The democracy itself needs a literate citizen rate in order to keep it in check.

为了保持国家的持续进步,一个民主国家需要更多的高文化素养的公民。

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Second thing, we started talking about the periodic table and I believe that it's a hallmark of any educated person in the 21st century who is technically literate to know the periodic table by heart.

第二点，我们之前讨论过元素周期表,我相信这是个标志性的特征,对于那些在21世纪里,用心去学习,元素周期表的人来说。

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At the same time, he fears that being a poet means -and this is a fear that literate young men and women have to this very day -- to be a poet means in some way not to be acting responsibly or politically.

与此同时，他也担忧成为一个诗人意味着,这是直到今天文青和文艺女青们共有的一种担忧,成为一个诗人某种意义上,意味着不能负责地践行政治行为。

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