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在過(guò)去經(jīng)濟(jì)平穩(wěn)發(fā)展的美好時(shí)光──20世紀(jì)50年代和60年代──人們可以選擇某種既新鮮刺激，又有創(chuàng)意的事干。。。

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Harris Poll

Scholastic

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Back in the good old days of stable economic expansion - the 1950s and 1960s - a person could choose to do something new, exciting, and creative in life but could also choose to say, "That's not for me: I am going to play it safe in life. I am going to stay in my home town and have a nice comfortable career in a salaried job." That second choice no longer exists for the vast majority of Americans. All of us are going to be creators and pioneers over the next ten years whether we like it or not, and many of us don't like it. Just look at what the attitude surveys tell us. In the United States, 3/4 of the adults surveyed by the Harris Poll and 2/3 of all high-school seniors surveyed by Scholastic magazine say they believe that the United States will be a worse place ten years from now than it is today.
在過(guò)去經(jīng)濟(jì)平穩(wěn)發(fā)展的美好時(shí)光──20世紀(jì)50年代和60年代──人們可以選擇某種既新鮮刺激，又有創(chuàng)意的事干，但也可能會(huì)說(shuō)：“那不是我要做的工作，我打算在生活中穩(wěn)扎穩(wěn)打。我打算留在家鄉(xiāng)，找一個(gè)舒適的、拿薪水的好工作?！爆F(xiàn)在對(duì)絕大多數(shù)美國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)，上述第二種選擇已不復(fù)存在。不管我們喜歡與否，在以后的10年里我們都得創(chuàng)造和開(kāi)拓，當(dāng)然我們當(dāng)中有許多人并不喜歡這樣。 看一看民意調(diào)查告訴我們些什么吧！在美國(guó)，哈里斯民意測(cè)驗(yàn)所調(diào)查的四分之三成年人、《學(xué)人》雜志所調(diào)查的三分之二的高中生都說(shuō)，他們認(rèn)為10年以后美國(guó)將變成一個(gè)比現(xiàn)在更糟糕的地方。