40. With the increasing emphasis on a global economy and international cooperation, people need to understand that their role as citizens of the world is more important than their role as citizens of a particular country.
伴随对全球经济和跨国企业的关注增加，大家需要理解他们作为世界公民的角色比作为一个特定国家的公民的角色更要紧。
1. 两者并非完全对立的环保
2. 事实上两者可以相互促进一个人在一个国家做慈善工作非常可能也会有一天为别的国家的人服务
3. 当两者冲突的时候什么更要紧取决与不一样的状况。
代替取代supersede compatible be compatible with... citizenship2 domain3 This one person would be acting4 consistently as a citizen of community, state, nation and world.admittedly conflicting obligation arise dual5 Admittedly, conflicting/clashing/discordant obligations sometimes arise as a result of our new dual citizenship.obligatory6 In sum, although our dual citizenship may at times lead to conflict, one role need not automatically take precedence over the other. more often than not The relationship between the two roles is, more often than not, a complementary one, and can even be synergistic. synergistic coactive complement7 complementary supplement
1. 有时, 不少问题是全球性的,需要世界公民的角度考虑,而非只站在一国角度. 譬如,环境问题, 能源问题, 等等. 大家应该为整个地球负责任,而不止是为了一个民族或国家. 由于, 若是后者, 则大概只解决我们的问题, 而把风险转移到别的国家. shift the burden and threats from one nation to another譬如: 出口垃圾,譬如大量进口进步中国家的木材.虽然我们的国家暂时解决了问题,但长远看, 没国家孤立地存在, 不可以short-sight and narrow mind, 由于interdependent.
2. 但这不意味着大家就要discard or weaken their role as citizens of one nation. 其实两者并非incompatible, 更多时候, 可以作为complementary oneand can even be synergistic.譬如the preservation9 of traditional culture, 大家作为一国公民,保护自己独特文化的同时, 事实上也为全球的persity of culture作出了positive effort. 譬如, 为一个国家的public service付出努力的同时, 非常可能激起起公民的社会责任感和compassion and responsibility, 参与到国际public service 中, 譬如不少charitarian就开始从对本国的慈善事业subsidize the school in one nation也激起起对attention to the education in the international scope.
View1: peoples role as citizens of the world is become more and more important in the modern society.
View2: Without the awareness11 of being citizens of a particular country, people will find no roots to behave on the stage of the world.
View3: these two roles, national and international, are not mutually exclusive alternatives. They can be properly combined.
With the growth of the global economy and the need for international cooperation, every human being has assumed a role as citizen of the world. Does this mean that our roles as citizens of our respective nations are thereby12 superseded13 by our role as world citizens, as the speaker suggests? Not at all. Good citizenship at one level is often compatible with good citizenship at another. In fact, being a good citizen in one social domain can help one be a better citizen in another.
Good global citizenship is not incompatible8 with good citizenship at other levels. Consider, for example, ones efforts as a citizen to preserve the natural environment. One particular person might, for example: lobby legislators to enact14 laws preserving an endangered redwood forest, campaign for nationally-elected officials who support clean air laws, and contribute to international rainforest preservation organizations. This one person would be acting consistently as a citizen of community, state, nation and world.
Admittedly, conflicting obligations sometimes arise as a result of our new dual citizenship. For example, a U.S. military official with an advisory15 role in a United Nations peace-keeping force might face conflicting courses of actionone that would secure U.S. military interests, and another that would better serve international interests. However, the fact that such a conflict exists does not mean that either action is automatically more obligatorythat is, that ones role as either U.S. citizen or world citizen must invariably supersede1 the other. Instead, this situation should be resolved by carefully considering and weighing the consequences of each course of action.
Moreover, being a good citizen in one social context can often help one be a better citizen in another. For example, volunteering to help underprivileged children in ones community might inspire one to work for an international child-welfare organization. And inculcating civic16 valuessuch as charity and civic pridemay give rise to personal traits of character that transfer to all social domains17 and contexts.
In sum, although our dual citizenship may at times lead to conflicts, one role need not automatically take precedence over the other. Moreover, the relationship between the two roles is, more often than not, a complementary oneand can even be synergistic.
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