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I could fail to see change's consequences.
我可能忽视改变带来的后果，
I could overlook the importance of roots, traditions, rituals, stability -- and belonging.
我可能忽视那些根源，传统，仪式，稳定性--归属感的重要性。
And the more fundamentalist I became in my worship of change and openness,
当我越发变得崇拜改变和开放，
the more I drove you towards the other polarity, to cling, to freeze, to close, to belong.
我就越发把你们推往另一个极端，那些依恋派，保守派，与世隔绝的，或是归属思想。
I now see as I didn't before
我现在比以往看见更多，
that not having the right skin or right organ is not the only varietal of disadvantage.
没有优越的皮肤和器官，并不是百害而无一利。
There is a subtler, quieter disadvantage in having those privileged traits
对于拥有优势特质的那些皮肤器官，存在一个更加细微，潜在的危险。
and yet feeling history to be moving away from you;
当认为历史在离你而去，
that while the past was hospitable to people like you,
对像你们这样的人有害的历史，
the future will be more hospitable to others;
也许对另一些人，未来则更加险恶；
that the world is growing less familiar, less yours day by day.
与你们记忆中的相比，世界一天天变得更加生疏。
I will not concede for a moment that old privileges should not dwindle.
我当然不会承认旧权不该被缩减。
They cannot dwindle fast enough.
它们缩减的速度还远远不够。
It is for you to learn to live in a new century in which
你们应该明白在新的历史时代里，
there are no bonuses for showing up with the right skin and right organs.
与生俱来的优势皮肤和器官不会带来什么奖励。
