Zhang Yuanchao’s daughter-in-law was about to give birth. She had been moved into the delivery room while the rest of the family gathered in the waiting room outside,where a television was playing a video of mother and baby wellness information. It all gave him a feeling of warmth and humanity that he had never felt before, a lingering coziness of a past Golden Age being eroded by the ever worsening era of crisis.

張?jiān)膬合迸R產(chǎn)了， 已經(jīng)進(jìn)了分娩室。一家人緊張地待在侯產(chǎn)室里，有一臺(tái)電視機(jī)在放著母嬰保健知識(shí)的錄像。張?jiān)X得這一切有一種以前沒感覺到的溫暖的人情味，這種剛剛過去的黃金時(shí)代留下的溫馨，正在被日益嚴(yán)峻的危機(jī)時(shí)代所磨蝕。

Yang Jinwen came in. Zhang Yuanchao’s first thought was that he was taking this opportunity to patch up their relationship, but Yang Jinwen’s expression told him that wasn’t the case. Without so much as a greeting, Yang Jinwen dragged him from the waiting room into the hallway. “Did you really buy into the escape fund?”?he asked.

楊晉文走了進(jìn)來，張?jiān)谝谎劭吹剿麜r(shí)，以為這人是借著這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)來和自己修復(fù)關(guān)系的，但從他的神色上很快知道不是那么回事。楊晉文招呼不打就托起張?jiān)叱隽撕町a(chǎn)室，來到醫(yī)院走廊。

“你真的買了逃亡基金嗎？”楊晉文問。

Zhang Yuanchao ignored him and turned to go, as if to say, That’s none of your business.

張?jiān)D(zhuǎn)頭不理他，那意思很明白：這與你有何相干？

“Look at this ,”?Yang Jinwen said, ha nding him a newspaper. “It’s today’s.”?The top headline stood out in black before his eyes:

Special UN Session Passes Resolution 117,

Declares Escapism Illegal

“看看吧，今天的?！睏顣x文說著，把手里的一張報(bào)紙遞給張?jiān)?，后者剛看到頭版頭條的大標(biāo)題，就眼前一黑--《特別聯(lián)大通過117號(hào)決議，宣布逃亡主義為非法》

Zhang Yuanchao carefully read through the start of the article underneath:

張?jiān)又?xì)看下面的內(nèi)容：

By an overwhelming majority, a special session of the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution declaring Escapism a violation of international law. In strong language, the resolution condemned the division and turmoil that Escapism has created within human society, and described Escapism as a crime against humanity in the eyes of international law. The resolution called on member states to enact legislation as soon as possible to put a stop to Escapism. In a statement, the Chinese delegate reiterated the stance of the Chinese government regarding Escapism and said that it firmly supports UN Resolution 117. He conveyed the Chinese government’s pledge to take immediate action to establish and improve legislation, and to adopt effective measure to stop the spread of Escapism. He concluded by saying, “We must cherish the unity and solidarity of the international community in this time of crisis and uphold the principle, recognized by the international community, that all humanity has an equal right to survival. The Earth is the common home of its people, and we must not abandon her.”

本屆特別聯(lián)大以壓倒性多數(shù)票通過決議，宣布逃亡主義違反國(guó)際法，決議用嚴(yán)厲的措辭譴責(zé)了逃亡主義在人類社會(huì)內(nèi)部造成的分裂和動(dòng)蕩，并認(rèn)為逃亡主義等同于國(guó)際法中的反人類罪。決議呼吁各成員國(guó)盡快立法，對(duì)逃亡主義進(jìn)行堅(jiān)決的遏制。

中國(guó)代表在發(fā)言中重申了我國(guó)政府對(duì)逃亡主義的立場(chǎng)，并表明了中國(guó)政府對(duì)聯(lián)合國(guó)117號(hào)決議的堅(jiān)決堅(jiān)持。他轉(zhuǎn)達(dá)了中國(guó)政府的許諾：將盡快建立和完善相關(guān)法律，采取有力措施制止逃亡主義的蔓延。他最后說：我們要珍視危機(jī)時(shí)代國(guó)際社會(huì)的統(tǒng)一和團(tuán)結(jié)，堅(jiān)守全人類擁有平等的生存權(quán)這一被國(guó)際社會(huì)共同仍可的準(zhǔn)則，地球是人類共同的家園，我們絕不能拋棄她。

“Why ...why are they doing this?”?he stammered.

