It was a year when the world faced what must have seemed almost insoluble problems -- the devastation of the world wars, particularly the Second World War; the fragile peace that had been brought about; the need for a whole economic regeneration.
那一年全世界必须面对 许多棘手的问题-- 世界大战尤其是第二次世界大战 造成的破坏， 脆弱的和平局势， 整个经济需要复苏。