过去这里很少发生故意破坏公物的事。

Vandalism used to be a rare occurrence here.

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他把我故意放在地板上的书捡起来，放在桌子上，而其他人都踩过去，或把它踢到一边，这表明他很细心。

He lifted up the book which I had purposely laid on the floor, and put it on the table, while all the others stepped over it, or pushed it aside, showing that he was careful.

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这难道仅仅是一次集体愚行，仅仅是一时对过去经验教训的故意视而不见？

Is this just a moment of collective folly, a wilful blindness to the lessons of the past?

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