We cannot dismiss this as a merely material progress.

我们不能把这一切仅仅当作物质进步而不屑一顾。

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It is a similar story with economic growth, the other source of material progress.

作为物质进步的另一源泉——经济成长，也有跟科学类似的故事。

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As Adam traverses history, he sees material progress combined with spiritual decline.

当亚当穿越历史，他看到了物质的进步的同时也看到了精神的衰落。

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France is not the first country to look at the non-material aspects of progress.

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We must move on to a new principle of spiritual and material progress.

UNESCO: Dialogue among civilizations: Address by Alexandre Yakovlev (Russian Federation)

In Jiashan township, the mayor shows off a large blackboard advertising the material progress made by the district's 24, 000 people.

ECONOMIST: China

Mr Bronk next asks whether faith in progress, and specifically in market-driven material progress, is as well-grounded now as it was in the 18th century.

ECONOMIST: What��s progress?