And his stories about life in the western United States became the book called "Roughing It."

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Now, I've been saying kind things about Western civilization, but I would not want to deny that there is a dark side to the western experience and its way of life.

我刚刚一直说的都是西方文明光辉的一面,但我是不得不承认,西方文明,也有它黑暗的一面

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In many Western legal traditions, the right to life is strongly protected.

从西方传统法律观念来看，生命的权利受到法律的坚决保护。

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That is the dominant sort of paradigm of what life is all about, at least in the Western world and a good deal more of it where the West has had an influence.

这可以说是有关生命的一种主导范式,至少对于西方世界,以及受西方影响的其他国家是如此

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Despite all of the--Mitterrand's plans for decentralization, and the creation of regional councils, basically France remains the most centralized state in Western Europe, and the role of Paris in French life does not have an equivalent in other European countries.

尽管密特朗计划在法国实施,去中央集权化并创立地方议会,法国基本上还是西欧,中央集权化程度最高的国家,巴黎在法国的地位是欧洲其它国家的城市,所不能比拟的

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