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But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators:

但是，要紧的还不是运动员的行为，而是观众的态度，

and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe --

以及观众身后各个国家的态度。面对着这些荒唐的比赛，参赛的各个国家会如痴如狂，甚至煞有介事地相信 --

at any rate for short periods -- that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.

至少在短期内如此 -- 跑跑、跳跳、踢踢球是对一个民族品德素质的检验。

Not all sounds made by animals serve as language.

动物发出的声音不都是用作语言交际。

and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echo-location in bats to see a case in which the voice plays a strictly utilitarian role.

我们只要看一看蝙蝠回声定位这一极不寻常的发现，就可以探究一下声音在什么情况下有绝对的实用价值。

To get a full appreciation of what this means we must turn first to some recent human inventions.

要透彻理解这句话的意义，我们应先回顾一下人类最近的几项发明。

Everyone knows that if he shouts in the vicinity of a wall or a mountainside, an echo will come back.

大家都知道，在墙壁或山腰附近发出的喊声，就会听到回声。

The further off this solid obstruction, the longer time will elapse for the return of the echo.

固体障碍物越远。回声返回所用时间就越长。

A sound made by tapping on the hull of a ship will be reflected from the sea bottom,

敲打船体所发了的声音会从海底传回来，

and by measuring the time interval between the taps and the receipt of the echoes, the depth of the sea at that point can be calculated.

测出回声间隔的时间，便可算出该处海洋的深度。

So was born the echo-sounding apparatus, now in general use in ships.

这样就产生了目前各种船舶上普遍应用的回声探测仪。

Every solid object will reflect a sound, varying according to the size and nature of the object.

任何固体者反射声音，反射的声音因物体的大小和性质的不同而不同。

A shoal of fish will do this.

鱼群也反射声音。

So it is a comparatively simple step from locating the sea bottom to locating a shoal of fish.

从测定海深到测定鱼群，这一进展比较容易。

With experience, and with improved apparatus,

根据经验和改进了的仪器，

it is now possible not only to locate a shoal but to tell if it is herring, cod, or other well-known fish, by the pattern of its echo.

不仅能够确定鱼群的位置，而且可以根据鱼群回声的特点分辨出是鲱鱼、鳕鱼，这是人们所熟悉的其他鱼。

It has been found that certain bats emit squeaks and by receiving the echoes,

人们发现，某些蝙蝠能发出尖叫声，

they can locate and steer clear of obstacles -- or locate flying insects on which they feed.

并能通过回声来确定并躲开障碍物，或找到它们赖以为生的昆虫。

This echo-location in bats is often compared with radar, the principle of which is similar.

蝙蝠这种回声定位常常可与雷达相比较，其原理是相似的。

Chickens slaughtered in the United States, claim officials in Brussels, are not fit to grace European tables.

布鲁塞尔的官员说，在美国屠宰的鸡不适于用来装点欧洲的餐桌。

No, say the American: our fowl are fine, we simply clean them in a different way.

不，美国人说，我们的家禽很好，只是我们使用了另一种清洗方式。

These days, it is differences in national regulations, far more than tariffs, that put sand in the wheels of trade between rich countries.

当前，是各国管理条例上的差异，而不是关税阻碍了发达国家之间的贸易。

It is not just farmers who are complaining.

并不仅仅是农民在抱怨。

An electric razor that meets the European Union's safety standards must be approved by American testers before it can be sold in the United States,

一把符合欧洲联盟安全标准的电动剃须刀必须得到美国检测人员的认可，方可在美国市场上销售；

and an American-made dialysis machine needs the EU's okay before is hits the market in Europe.

而美国制造的透析仪也要得到欧盟的首肯才能进入欧洲市场。

As it happens, a razor that is safe in Europe is unlikely to electrocute Americans.

碰巧在欧洲使用安全的剃须刀不大可能使美国人触电身亡，

So, ask businesses on both sides of the Atlantic, why have two lots of tests where one would do?

因此，大西洋两岸的企业都在问，当一套测试可以解决问题时，为什么需要两套呢？

Politicians agree, in principle,

政治家在原则上同意了，因此，

so America and the EU have been trying to reach a deal which would eliminate the need to double-test many products.

美国和欧洲一直在寻求达成协议，以便为许多产品取消双重检查。

They hope to finish in time for a trade summit between America and the EU on May 28TH.

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