and that everyone is trying to have a productive discussion.

人人都试着进行有成果的讨论。

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So the food environment can change and can change in productive ways and there are a lot of signs of this happening.

食品环境可以改变并可以很有创造性改变,有很多迹象都可以证明这一点

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Of course, he turns it into productive purpose, so there are a couple examples from that article.

当然,他将其转化为有成效的想法,那篇文章上有一些例子

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And furthermore from that, let's say they survive and then they become productive members of society who go home and start like a million charity organizations and this and that and this and that.

此外，假定他们活了下来,回家以后成为对社会更加有益的公民,比如创建了无数的慈善机构,或者诸如此类的。

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In a normal, productive, healthy, happy environment, people don't scream at you about how bad you're doing but they compliment how good you are and that could lead to an inflated self-esteem on the part of people in certain domains.

在一个正常，高效，健康快乐的环境里，人们不会大声跟你说你做得有多差,但他们会称赞你做得很好,因而导致人们在某些方面,自我评价膨胀。

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.. It's not going to work, we're not going to enjoy-- something's wrong with that because it's going to create a moral hazard problem and we're not going to be as productive.

那样行不通，我们没法-,那样会产生麻烦,会产生道德风险,生产力也会下降。

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We make software; we make technology; we're innovative ,but so are they So, what we really have to do is become a lot more productive and we have to make our companies a lot more competitive. Today, I feel we're losing that edge.

我们生产软件；发展工业技术;,我们有创新能力，但他们也有,所以，我们现在必须要做的就是提高生产效率,我们必须提高我国公司的竞争力,现在，我觉得在这方面我们正在丧失竞争优势。

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That led to an attitude among a good segment of our society that it's okay to go out and make money because making money means doing productive things for the economy and ultimately it's a benefit to society.

这致使我们社会中的很大一部分人,有这样的观点,就是,出去赚钱没什么不好的,因为赚到钱意味着,为经济作了贡献,并且最终将有益于社会

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