Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrower points of view;
今天我们拥有了更高层的楼宇以及更宽阔的公路，但是我们的性情却更为急躁，眼光也更加狭隘;
We spend more, but enjoy less;
我们消耗的更多，享受到的却更少;
We have bigger houses, but smaller families;
我们的住房更大了，但我们的家庭却更小了;
We have more compromises, but less time;
我们妥协更多，时间更少;
We have more knowledge, but less judgment;
我们拥有了更多的知识，可判断力却更差了;
We have more medicines, but less health;
我们有了更多的药品，但健康状况却更不如意;
We have multiplied out possessions, but reduced out values;
我们拥有的财富倍增，但其价值却减少了;
We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much;
我们说的多了，爱的却少了，我们的仇恨也更多了;
We reached the Moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors;
我们可以往返月球，但却难以迈出一步去亲近我们的左邻右舍;
We have conquered the outer space, but not our inner space;
我们可以征服外太空，却征服不了我们的内心;
We have higher income, but less morals;
我们的收入增加了，但我们的道德却少了;
These are times with more liberty, but less joy;
我们的时代更加自由了，但我们拥有的快乐时光却越来越少;
We have much more food, but less nutrition;
我们有了更多的食物，但所能得到的营养却越来越少了;
These are the days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces increase;
现在每个家庭都可以有双份收入，但离婚的现象越来越多了;
These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes;
现在的住房越来越精致，但我们也有了更多破碎的家庭;
That 8217;s why I propose, that as of today;
这就是我为什么要说，让我们从今天开始;