With only a few months to go before the year 2000, the new century stands right in front of our eyes. In retrospect, the past 100 years of human existence have been extremely exciting, and extremely frightening as well.

• 再过几个月就进入公元2000年，新的世纪就在眼前，回首过去一百年，人类世界可说精彩绝伦，但也惊心动魄。