The anti-apartheid prisoners on the island, like so many in every age and nation, found that Shakespeare had a peculiar ability to gentle their condition. They used to gather clandestinely to read the plays; on one occasion, the book was passed around for each man to mark his favourite lines.

  • -- Daniel Hannan 丹尼尔·汉南

岛上的反种族隔离囚犯,就像各个时代和国家的许多人一样,发现莎士比亚有一种特殊的能力来缓和他们的处境。他们过去常常偷偷地聚在一起看戏;有一次,这本书被分发给每个人,让他们写下自己最喜欢的台词。

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The prisoners for better security against conversation shall have a canvas bag put over the head of each and tied around the neck, with a holes for proper breathing and eating, but not seeing.

为了更好地防止交谈,囚犯们应该在每个人的头上放一个帆布包,并在脖子上绑上一个洞,以便正常呼吸和进食,但不能看到东西。

Our nation's oldest sin and deepest crime is the isolation of minority children - black children, in particular - in schools that are not only segregated but shamefully unequal.

我们国家最古老的罪恶和最深的罪恶是少数民族儿童- -特别是黑人儿童- -在学校里受到隔离,这不仅是种族隔离,而且是可耻的不平等。

I really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy. I think technology gives us the ability to have both.

我真的认为我们不必在安全和隐私之间做出取舍。我认为科技给了我们同时拥有两者的能力。

Amazing, really, to think of what a man could achieve with the simple ability to put pen to paper and spin a decent yarn.

想想一个人只要用笔在纸上写下一段漂亮的纱线,就能做出如此惊人的成就,真是令人惊讶。

The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people.

一个国家的毁灭始于其人民的家园。

You are a prisoner of your own mind.

你是自己思想的囚徒。