英语翻译
翻译两个段落：
In my opinion,you can do nothing with the greater opportunities if you are not equipped with such basic skills as reading and calculating skills.So we should enhance the learning of basic skills so that we'll be better prepared for the further innovation.
While Gail Opp-Kemp,an American artist,was giving a speech on the art of Japanese brush painting to an audience that included visitors from Japan,she was confused to see that many of her Japanese listeners had their eyes closed.Were they turned off because an American had the nerve to instruct Japanese in their own art form?Were they deliberately trying to signal their rejection of her?