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Broadly speaking 廣泛來說...

3 articles of Civil Service: takes longer to do things quickly;More expensive to do them

cheaply,more democratic in secret.

discrimination 歧視

Women are not inferior(下等的) beings and I don't enjoy being patronised(施舍,pua??).

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In the past all local government reforms rebound(彈回) on us. When anybody finds a way of?

saving money or cutting staff in local government,it works for whitehall just as well.

-Yes,but local government is extravagant(鋪張的奢侈的),overstaffed,incompetent(不稱職的)

whereas we... (lmao...)

Governments long ago decided that civil defence was not a serious issue.

-Merely a desperate one.(十萬火急而已)

get a grip on 管束? ? ? ?interfere 干涉? ? ? ? ?decisive 決定性的

astounding 駭人聽聞的? ?-★-? ?outstanding 杰出的

"Can't trust Frogs."

realm:written a general area of knowledge, activity, or thought

Can't be too careful 怎么小心都不為過

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incompetence :lack of the ability or skill to do a job properly

catastrophic: 災(zāi)難的 滅頂之災(zāi)的 hypothetical：假設(shè)的

statutory 法定的? ?confidence 私房話

★★★commitment? ?承諾? ? scandal 丑聞

oversight 失察/玩忽職守? ? ?

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delegation 代表團(tuán)? ? ? ? ? ? hearsay 道聽途說 傳聞

despicable? ?卑鄙的

what on earth 你在玩什么/搞什么鬼?

A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist.(憤世者是理想主義者對現(xiàn)實主義者的稱呼)

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flatter 奉承 諂媚? ? ? ??

Formulating(制定/規(guī)劃) policy means making choices.Once you do that, you please the people?

that you favour(偏袒),but infuriate(激怒) everybody else.One vote gained,ten lost.

If I might crave your indulgence for a moment(大意:抱歉打斷一下)

Can't make an omelette without breaking eggs!(大意:舍不得孩子套不著狼)

confidencial 機密的? ? ?grindstone 磨石,磨盤/持續(xù)辛勤地工作

The PM feels it's the difficult jobs that the ministers are there for.

(PM認(rèn)為M就得解決難題)

The time is unripe, the climate is unsuitable, the atmosphere is unfavourable.

(時機尚未成熟,風(fēng)聲仍在盛傳,大氣候不利)

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You are related to Sir Humphrey Appleby! (你是漢弗萊家親戚吧！)

rigorous 嚴(yán)格的 縝密的? ??

A casic rule of government is never look into anything you don't have to.

Government isn't about morality.It's about stability,Keeping things going,stopping

society falling to bits.Still being here tomorrow(屹立不倒)

"You are a moral vacuum(道德真空)"

If I believe in all their policies,I would be passonately committed(忠誠/堅定的) to keep?

out of Common Market,(共同市場) And Passionately committed to going into it.I'd have been

convinced of the rightness of nationalising steel and of denationalising it and renationalising it.

Capital(可處s刑的) Punishment?I'd have been a fervent(強烈的) retentionist(保留主義者) and?

an ardent(熱情/激烈的) abolitionist. I'd been a Keynesian and a Fridmanite,a grammer school preserver?

and destroyer,a nationalisation freak(癡迷者) and a privatisation maniac(瘋子).

But above all,I would have been a stark-staring raving schizophrenic!(語無倫次,精神分裂)

A trivial(瑣細(xì)的) break-in led to one ghastly(可怕的) revelation(泄露) after another and

finally the downfall of a president.

The golden rule is don't lift lids(蓋子) off cans of worms(蠕蟲).(別揭爛瘡疤)

“Everything is connected to everything else.”

Just because you've caught something nasty,Why do you have to breathe over everyone?

Investigate if you can catch one criminal,but not if you might catch lots!

-Well,if they're your cabinet colleagues,you're right!

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"It's the end of civilization as we know it."

establishment 精英階層 當(dāng)quan派

“If once you allow the principle of money being taken from the arts and given to ordinary?

people... to enjoy themselves! Where will it end?!”

Railway trains are impartial too,but if you lay down the lines for them,that's the way they go!

Bernard,have you ever thought of going into politics?

No,minister.??

Why not?

I once looked it up in my thesaurus.(我的字典里定義過zz)

Manipulation(操縱),intrigue(陰謀),wire-pulling(暗中操縱),

evasion(逃避推脫),graft(貪贓枉法),rabble-rousing(shan動minxin)...I'd prefer to?

leave that to our lords and masters.

The industry secretary is the idlest man in town,the education secretary is illiterate(文盲),

the employment secretary is unemployable.

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successor 繼承人 interest 利益

Get back to our original point(話說回去)

長難句預(yù)警?。。?/p>

“The relationship,which I might tentatively(暫時性地) aver(主張),has been not without a?

degree of reciprocal utility(互惠的)and perhaps even occasionl gratification(滿足),is

approaching a point of irreversible(不可挽回的) bifurcation(分歧) and,to be brief,

is in the propinquity(接近) of its ultimate,regrettable,termination. I'm on my way out”

(與您共掌此部至今,細(xì)細(xì)想來，雖不說肝膽相照，榮辱與共，倒也合作愉快，相得益彰，如今卻

面臨分道揚鑣，一言以蔽之，已經(jīng)走到了令人痛心，無可挽回的終點.我要走了)

One has to accept what fate has in store,when one passes on...

(命里有時終須有,當(dāng)人天數(shù)將至...)

to pastures(牧草) new,perhaps greener(去水草豐腴之地)...and places oneself finally in the service of one?

who is greater than any of us.(脫胎換骨，獻(xiàn)身于至高無上權(quán)威)

You're going to do for the PM what you've always done to me... for me.(to 和 for用法.lol...)

Finest tradition 典范

Honoured by the cause of departure(離去),saddened by the fact,in particular leave the?

service of a minister without parallel.We've watched grow in standing,stature?

and sureness(踏實,安全) of touch.So,seasonal felicitations(祝賀) to you all,

First rule of politics:never believe anything until it's officially denied.

How are the things at the campaign for the Freedom of Information?

-Sorry,I can't talk about that.

So,will the new PM be our eminent Chancellor or our distinguished Foreign Secretary?

-Like asking which lunatic should run the asylum(jingshen病院,收容所).

高能:

So we need a compromise candidate.Malleable(可塑的).Flexible.Likeable(隨和的).

No firm opinion.No bright ideas.Not intellectually committed(思維不敏銳).Without the?

strength of purpose to change anything.Someone who can be manipulated,professionally guided.

And leave the business of government in the hands of the experts.

We trust you to ensure your minister does nothing incisive(尖銳的) or?

divisive(導(dǎo)致分裂的引起不和的)over the next few weeks.

Avoid anything controversial.

Express no firm opinion about anything at all.

-I think that's probably what he was planning anyway.

八股預(yù)警:

While one does not seek the office,one has pledged(許諾) onself to the service of one's country,

and if friends persuade one that was the best way to serve,one might have to accept the?

responsibility whatever one's own private wishes might be.

I have absolutely no ambition in that direction.

-You do mean you!? (lol...)

Her Majesty 女王陛下 correspondent 記者 通信員? ? effectively 實際上

Politics is about presentation.(zz是表述的藝術(shù))

“This is a time for healing.A time to stress what we agree about,not what be disagreed about,

we should be looking for the good in our opponents.”

- Except the French. (lmao...)