周日,一架载满度假者的塞浦路斯客机撞到了雅典北 部的山上,原因是至少一名飞行员因缺氧而失去知觉。 机上 121 人罹难,超过三分之一是儿童。 当局称,这次希腊最大的飞机坠毁的原因似乎是技术 故障而导致高空减压,并非恐怖袭击。一位交通官 员说,115名乘客和6名机组人员在飞机下落时可 能已经死亡了。 1 The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio ,from a child to a distinguished scientist.
2 People are engaged in education from infancy on . Education ,then, is a very broad ,inclusive term . It's a life-long process ,a process that starts long before the start of school ,and one that should be an integral part of one's entire life.