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| I had an interesting experience playing ping-pong last year. I was playing against a 1 opponent (对手). The score was 20 to 17 in her 2 . I won the next three points which made the score 20 to 20. I 3 my paddle on the table and thanked my opponent and began to walk away. She called me 4 and said we had to continue until one of us 5 . "Look," I said, "if we 6 , one of two events will take place, either you or I will win. If you win, I will begin to 7 my skill. If I win, you will be unhappy. Isn't it better to know that we both played 8 , that we enjoyed the competition, and that we played an even (相等) score?" This was a 9 ending for my opponent and for the persons watching this contest. It made 10 to me to leave with a tie (不分胜负) game, an impasse (僵局): no winner, no 11 . So, my friends, here is the problem 12 me. Our present technology makes it possible for nations to 13 other nations for retaliatory (报复) strikes. In such a nuclear time, there 14 be no winners, only losers. Under these conditions, the only choice to 15 global destruction is global impasse. This would be a 16 "tie game" where no nation wins and no nation loses. An impasse reached through compromise (妥协). This is because compromise becomes the only means of 17 . We cannot destroy this beautiful planet by holding on to 18 understanding of victory. The 19 victory is in achieving a desirable impasse. No one wins, 20 no one loses either. | ||||
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