We are a high-consumption society and we must conserve the national resource and make sure that every part of it is effectively used.

我们是一个高消费社会，我们需要保护国家资源并确保资源的每一部分都得到有效地利用。

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But, the very difficulty of consumption of raw foods, or a high vegetable diet, is probably what makes them often a good choice for someone who wants to lose weight in an affluent society.

但是，实行生食或者素食的困难，使他们只是那些生活在这个富足的社会的想减肥的人们的一个好选择。

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Before we answer this, one needs to revisit the American Economic Historian W.W. Rostow who in the sixties had suggested that countries passed through 5 stages of economic development as Traditional Society, Transitional Stage, Take-off, Drive to Maturity and High Mass Consumption.

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