There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.

  • -- Ralph Ellison 埃利森

一定存在这样一种可能:把社会学和案例史留给科学家们,让他们用童话中所有的光明魔力,在此时此地,了解人类状况的真相。

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If in previous decades large historic events drew people together and oriented them toward collective action, the recent double trend toward greater choice but less security leads the young to see their lives in more individual terms. Big events collectivize. Little events atomize.

如果说在过去的几十年里,重大的历史事件把人们聚集在一起,使他们朝着集体行动的方向前进,那么,最近的双重趋势——更多的选择,但更少的安全——使年轻人从更个人的角度看待自己的生活。大事件集团化。小事件分裂。

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

一些科学家声称,由于氢如此丰富,它是宇宙的基本组成部分。我的争端。我说,比氢更愚蠢的是,氢是宇宙的基本组成部分。

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.

严格地说,历史是对问题的研究;答案研究属于人类学和社会学。

I wasn't a great student; I was lazy. But when I was in sociology class, I listened.

我不是一个好学生;我很懒。但是当我在上社会学课时,我听。

People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our economy.

必须提醒人们,工会在我们的经济中发挥了非常历史性的作用。

If global cooling will come soon - scientists will lose trust.

如果全球变冷即将到来,科学家们将失去信任。