In these modern times, almose anything is possible, nothing seems to be beyond the reach of science.
在这个现代社会里,几乎所有的事情都有可能会发生,似乎没有任何事情是科学解决不了的。
and no child born into one on the opposite side of the globe can ever achieve the thousandth part.
在地球的另一边,诞生在另一个社团的孩子与他就很少有相同的风俗。