emotions, ideas and opinions is, like America itself, multihued.
Which takes for granted that people think in a simple and uniform way while actually the feelings, thoughts and views of the American people are as varied as America itself?
5. We too are mired near the bottom of Maslow’s pyramid, struggling to regain our lost sense of safety and security.
The terrorist attacks put us at the bottom of the hierarchy of human needs, trying hard to reestablish our confidence in physical safety, the lowest type of safety.
6. …it is something we associate with repressive regimes, not with participatory democracies. We are used to thinking that Western democracies practice rule of law and individual rights and freedom are protected by law. Violation of individual rights and suppression of dissenting voices can only be found in repressive regimes.
7. There was a relaxing of the rampant materialism, along with its ugly stepsisters isolation and compulsion, that has been the undoing of community in this country.
People began to put less emphasis on the pursuit of wealth and possession of worldly goods. And the other two dangerous symptoms that went with materialism, that is physical separation from others and irrational behavior as a result of impulse also became less serious .Materialism, together with the accompanying symptoms of separation and compulsion, had been the cause of the ruin of community in this country.
8. …discourages national introspection at a time when it would be most valuable.
At a time when it is highly important for Americans to look into ourselves and ask ourselves why “they hate us”, this concept directs our attention and thinking away from such analysis.
9. …history is a gallery of unspeakable crimes.
History records many crimes committed by human beings which are so horrible that they defy description.
10. We tend these images like poisonous flowers in a nightmare garden.
In spite of the fact that these images are horrible images, images of large-scale atrocity, we still take care to keep alive these images.
Translation
1. The airspace over Yankee Stadium is closed, a line of snipers positioned on the stadium rooftop. 纽约扬基体育场上空的空域关闭，禁止飞机通过。在体育场的屋顶上，部署了一排狙击手。
2. The vice-president’s safekeepers whisk him from place to place, just as his
arch-nemesis Osama bin Laden is presumably moved from cave to cave halfway across the world. 副总统的保卫人员匆匆地把他从一个地方转移到另外一个地方能够，就像他那难以对付的死敌奥斯马，本·拉登可能在世界另一端从一个山洞转移到另一个山洞一样。
3. We watch wistfully as the pre-9/11 world drifts away on its raft of memory, cast in Technicolor shades of nostalgia.
带着惆怅的心情，我们目送记忆的小筏载着9.11前的世界，在一种怀旧的黯淡色彩中漂流而去。
4. Seeking solace, the country drapes itself
in the America flag like a child in a superhero cape who plays at being invincible.
为了寻找安慰，整个国家都用国旗裹装起来，就像一个小孩披上超人的斗篷，扮演一个无敌英雄。
5. There are few places I the country where the Stars and Stripes has not found a purchase.
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