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Well, I admit there is enough truth in that critique to justify1 feeling disconnected and alienated2. But at bottom, that’s a personal cop-out and a national peril3. Political conditions maximize the conditions for individual opportunity and responsibility as well as community. Americorps and the Peace Corps4 exist because of political decisions. Our air, water, land and food will be clean and safe because of political choices. Our ability to cure disease or log onto the Internet have been advanced because of politically determined5 investments. Ethnic6 cleansing7 in Kosovo ended because of political leadership. Your parents and grandparents traveled here by means of government built and subsidized transportation systems. Many used GI Bills or government loans, as I did, to attend college.
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vt.证明…正当(或有理),为…辩护 | |
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2 alienated | |
adj.感到孤独的,不合群的v.使疏远( alienate的过去式和过去分词 );使不友好;转让;让渡(财产等) | |
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n.(严重的)危险;危险的事物 | |
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4 corps | |
n.(通信等兵种的)部队;(同类作的)一组 | |
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adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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6 ethnic | |
adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的 | |
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7 cleansing | |
n. 净化(垃圾) adj. 清洁用的 动词cleanse的现在分词 | |
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8 conspire | |
v.密谋,(事件等)巧合,共同导致 | |
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