For the Germans, the United States is the headmaster in the school of nations, and accord due respect if not always affection.

对德国人来说，美国是国际学校的校长，那么对校长即使不热爱的话，也要给予相应的尊重。

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High school degrees offer far less in the way of preparation for work than they might, or than many other nations currently offer, creating a growing skills gap in our economy.

在工作准备方面，高中学位实际提供的东西远远少于他们应当提供的东西，也少于许多其他国家目前所提供的，这在我们的经济上造成了越来越大的技能差距。

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The next major school of thought is that of the perennialists who argue that nations have been around for a very long time, though they take different shapes at different points in history.

接下来主要的思想学派是长青论者(perennialist)，他们认为，民族已经存在了极长的时间，尽管在不同的历史时点，其有不同的表现形式。

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Now,just two do. That's because - while Spanish is still the language in many homes - the children of immigrants from Cuba and other Latin nations speak English in school and on the street, wear American clothes and prefer upbeat Anglo rock music to their parents' dreamy, old Spanish ballads.

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Leaders of this school of thought sought to tear up the barbed wire between nations, the literal and legal forms.

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This year, the Forum was also marked by the active participation of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation and Academy Award winner, Forest Whitaker, and United Nations Youth Champion and star of High School Musical, Monique Coleman.

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Getting the 1.8 million children back to school in time for the new term is one of the biggest operations the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has ever undertaken.

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