但与许多流行观点一样，这样的想法不但短视而且荒谬。

Like many popular views, it's myopic and it's wrong.

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试着对生活中荒谬的事情微笑，而且当你读到这个议题的笑话时，请笑出声来。

Try to smile at the absurdities of life. And when you read the jokes in this issue, laugh out loud.

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联合国安理会——其常任理事国包括英国与法国而不包括日本、印度和巴西——看起来早就过时，而且显得荒谬可笑。

The UN Security council-whose permanent members include Britain and France but exclude Japan, India and brazil-has long looked outdated and will soon look absurd.

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You can only drive one car at a time and if you have five cars-- well I mean that's kind of-- all right you could have five cars and you could drive a different one everyday, but it's starting to seem a little ridiculous, right?

你只能一次开一辆车,而且如果你有五辆车,我的意思是那种...,好吧,你能有五辆车,而且你可以每天开不同的车,但是这有点荒谬,不是吗

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