【行文点评】
本文是散文，语言平实，句子短而散。然而“形散而神不散”，每两个小分句都包含一组反义词，形成鲜明对比，给读者以视觉上和思想上的共鸣。
We
have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but
less time; we have more degrees, but less common sense; more
knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more
medicine, but less wellness.
We
spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get to
angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too
little, watch TV too often, and pray too seldom.
We
have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk
too much, love too little and lie too often. We've learned how to
make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life
to years.
We
have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but
narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but
enjoy it less.
We've
been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing
the street to meet the new neighbor. We've conquered outer space,
but not inner space. We've split the atom, but not our prejudice;
we write more, but learn less; plan more, but accomplish
less.
We've
learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but lower
morals. We build more computers to hold more information, to
produce more copies, but have less communication. We are long on
quantity, but short on quality.
These
are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men and short
character; steep profits and shallow relationships. More leisure an
less fun; more kinds of food ,but less nutrition; two incomes, but
more divorce; fancier houses, but broken homes.
【好文妙译】
我们的房子越来越大，家庭却越来越小；生活越来越便利，私有时间却越来越少；学历越来越高，基本常识却越来越薄弱；知识越来越多，判断能力却越来越弱；专家越来越多，问题也越来越多，医学越来越发达，健康却每况愈下。
我们花钱越来越多，笑容越来越少，车速越来越快，脾气越来越急，睡得越来越晚，起得越来越早，书读得越来越少，电视看得越来越多，祷告做得越来越少。
我们不断地聚敛财富，但丢失了价值观。我们说得太多，爱得太少，谎言太多。我们学会了生存之道，却不懂生活得真谛。我们延长了寿命，却虚度了光阴。
我们的住房越来越高，情绪却越来越糟；道路越来越宽，眼光却越来越狭隘；我们付出的越来越多，得到的却越来越少；我们买到的东西越来越多，享受到的乐趣却越来越少。
我们能往返于地球与月亮之间，却不能穿过马路去问候新邻居。我们能征服外太空，人类内部却不得安宁。我们能分裂原子，却不能驱除偏见；我们写得很多，可学得很少；计划的太多，完成的太少。
我们学会了追逐时间，却没有学会耐心等待；收入越来越多，道德观念却日益沦丧；我们生产更多的电脑，存储更多的信息，还复制了很多，联系却越来越少了。我们拥有的是数量，却缺乏质量。
这是一个快餐食品和消化迟缓并行的时代；高大的躯体和低劣的品质并存；尖锐的利益和冷漠的人情相生；休闲多了，乐趣却很少；事物品种多了，营养却很少；双薪家庭增多，但离婚率也攀升了；居室装饰豪华了，家庭却破碎了。
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