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If we do nothing, we look heartless,and feeble(無能).It doesn't do the government any?

good to look heartless and feeble simultaneously.

-Perhaps you could arrange it,so you only look heartless and feeble alternately.(要么

無情，要么無能.? lol...)

It's safer to be heartless than mindless.History is the triumph of the heartless

over the mindless.

atheist ：無shen論者

The PM appoints people who are vain(自負(fù)/虛榮的) and incompetent無能的.

★★★？？？ virtual 實質(zhì)上的;虛擬的

virtue? 優(yōu)點 美德

on mature consideration....經(jīng)過慎重考慮

on my word of honour 以我的榮譽(yù)擔(dān)保

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Low popularity usually means doing things right.

★To judge from the popular press...

Government security inquiries are only used for killing press stories.

Practically everything happened in government is suspicious.

be that as it may盡管如此

It's child's play to pull it over his eyes.

糊弄他簡直小菜一碟

If they deserve it, of course they should in principle,but not

in practice.在原則上，但實際中不行

Goofy 愚笨的? goof 呆瓜

★by no means 一點也不 絕不

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You only need to know things on a need-to-know basis.

-I need to know everthing! How else can I judge whether or not I need?

to know it?

-So taht means you need to know things even when you don't need to know them,

you need to know beacause you need to know whether or not you need to know?If you?

don't need to know,you still need to know so you know there was no need to know?

Whereas he's only trying to look as if he's trying to reduce unemployment.

-Yes because he's worried that it doesn't LOOK as if he's trying to look as if?

he's trying to reduce it.

The higher the office, the higher the level of paranioa.(職位越高,妄想癥越嚴(yán)重)

Do you want the bad news first?

-you mean there's bad news and good news?

-No,bad news and worse news.

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★★★ suppress 查禁/壓制/zhenya rigorously 嚴(yán)厲地

Hacker was more interested in votes than principles,running for cover at the?

first whiff(一點點) of unpopularity.(一見風(fēng)聲不對,拔腿就跑) He raised the?

average age of Cabinet but lowered the average IQ.

he's going gaga愚蠢的 (俚語:老糊涂了)

I want to have a clear conscience.

-When did you acquire this taste for luxuries? Consciences are for politicians,Bernard.

We are humble functionaries whose duty is to implement commands of?

democratic representatives.

If this question should ever arise again,this is how you deal with questions:

If you have nothing to say,say nothing. Better still,have something to say and?

say it, no matter what they ask.Pay no attention to the question, just make?

your own statement. If they ask the question again,what you say is"That's not?

the question" or "I think the real question is..." and then you make another statement?

of your own.

Gratitude is merely a lively expectation of favours to come.

感激不外乎就是對將來好處的熱切期盼

precedent 先例 prosecute 提起公訴

dismissal 解雇/開除

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Don't we ever get our way with the French?

-Sometimes.

When was the last time?

-Battle of Waterloo,1815.

★★★anticipate 預(yù)感到 jet lag飛機(jī)的時差

vigorously：in a way that uses a lot of energy and strength or determination決心

Argentina's not coming, a bit of luck.

-Because of the Falklands?

No,because their anthem goes on for about six minutes.

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rhetoric 假大空/虛夸的言辭

They said that my administration's all rhetoric,that I talk and talk,but nothing?

ever gets done. It simply isn't true!? There are reforms in the pipeline,

a great new change of direction,great new schemes of development, a whole new?

philosophy of government, profound change in the social fabric結(jié)構(gòu) and?

geopolitical climate of this country.

-So what is actually happening?

The only way to understand the press is to remember that they pander迎合

to their reader's prejudices偏見.

The "Mirror" is read by people who think they run the country,the "Guardian" is read?

by people who think they OUGHT to run the country, the "Times" is read by the people?

who actually DO run the country,the "Daily Mail" is read by the wives of the people?

who run the country,the "Financial Times" isread by people who OWN the country,the?

"Morning Star" is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another?

country,and "Daily Telegraph" is read by people who think ti is.

-What about the people who read "The Sun"?

-(Bernard) "Sun" readers don't care who run the country as long as she's got big tits.

If you're incompetent, you have to be honest. If you're crooked,you have to be clever.

If you're honest and make a pig's breakfast of things(搞出了岔子)the chaps(家伙/大家) will?

help you out.

-If you're crooked?

With good profits,chaps don't ask questions.They're not stupid.Well,not that stupid.

-So the ideal is a firm which is honest and clever?

Yeah,Let me know if you ever ★come across(無意中發(fā)現(xiàn)/偶遇) one, won't you?

Ignorance is safety,it's not a crime to be deceived欺騙 (受騙又不是犯罪)

When you wish to suggest that somebody is not the ideal choice...

-The first stage is to express absolute support,you don't want to say somebody's?

no good, you must be seen to be their friend. After all,it is necessary to get behind

someone before you can stab them in the back.

-The second stage,you list his all the praiseworthy值得稱贊的 qualities,especially?

those that make him unsuitable for the job,and you praise them to the point where?

they become a vice.(大肆夸獎他們到矯枉過正的地步)

-The third stage,better still(更好的辦法是),you over-simplify his views by labelling?

them.

-The fourth stage,you name all his bad points by defending and excusing them(以為他開脫

的口氣),like"Oh,it probably doesn't matter that he was a conscientious objector反對者,

I'm sure nobody's really questioned his patriotism."Or "I think the criticism of him

for bankrupting his last company weren't entirely fair."?

-You can also always hint at a hidden scandal.If he's not married,hint a homosexuality.

If he is married?

-Adultery(tongjian),with a lady who's beyond reproach,(和一位必須避諱的女士)one of?

the royals,for instance, or a television newsreader.

What if he's obviously happily married?

-Say he's extremely puritanical道學(xué)先生 or he drinks or he's having psychiatric treatment.

The possibilities are endless.

How on earth did he become chairman?

-He never has any original ideas,never takes a stand on principle,because he?

doesn't understand anything, he agrees with everybody and people think he's sound.

cliche 陳詞濫調(diào)

He can talk in cliche till the cows come home(他說廢話能說到海枯石爛)