A fundamental question, for both social science and public policy, is whether the quality of life in a country like the United States is improving through the years.

对社会科学和公共政策而言，一个根本的问题是一个像美国这样的国家，其生活质量是经过多年的改善。

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Safety precautions brought by new technologies to drivers sometimes counteract by inappropriate behaviors, so the key question is improving drivers' qualities by enhancement of education.

新技术给汽车带来的安全措施往往会被驾驶员的不良行为所抵消，所以，通过加强宣传教育提高驾驶人员的素质便成为关键的问题。

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MC has offered the new way for improving the competitiveness in enterprises, but it put forward new question and challenge to the operation way traditional especially logistics management.

大规模定制生产为企业提高竞争力提供了新的途径，但同时也对企业传统的运作方式特别是物流管理提出了新的问题和挑战。

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Serfs who are compelled to work the land, or in some places even slaves, well, they have no incentive, put aside the question even of capacity, to invest capital for the purpose of improving the size and quality of the their crops, their trees, their vines.

那些被强迫耕种土地的农奴,或者是那些在其他地方直接成为奴隶的人,刨除能动性因素,农场主们,没有任何理由投资钱财,去改善他们农作物,果树和葡萄,的种植规模和品质

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Where are we really if every time kids misuse technology, parents sue, resulting in companies paying out settlements and only marginally improving the technology in question?

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That can mean gaming everything from your improving own health or popping the big question to addressing broader social concerns such as lowering your carbon footprint or volunteering in your community.

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Instead of the endless internal ruminations about whether improving results are a sign of slipping standards - the more relevant question might be how well today's pupils are performing compared with their peers in other countries.

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