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The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that.

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

五角大楼表示，这些囚犯是根据日内瓦公约被关押的，当然我对此并不放心，但我无法证明这是错的;所以我们更清楚了。

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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。

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The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way to prison, who were tortured, who were kidnapped, who "disappeared". That's what the candle is for.

蜡烛不是为我们而燃烧，而是为所有那些我们没能从监狱里救出的人而燃烧，他们在入狱的路上中弹，被拷打，被绑架，“失踪”了。这就是蜡烛的作用。

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This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have a different infomercial and people view it with a certain level of cynicism.

这不是一个惯例，这是一个电视广告。每天晚上我们都会有不同的电视广告，人们会以某种程度的愤世嫉俗来看待它。

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One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer.

记日记的一个好处是，你会清楚地意识到自己不断遭受的变化，这让人安心。

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It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists.

同样值得一问的是，日内瓦的严格限制在反恐战争中是否有意义。

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When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.

在五角大楼裁员时，不要消除确保文职人员控制的薄弱环节。

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There is nothing more conventional than the convention of unconventionality.

没有什么比反常规的惯例更传统的了。

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