1. The United Nations Secretary-General has spoken of the need for individual freedoms and human rights. 联合国秘书长谈到了个人自由和人权的必要性。
2. Technology has cut out much of life's donkeywork, and we have more freedoms than ever: we can wear what we like and communicate with hundreds of friends at once at the click of a mouse. 科技已经消除了我们生活中的许多苦力工作，我们比以往任何时候都更自由：我们可以穿自己喜欢的衣服，点击一下鼠标就可以与数百个朋友交流。
3. Lengthy periods of economic stagnation or decline have almost always left society more mean-spirited and less inclusive, and have usually stopped or reversed the advance of rights and freedoms. 长期的经济停滞或衰退几乎总是使社会变得更加刻薄、更缺乏包容性，通常还会阻止或逆转权利和自由的进步。
4. These days, children are robbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and odd new perceptions about what is best for children. 如今，因为一些问题，儿童被剥夺了这些以往一直都有的自由。这些问题包括犯罪、交通、室外空间的丧失以及关于什么对孩子最好的荒谬新观点。
5. So extend the four freedoms online. 那就在网上延伸四种自由吧。
