I recalled when we tipped over into this millennium. The question then: What is the greatest advance in the world in the past 1, 000 years?

我记得当我们谈论到新千禧年的时候，这个问题就变成了：在过去的1000年里什么是世界上最伟大的进步？

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In the advance of the movement, the humorous saying has acquired a proverbial currency, "Quitting smoking is the easiest thing world. I've done it hundreds of time."

在这一运动的推进中，幽默的说法众所周知：“戒烟是世界上最容易的事，我已经做过几百次了。”

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The Association to Advance Collegiate schools of business counts over 13,000 schools that offer business degrees in the world.

据高等商学院联合会统计世界上有超过13,000所学校提供商学学位。

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So if you could make a hepatitis B vaccine that didn't require a shot or that didn't require refrigeration, that would be a tremendous advance in spreading that vaccine through the world.

所以如果你可以开发出这样的乙肝疫苗,它不需注射就能接种,或者不需要冷藏,这样的巨大进步,能够将疫苗的使用普及至全世界

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For example, Frito-Lay, before they really had to because of bad publicity, took out all of the Trans fats in their products and that was -they're the largest snack manufacturer in the world so that was a pretty significant advance for the healthiness of their foods.

例如,菲多利,为免受到舆论谴责,他们在政策发布前,就已剔除了其所有产品中的反式脂肪,他们是世界上最大的零食生产厂商,这对他们产品的健康程度也是一大提升

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On a deeper note it is much more, because our whole society is based on the working men and women of America, and without education we cannot advance in the world.

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