1. Each civilization is born, it culminates, and it decays.
    各种文明都要经历诞生, 鼎盛和衰亡.

2. Education, with its cycles of instruction so carefully worked out, punctuated by textbooks----those purchasable wells of wisdom----what would civilization be like without its benefits?
    教育，以其教学周期如此精心地安排，并以教科书 -- 那些可以买到的智慧源泉 -- 予以强化，如果不受其惠，文明将会是个什么样子呢？

3. What is called ´modern civilization´ is not the result of a balanced development of all man´s nature,
    所谓"现代文明"并不是人的天性平衡发展的结果，

4. While it's true all of us need a career, preferably a prosperous one, it is equally true that our civilization has collected an incredible amount of knowledge in fields far removed from our own.
    虽然我们所有人都确实需要一份工作, 最好是一份薪水丰厚的工作，但同样确实的是我们的文明已经在远远超越我们各自业务的领域里积累了数量惊人的知识。

5. The armament of any of the great powers could destroy civilization.
    任何大国的军事力量都能摧毁文明世界。

6. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for It enjoyed a high level of civilization.
    这座古城在一个时期准是很繁荣的,因为它曾享有高度文明.

7. Least one arena, the conflict between the individual and encroaching civilization.
    但神话与现实至少在一个竞技场上, 即个人与渐渐渗入的文明的冲突确实并存着.

8. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for It enjoyed a high level of civilization.
    这座古城在一个时期准是很繁荣的,因为它曾享有高度文明.

9. The relics of early civilization were rediscovered.
    早期文明的遗物被再一次发现。

10. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization.
    这座古城肯定一度很繁荣，因为它曾享有高度的文明，