How rarely do we stop to examine that path, to see the reasons why all things happen, to consider whether the path we take in life is our own making or simply one into which we drift with eyes closed.

我们极少停下来检视我们所走的路径，去看清楚所有的事情为什幺会发生，去想想我们所走的路径究竟是我们自己做的决定，还是闭着眼睛随波而上的。

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The inability of international politicians and businessmen to stop the drift towards protectionism looks like the next stage in the demolition of the Davos consensus.

各国政客和商人们无力阻止保护主义势头，看起来是达沃斯共识崩溃的下一个阶段。

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Stop me when you get the drift. I don't want to bore you with something you already understand.

你听懂了就叫停。我不想用你已经知道的事烦你。

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The Jews' Free School did not halt the exodus from the East End, nor did its successor in the inner London borough of Camden stop the drift to the suburbs.

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It is more baffling that Sonia Gandhi, the real power behind the Congress Party, which dominates the government coalition, does little to stop the drift, especially given Congress's recent electoral setbacks in important states, notably Bihar.

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If Gore does run and win, or if any Democrat wins in 2008, I hope politically progressive CEOs like Steve Jobs step up and stop the protectionist drift of their party.

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