我们想要的防卫手段，并不是马奇诺防线那样的东西，而更像是运动战。

The kind of defence we want is not something akin to the Maginot Line, but more like manoeuvre warfare.

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他们的心被许许多多其他的东西牵住了——波涛汹涌的气球将房子带上高空的奇思妙想，话唠的狗狗，喜欢胡闹的巨鸟，还有紧张刺激的飞船战。

There's plenty else to distract them - from the fanciful idea of a house borne aloft by billowing balloons to talking dogs, slapstick giant birds and thrilling airship battles.

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由于陷入伊战泥潭，美国的强权不再那么超级了，萨科奇现在可以对这个一蹶不振的超级大国宽宏大量一点了。

Now that the Iraqi debacle has made American puissance look rather less hyper, Mr Sarkozy can afford to treat the chastened superpower with magnanimity.

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