Yeah We're back, you know, I won't try to draw another circle on board
是的 我们又回来了 我就不再在黑板上画一个圈了
because it's almost Halloween and my circles always look more like pumpkins anyway
因为要到万圣节了 我画的圈总是看起来像南瓜一样
But, you know, it is, it's a new beginning, you know
但你要知道 它 它是一个全新的开始
Somewhere in this cycle, you know, is the time of Arthur
在这个循环中的某一个地方 就是亚瑟的时代
Somewhere in every one of these cycles, which begin in chaos and end in chaos,
每个循环中 都会有一段 开始于混乱 又结束于混乱
we emerge where we make an attempt to be better
我们出现并试图使它变得更好
And so, the question remains for us
所以我们始终存在这样的问题
One of the thing that hopefully makes this germane to you
但愿这个问题跟你们比较贴切
you know, there've been a lot of articles lately in the last four or five years
在过去的四五年中出现了许多文章
cover articles on Newsweek, US News & World Report, very different magazines
包括许多不同杂志 像 新闻周刊 美国新闻和世界报道 上面的文章
You know, we have three major news magazines
我们的三大主要新闻杂志
We have US News & World Report, Newsweek and Time
美国新闻和世界报道 新闻周刊 和时代杂志
Political profile of those magazines, US News & World Report,
那些杂志的政治因素 美国新闻和世界报道
if it has a political leaning, conservative
它有政治倾向的话 就是保守派
It's important to know what you've reading because what they say is affected by their political stance
知道你在读什么是很重要的 因为他们的言论受他们政治立场的影响
Newsweek?
新闻周刊
Liberal
自由
Time?
时代杂志
Somewhere inbetween
介于他们俩之间
It tries to be more centralist
它试图发表比较中立的观点
And so, it's kind of curious to me, when you have, you know, magazines with different political,
我对这有点好奇 当一些杂志出现了不同的政治立场时
you know, tones to them all decrying the same thing
你知道 他们都在谴责同样的事情
The moral, ethical, behavioural decline of America, with cover stories and detailed things
道德 伦理 行为下降的美国 这其中还有许多故事和细节
I think this is should be your concern
我觉得你们应该注意这些
And so, the question becomes, if we're in a cycle, is it too late to stand up and say, "Hey, wait"
所以 这个问题就变成了 如果我们在循环中 站起来说"嘿 等等"会不会太迟