这是实行自公元前4世纪并已发挥了巨大的作用，即使在现代社会。
This has been practised since the 4th century B. C. and has played a great role even in modern society.
在现今的世界上，即使在国内受到了多数人的支持，要把一个国家完全与现代社会隔绝开来也是绝无可能的。
Nor is it conceivable in this modern world that a whole country could wall itself off from modernity, even if the majority wanted to do so.
如今，即使在熙熙攘攘的现代社会中，在一起吃饭的亲密的家庭成员和朋友(甚至是陌生人之间)都可以提供给生活一种厚重的温暖和意味深远的愉悦。
And today, even in the midst of our modern hustle-and-bustle, the intimacy families and friends (and even strangers) can find at the table can provide life with deep warmth and profound pleasure.
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