The worry is that the Western world is slowly drifting in the opposite direction.

令人忧心的是，西方世界却在缓慢地朝着相反的方向漂移。

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The second largest fish in the world, it basks with its mouth open wide to catch plankton drifting by.

作为世界上第二大的鱼类，姥鲨张着大嘴来捕捉漂流而过的浮游生物。

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I remember feeling like a ghost, drifting through the waking world unnoticed.

我感觉我像个幽灵，漫无目的的飘荡在这个世界上，孤零零的没有人在意。

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Actually, Europe's drifting off into its own self-contained world is an extraordinary achievement of the U.S.' post-World War II diplomacy.

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