As the world is moving towards the Global Village era, with freer movements of people and instant communications between countries, more of the hitherto homogeneous societies are becoming plural ones.

环球化的趋势，使到人们能够在世界各地更自由流动，国与国之间的沟通也更为迅速和直接。越来越多的单一种族社会逐渐变得多元化。

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