To put it simply, there is no other way to criticise art - unless you believe in an absolute cultural standard.

简单说来，因为没有其他更好的方式去批评艺术——除非你相信存在绝对的艺术标准。

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Like a line in the sand, an absolute poverty standard shows whether the economic tide is moving in or out. It does not matter too much where on the beach it is drawn.

就像在沙滩上划线，绝对贫困标准显示经济潮流是进是退，和这条线划在沙滩的哪里没有太大的关系。

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It is not absolute or relative possessing of resource but its economic value that determines the standard of natural resource's relative advantage in a certain region.

判定一个地区自然资源比较优势的标准不是资源的绝对或相对拥有量，而是资源经济价值的大小。

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"Jens is someone at the very highest level who knows the difference in standard between mediocrity and the absolute top in the world, " says Maes.

BBC: Carl Maes