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National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

民族语言都是既得利益集团的庞大体系，它们阴沉地抵制批判性的探究。

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We have to stress our conservative credentials and emphasize that we are the natural, national alternative to the Liberals. Clearly the Alliance has shown it can't break out of its Western box. The Alliance is at single-digit support in three quarters of the country.

我们必须强调我们的保守派资历，并强调我们是自由主义者的天然的、全国性的替代品。显然，北约已经表明，它无法打破西方的框框。该联盟在全国四分之三的地区获得了个位数的支持。

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Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art is primarily visual he expects that he should get the message immediately and is apt to be affronted if he doesn't.

人类习惯了这样一个事实:有些语言是他一开始不懂的，而且必须学习，但因为艺术主要是视觉的，他希望自己应该立即得到信息，如果他不懂，就很容易被冒犯。

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In my opinion the prevailing systems of education are all wrong, from the first stage to the last stage.

在我看来，现行的教育体制从第一阶段到最后阶段都是错误的。

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Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.

政治体系是由自我选择的政治家来运行的。我们不征兵;这不是陪审团的职责。

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I get recognized somewhere in between like local meteorologist and national meteorologist.

我得到的认可介于当地气象学家和国家气象学家之间。

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Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.

电影是三种通用语言之一，另外两种是数学和音乐。

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