Of course, there is a considerable and at times glaring divergence between the ambitions we collectively espouse and the actual situations we observe around us, which unfortunately afflict so many among us.
当然，在我们集体捍卫的雄心壮志与身边所看到的实际情形之间存在很大——有时是极为明显——的差距，而不幸的是我们中许多人正遭受其害。