In that generation, for immigrants, science was not only a means of achieving credibility for China but was also a way to provide security for their children.

在他们的年代，对于移民来说，科学不仅意味着为中国赢得更多的可信度，也能为他们的孩子提供保障。

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It looks as though self-control is something that in one generation can disadvantage the next generation.

自我控制能力看来会从一代影响到下一代。

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Do you remember that the element mercury was used in the thermometers of your parents' generation?

你还记得在你父母那一代的温度计中使用的水银元素吗?

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He suggested that individual organisms changed in reaction to their environment and passed on these traits to the next generation.

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But the question is how are those of us of this generation, living that ethic out in the early 21st century?

但问题是,我们这代人如何，将在21世纪初的生活中体现这一道德？

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And I actually say in my acknowledgements that I wrote this book, above all, for the next generation, for my children.

事实上，我在致谢中提到,我写这本书，首先是为了美国的下一代，为了我的孩子。

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The solution may be for the better off in that generation taking over responsibility for their own health and social care, he argues.

BBC: Have young people never had it so bad?

That's not what you did in that generation.

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But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future.

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