"Because we've learned that risk does not respect national borders, our plan will not focus solely on improving the basic framework in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Now we're going to turn--focus a bit more on polyphonic texture because there are two types of polyphonic texture.

现在我们要把注意力,放到复音织体上,因为有两种复音织体

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We focus on one because we are paying for it, but the wall is doing the opposite.

我们只关注某一边因为我们只对这一边施力,但是墙对另一边有反向的作用力

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You know why focus on digital media were because in the wake of Columbine then we entered into a called period of moral panic, the moral panic is when you stop asking questions and start assuming you know the answers.

把关注点放在电子媒体的原因,是在科罗拉多可伦拜高中枪杀案之后,我们进入了一个叫做“道德恐慌“的时期，道德恐慌就是你不再质问,而是开始臆想你已经知道所有的答案。

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So for an example, he argued that the prison system needs to be reformed because instead of focusing on notions of justice and retribution what we should do is focus instead on questions of reinforcing good behaviors and punishing bad ones.

举个例子，他认为监狱体系需要改革,因为人们不应关注公正与赎罪,而应当去关注对良好行为的强化,以及对不良行为的惩罚。

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