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As individuals we can change the contour of a day, the mood of a moment, the way people feel. The demolition and reconstruction

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问题 As individuals we can change the contour of a day, the mood of a moment, the way people feel. The demolition and reconstruction of public life is the result of personal decisions made every day: the decision to give up a seat on the bus; the decision to be patient or pleasant against all the odds; the decision to let that jerk take a left-hand turn from a right-hand lane without rolling down the window and calling him a jerk.
It’s the resolution to be a civil, social creature. This may be a peak period for the battle against the spread of a waistline and creeping cholesterol. But it is also within our will power to fight the spread of urban rudeness and creeping hostility. Civility doesn’t stop nuclear holocaust and doesn’t put a roof over the head of the homeless. But it makes a difference in the shape of a community, as surely as lifting weights can make a difference in the shape of a human torso.
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答案作为社会中的个体，我们可以改变一天的面貌，一时的情绪，以及人们的感觉。每个人每天所做的决定最终共同导致了公共生活的破坏和重建。这些决定包括：在公车上让座；面对困境隐忍或愉快；当某人从右车道往左拐时，也能随他去，而不是摇下车窗大骂他“笨蛋”。 要成为文明的、友好的人，就要做这样的决定。如今可能整个社会都在热衷于同不断增长的腰围和胆固醇作斗争，但只要我们愿意，同样能阻止城市中粗鲁而不友好的态度继续蔓延。 文明礼貌虽然不能阻止核战争，也不能为流浪的人提供栖身之所，但它确实能使一个社会群体的面貌焕然一新，就像举重能重新塑造人的形体一样。
解析 1．第一段第一句中contour本义为“轮廓，外形”，在这里引申为“面貌”；the mood of amoment意为“一时的情绪”。
2．第一段第二句虽然句子较长，但结构并不复杂，可采用顺译法。句中出现了几个以thedecision为中心词的并列名词短语，这里可以采用省译法，翻译为“这些决定包括：……”。
3．第一段第二句中的demolition意为“毁损，取消”；reconstruction意为“重建，改造”；against all the odds为短语，指“尽管有极大的困难”；jerk意为“笨蛋”，为俚语；right—handlane意为“右手道”。
4．第二段第三句需要调整前后语序，译为两个分句。
5．第二段第四句和第五句之间是转折关系，可运用合句方法将其译为一句话。holocaust意为“浩劫，大灾难”；put a roof over指“提供栖身之所”。
6．最后一句中torso意为“躯体，形体”。
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