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Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.

在过去的二十五年里，英语报纸发生了很多变化，其中最深远的变化可能是其艺术报道的范围和严肃性不可逆转地减少了。

In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered.

在那个遥远的年代，人们理所当然地认为，主要报纸的评论家会详细而深入地撰写他们所报道的事件。

Natural scenes were taken into consideration.

自然场景被考虑。

Now, a new Web-based company has taken it a step 13 and developed the first "brain training program" designed to actually help people improve and regain their mental 14 .

现在，一家新的基于网络的公司又向前迈进了一步 13，开发出了首个旨在真正帮助人们提高和恢复其心理 14的“大脑训练程序”。

In 2010, leading congressional Democrats and Republicans sent letters to the AAAS asking that it identify actions that could be taken by "federal, state and local governments, universities, foundations, educators, individual benefactors and others" to "maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education.

2010年，美国国会的民主党与共和党领袖分别致信AAAS，要求其确定联邦、州和地方政府、大学、基金会、教育者、个人捐助者及其他各方可以采取的行动，以保持美国在人文学科和社会科学领域学术与教育的全国领先地位。