英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(125)

英语口语、习惯语、经典语录5000句(125) 

1241. Government agencies are finding themselves in increasingly rough waters as people know how to defend their rights. 当普通民众学会了如何保护自己的权利时，政府部门就发现他们的日子日益不那么容易过了。in rough waters难熬的经历，也可以说in hot water：Don’t speak ill of your boss. That can land you in hot water. 不要背后说老板的坏话，搞不好你会有麻烦的。fish in troubled waters:混水摸鱼。

1242. Citizens need to fight for a way to protect themselves from the ambitions of tyrants motivated by ideology, such as Hitler, Stalin and M. 有些暴君，如希特勒、斯大林、M为了一个主义而奴役人民，这时公民应该自强，学会保护自己。

1243. Government should play no role in the lives of the citizens of a free society except keeping orders. 在一个自由社会，政府除了维持治安外，不能干预公民的私生活。

1244. One of the biggest problems about the Chinese culture is that people are brought up with the low expectations for themselves. They expect the government to solve all the problems for them. This kind of culture can only produce a dictatorship.中国文化的最大问题之一就是，人民被调教成了对自己的期望值过低，他们什么事都希望政府来替他们解决。这种文化只能培养出独裁者。

1245. I never watch CCTV 7 o’clock evening news, because it destroys our critical abilities and the ability to actually think. 我从来就不看中央台7点的晚间新闻，因为中央台把我们搞得没有分别是非的能力、以及思维的能力。critical abilities: 批评能力，分辨是非能力。

1246. Why does the government fear freedom of speech? Because ideas have consequences. 政府为什么这么害怕言论自由？因为思想必带来结果。

1247. I let my guard down. 我放松了警惕。

1248. In the news stand, you find a lot of cheap throwaway newspapers and magazines. 在报刊亭，大量的报纸和杂志都是看完就扔掉的垃圾。

1249. On the street, you will find lots of free, throwaway handbills. 走到大街上，总会有人塞给你大量的免费垃圾推销广告。

1250. So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me.徒27：25 所以众位可以放心，我信上帝他怎样对我说，事情也要怎样成就。