It's good to be back in civilization after two weeks in a tent!

在帐篷里住了两个星期后又回到人类文明的生活可真好呀！

《牛津词典》

Two hundred years seems like the blink of an eye in the history of Chinese civilization.

二百年时间在中国文明史上只不过是一瞬间。

《新英汉大辞典》

Two thousand years ago, the word “Rome” meant civilization itself.

两千年前，“罗马”这个词本身就意味着文明。

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In the last two centuries, both these most characteristic elements of Western civilization have in fact become increasingly under heavy attack.

近两个世纪以来,西方文明这些,最具代表性的因素实际上,正遭到越来越多的抨击

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Now, let me carry on with this by talking about the views of society which are characteristic of the two traditions in Western civilization.

下面我们继续,来谈一下有关于,体现了这两种不同西方文明传统,及其特点的社会观

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So, it seems to me,that Western civilization,ever since, has been a composite of these two traditions.

因此,在我看来,西方文化从那时至今,都是两种传统的复合物

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So supplying energy at civilization-enabling scales always faces two challenges: production and delivery.

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But to say Japan civilization is different to that of China, is does not mean that the two do not have many things in common, or that there is not a substantial affinity between the two.

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