首先，这些武器应当只在遭受核袭击后反击时才使用。其次，这些武器的拥有必须是一种临时的应急手段。

First, the weapons should be intended for use only in retaliation after a nuclear attack. Second, the possession of the weapons must be a temporary expedient.

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同时我要求国会通过一项法案来提供临时资金和手段使我们为应对今后的泄露事件做出更好的准备。

And I've called on Congress to pass a bill that would provide critical funds and tools to respond to this spill and better prepare us to confront any future spills.

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这种讲故事的手段为心理学者所惯用，以临时促成某人改变观点。

This sort of storytelling is used routinely by psychologists when they wish to induce a temporary change in someone's point of view.

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