I suppose what's happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I think made clearer some of those things that I point out. For instance I have a section of the book where I talk about the possibility of torture.

  • -- Peter Albert David Singer 彼得·艾伯特·大卫·辛格

我想最近发生的事情已经证实了我在书中所表达的怀疑,我认为我所指出的一些事情已经更清楚了。例如,我在书中有一部分谈到了酷刑的可能性。

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What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the public. They strip the labels off miracle wheat when they ship it, for instance, and say, 'Watch out. Don't plant too much and don't depend on it too much.'

更令人不安的是,这些人对公众隐瞒自己的所作所为。比如,他们在发货时把神奇小麦的标签撕掉,然后说,‘小心’。不要种太多,也不要太依赖它。”

I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, 'OK, this is what I'm going to do for a living and I'm going to be Weird Al.'

我想,当我对着浴室镜子里的梳子唱歌时,我也有过摇滚明星般的幻想,但我从来没有真正有意识地说过,‘好吧,这就是我要做的工作,我要做一个古怪的艾尔。’

The central task of science is to arrive, stage by stage, at a clearer comprehension of nature, but this does not at all mean, as it is sometimes claimed to mean, a search for mastery over nature.

科学的中心任务是逐步达到对自然的更清晰的理解,但这并不意味着,它有时被认为意味着,寻求对自然的掌握。

There is nothing that says unions have a God-given right to be there. We have to work at it and make ourselves relevant to every section of the workforce.

没有什么能说明工会有上帝赋予的参与其中的权利。我们必须努力做到这一点,让自己与劳动大军的每一个部门都有关联。

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.

毕竟,除了青春,生活没有什么可以奉献的,我想对于老年人来说,就是对他人青春的热爱。

However, very recently I have come to an understanding that complex music is not necessarily pleasant.

然而,最近我开始明白,复杂的音乐并不一定是令人愉快的。

When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture.

当你每天早上都要进入角色时,给它你的声音,你的脸,这是一种折磨。

But it's just been recently that Nashville has started to feel like home.

但直到最近纳什维尔才开始有家的感觉。

Record stores have whole sections devoted to the chant.

唱片商店有专门用来唱圣歌的部分。

Anyone will say anything under torture.

在严刑拷打下,任何人都会说出任何话。