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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Looking up at the cloud blowing past softly, I wonder if that is my heart escaping the mundane world which keeps drifting about in the air.

仰望着空中轻轻飘过的云，莫非那就是我脱离尘世而游离不定的心？

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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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