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　　In recent years，urbanization in China has stepped into an accelerating phase.Amidst magnificent achievements，there have emerged some complicated problems. The crux is that the cities and the countryside are developing at such a rapid rate，on such a large scale，with such enormous capital，in such a vast extent that they have surpassed any historical period China has ever witnessed before. Virtually，building construction has today become a major economic pursuit in China

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　　在理智上，人們大概愿意接受“兼聽則明，偏信則暗”、“忠言逆耳利于行”等一類古老的真理，或者樂于信服老子說的“美言不信，信言不美”的哲理。但在行為上，人們又時常背離這些古訓(xùn)，不愿意聽或聽不進(jìn)“逆耳”之言，”最終犯下嚴(yán)重的過失。

　　近年來，中國城市化進(jìn)人加速階段，取得了極大的成就，同時也出現(xiàn)了種種錯綜復(fù)雜的問題。今天的城鄉(xiāng)建設(shè)速度之快、規(guī)模之大、耗資之巨、涉及面之廣、尺度之大等已遠(yuǎn)非生產(chǎn)力低下時期所能及，建筑已成為一種重大的經(jīng)濟(jì)活動。(102字)