新概念英语第四册25-04

Moreover…

as soon as : 既然

acquired : 获得

account : 账户 you can easily and freely get money from it

What is called…

What is called : 所谓的

all man's nature :人类本性

a balanced development:平衡的发展

but 而

accumulated knowledge : 积累的知识

to practical life : 作后置定语

Eg: Probably he has many abilities…

Eg: medical people 医学人才； English people 英语人才；

doctor 博士； post doctor 博士后

The problem now facing humanity is:... 开始总结

The problem now facing humanity is: 人类所面临的问题是：

As…

as 正如；指代从句 knowledge is…

Eg: As is often the case that he helps others. 他经常帮助他人。

two-edged: 双刃的

for good or evil : 可好可坏

indifferently : 毫不在乎，引申为毫不辨析的 即:"无分轩轾"

discriminate : 辨析，区别

Could…

Could…引导虚拟语气的问句

spectacle : 壮丽的场面

be more grimly whimsical :更加荒诞无奇

“that” 修饰 spectacle

gunner: 枪手

shatter :击碎，粉碎

field hospital : 野战医院

We have to ask…

with its ever-increasing power 状语后置

ever-increasing : 逐渐增强

...Moreover, as soon as new knowledge is acquired, it is now turned to practical account. What is called 'modern civilization' is not the result of a balanced development of all man's nature, but of accumulated knowledge applied to practical life. The problem now facing humanity is: What is going to be done with all this knowledge ? As is so often pointed out, knowledge is a two-edged weapon which can be used equally for good or evil. It is now being used indifferently for both. Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly whimsical than that of gunners using science to shatter men's bodies while, close at hand, surgeons use it to restore them ? We have to ask ourselves very seriously what will happen if this twofold use of knowledge, with its ever-increasing power, continues.