1. Below are some predictions made by Richard N. Farmer, who gave his light-hearted opinion of the "World of 2084."
    下面是理查德 N·法默所作的一些预测，他以轻松愉快的心情为 “2084年的世界” 描绘了一幅充满妙趣的图画。

2. But if he'd been able to speak with an educated accent in those early short comedy movies, it's doubtful if he would have achieved world fame.
    但假如他在早期那些短小喜剧电影中能操一口受过教育的人的口音，那么他是否会闻名世界就值得怀疑了，

3. But one can't help feeling Chaplin would have regarded this strange incident as a fitting memorial — his way of having the last laugh on a world to which he had given so many.
    但是人们不禁会感到，卓别林一定会把这一奇怪的事件看作是对他的十分恰当的纪念——他以这种方式给这个自己曾带来这么多笑声的世界留下最后的笑声。

4. But as a woman's power is still strongly perceived to be tied up with the ability to bear children, ageing demonstrates to the world her decline, her uselessness for her primary function.
    但由于女性的本领仍在很大程度上被看作与生育能力密切相关，年龄增长向世人显示的是她的衰老，就她的首要作用而言她已无用了。

5. Brain research shows that our view of the world is limited by our genes and the experiences we've had.
    大脑研究表明，人们对外界的看法受到遗传基因及个人经历的局限。

6. For language, which was invented to convey the meanings of this world, cannot readily be fitted to the uses of another.
    因为我们发明的语言是用来描述这个世界的含义，不能随便拿来去描述另一个世界。

7. For on November 21st, 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the world was named after him.
    因为1964年11月21日建成的一座世界上最长的吊桥是以他的名字命名。

8. We still do;we are living in a world with hypocrisy.
    我们现在仍然有这种感觉:我们生活在一个伪善的世界里.

9. We still do; living in a world in which undeclared aggression,
    我们现在仍然有这种感觉:生活在一个不宣而战的侵略,

10. We have friends all over the world.
    我们的朋友遍天下。