The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.

  • -- Jan Peter Balkenende 扬·彼得·巴尔克嫩德

经历过第二次世界大战的一代人正在消失。战后一代把欧洲的伟大成就——自由、和平与繁荣——视为理所当然。

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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.

教育可以抵消做错事的自然倾向,但世代相传的必然要求不断更新这种知识的基础。

We live in a disposable society. We throw so much away. But it doesn't come from nowhere. It comes from the planet and it comes from future generations' lives.

我们生活在一个一次性的社会。我们扔掉了很多东西。但它并非凭空而来。它来自地球,也来自子孙后代的生活。

There's so much i want to tell you about the way i'm disappearing.

我想告诉你很多关于我消失的事情。