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.

  • -- Edwin M. Stanton 埃德温·M·斯坦顿

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。

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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.

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。

If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.

如果某件事是在国家安全的秘密基础上做的,这是民选官员不谈论这件事的一个很好的理由。这是逃避公众责任的好办法。

In the last couple of years, companies have taken security issues very seriously. We will redouble our efforts now.

在过去的几年里,公司非常重视安全问题。我们现在要加倍努力。

What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.

专家们的谈话是多么令人愉快啊!一个人什么都不懂,这很迷人。

Instead of making prisoners out of our students, we ought to make students out of our prisoners.

我们不应该把学生变成囚犯,而应该把学生变成囚犯。

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.

会话的主要用途是满足说话的冲动。