$课文16 现代城市

226. In the organization of industrial life the influence of the factory upon the physiological and mental state of the workers has been completely neglected.

在工业生活的组织中，工厂对工人的生理和精神状态的影响完全被忽视了。

227. Modern industry is based on the conception of the maximum production at lowest cost, in order that an individual or a group of individuals may earn as much money as possible.

现代工业的基本概念是：以最低成本获取最多产品，为的是让某个个人或某一部分人尽可能多地赚钱。

228. It has expanded without any idea of the true nature of the human beings who run the machines,

现代工业发展起来了，却根本没想到操作机器的人的本质。

229. and without giving any consideration to the effects produced on the individuals and on their descendants by the artificial mode of existence imposed by the factory.

工厂把一种人为的生存方式强加给工人，却不顾及这种生存方式给工人及其后代带来的影响。

230. The great cities have been built with no regard for us.

大城市的建设毫不关心我们。

231. The shape and dimensions of the skyscrapers depend entirely on the necessity of obtaining the maximum income per square foot of ground, and of offering to the tenants offices and apartments that please them.

摩天大楼完全是按这样的需要修建的：每平方英尺地皮取得最大收入和向租房人提供使他满意的办公室和住房。