“這……為什么?。俊崩蠌埧粗鴹顣x文茫然地說。

“Isn’t it obvious? Put a little thought into it, and you’ll realize that escape into the cosmos was never going to work. The critical question is who gets to leave, and who has to stay. This isn’t ordinary inequality. It’s a question of survival, and no matter who gets to leave--elites, the rich, or ordinary people--so long as some people get left behind, it mean the collapse of humanity’s fundamental value system and ethical bottom line. Human rights and equality have deep roots. Inequality of survival is the worst sort of inequality, and the people and countries left behind will never just sit and wait for death while others have a way out. There will be increasingly extreme confrontations between the two sides until there’s world chaos, and then no one goes! The UN resolution is quite wise. How much did you spend, Lao Zhang?”

“這還不清楚嗎，你只要仔細(xì)想一想就能知道，宇宙逃亡根本不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)，關(guān)鍵是誰走誰留啊。這不是一般的不平等，這是生存權(quán)的問題，不管是誰走，精英也好，富人也好，普通老百姓也好，只要是有人走有人留，那就意味著人類最基本的價(jià)值觀和道德底線的崩潰！人權(quán)和平等觀念已經(jīng)深入人心，生存權(quán)的不公平是最大的不公平，被留下的人和國(guó)家絕不可能看著別人踏上生路而自己等死，兩方的對(duì)抗會(huì)越來越極端。最后只能是世界大亂，誰也走不了！聯(lián)合國(guó)的這個(gè)決議是很英明的…我說老張，你花了多少錢？”

Zhang Yuanchao scrambled for his phone. He called Shi Xiaoming’s number, but it was unreachable. His legs threatened to give out, and he slid down the wall to sit on the ground. He had spent 400,000 Yuan.

張?jiān)s緊拿出手機(jī)，撥了史小明的電話，但對(duì)方已經(jīng)關(guān)機(jī)，老張兩腿一軟，靠著墻滑坐在地上，他花了四十萬。

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daughter-in-law n.兒媳婦

be about to do 即將做某事;正要做某事;剛要

give birth to 生育;使產(chǎn)生;使誕生

delivery n.傳送;交付;分娩;遞送;演講方式

gather v.聚集;集合;召集;收攏

lingering

adj.拖延的;纏綿的;緩慢消失的;遲遲不去的/v. 繼續(xù)存留;緩慢消失;流連;逗留;徘徊;花很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間做(某事);

coziness n.安逸，暢快，舒適

cozy adj.（溫暖）舒適的

erode v.侵蝕;腐蝕;風(fēng)化;逐漸毀壞;削弱;損害

patch up

平息（爭(zhēng)吵）;修補(bǔ)（關(guān)系）;修理;修補(bǔ);為…處理傷口;包扎，處理（傷口）

patch n.色斑;斑點(diǎn);(與周圍不同的)小塊，小片;補(bǔ)丁;補(bǔ)塊 /vt.打補(bǔ)丁;縫補(bǔ);修補(bǔ)

drag v.拖曳;(使勁而吃力地)拖，拉，拽，扯;

hallway n.走廊

buy into sth

購買公司股份（尤指為取得部分控制權(quán)）

to buy shares in a company, especially in order to gain some control over it

stand out

脫穎而出;突出;引人注目;顯眼;出色;更為重要;凸起;凸出

resolution

n.決議;正式?jīng)Q定;(問題、分歧等的)解決，消除;堅(jiān)定;堅(jiān)決;有決心

declare v.聲明;宣布;宣告;

underneath

prep./adv.在下面;在…底下;隱藏(或掩蓋)在下面;(指真實(shí)的感情或性格)在…表象之下

overwhelming

adj.勢(shì)不可擋的;壓倒性的;巨大的;無法抗拒的

majority

n.大部分;大多數(shù);(獲勝的)票數(shù);多數(shù)票;超出其余各方票數(shù)總和的票數(shù)

violation n.違反;違法;違章;

violate

v.違反;違犯;違背(法律、協(xié)議等);侵犯(隱私等);

condemn

vt.譴責(zé);(通常因道義上的原因而)指責(zé);宣判;

division

n.分開;分隔;分配;(分出來的)部分;除(法);分歧;不和;差異

divide v.(使)分開，分散，分割，分成…;

turmoil n.動(dòng)亂;混亂;騷動(dòng);焦慮