Let us imagine, then, a Britain of tomorrow that includes parliamentarians who don’t know what led to World War I, or what the Enlightenment was; journalists who can’t write compellingly; attorneys and judges who can’t figure out their cases; and spies and diplomats who don’t speak the languages or understand the cultures in which they work. That Britain will look more like the US of today.
那么请试想，未来的英国议会竟然有议员不知道一战的起因是什么，或者何为启蒙运动；记者的报道文笔粗糙，逻辑混乱；律师和法官连案卷都读不懂；而间谍和外交官们竟然对所在国的语言文化一无所知。到了那时候，英国就跟今天的美国无异了。