奥罗克先生：其实 - 我到了“国家讽刺”杂志的时候，我已经好多了。
Mr. O'ROURKE: Actually, I'd straightened out quite a bit by the time I got to "National Lampoon."
讽刺的是这个国家拥有如此悠久的文化传统和优良的文化品味，现在却将自身降低到如此程度。
It's ironic that this country which has such a traditional culture and superior qualities in culture now has reduced itself to this.
很少提及的一个对全球化的讽刺是，尽管发达国家在东方建立了更多的工厂和总部，但亚洲资源从很久前就开始在金融市场上流失向西方。
A RARELY mentioned irony of globalization is that, whereas developed countries are sending more factories and call-centres East, Asia long ago outsourced its capital markets to the West.
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