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For the last 20 years, I've worked as an arbitrator of disputes involving land. Arbitration is an arduous process that requires patience. Both parties in a dispute are typically ardent about their opinions. It's this state of ardor that makes it difficult to approach a satisfactory solution. Fortunately, I have the aptitude for understanding people's needs and finding an appropriate solution that satisfies the approximate requirements of both sides. The parties who approve me to judge their case know that I'm apt to make a fair and reasonable decision, not an arbitrary one. This knowledge tends to lower the apprehension of both parties. I find that if the parties are less apprehensive, they are more cooperative. But no case is easy. There's always a sticking point. Presently, I'm working on a dispute between an old farmer and the government. The old farmer owns a piece of arable land on which he has grown fruit trees for 25 years. He wants to keep his land just as it is, not only because of his trees, but also due to the arboreal life it supports. The government believes that the old man's farming methods are archaic and not a productive use of the land. They want approval to use the farmer's land to build a huge high-tech public aquarium. They want to display unique aquatic creatures to help educate the public. The government plans to make this project the archetype for all future public aquariums. Well, it's going to be a tough case. In fact, it may be my toughest case yet.
我已做了20年的仲裁者，我的工作是解決涉及土地的爭端。仲裁工作是個需要耐心的艱難過程，爭執(zhí)雙方總是熱切的闡述自己的觀點，正是這份熱切才使得雙方很難探討一個令人滿意的解決方案。幸虧我有這方面的才能，總能善解人意，找到合適的解決辦法，方才大致上滿足了雙方的要求。 凡贊成讓我裁決個案的利益雙方都明白，我善于做出公正、合理的決定，絕不會武斷地下結論。這一認識常常能減少爭執(zhí)雙方的擔憂。我發(fā)現(xiàn)爭執(zhí)雙方越不擔憂，就越容易合作。但沒有一個個案是容易解決的，仲裁中總有癥結。 現(xiàn)在，我正著手解決一位老農(nóng)與政府間的爭端。那位老農(nóng)擁有一片可耕地，他在這片土地上種了25年的果樹。他想保持這片土地的現(xiàn)有狀態(tài)，不僅為他的果樹，還為生活在樹上的所有生物。政府則認為那位老農(nóng)的耕作方法太過時，沒能有效利用土地。他們希望獲得批準，在這片土地上建一座大型的高科技公共水族館，館內(nèi)將展示獨特的水生動物，以教育公眾。政府計劃使這一項目成為今后所有水族館的典范。 這將是個棘手的案子。實際上，這可能是我經(jīng)歷過的最難解決的案子。