Just like somebody could take my place in the string quartet, it seems that somebody could take my place at the guillotine.

就像别人代替我在弦乐四重奏团演出一样，看上去有人可以代替我上断头台。

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I knew the storyline before I went, but when the lights went down, and then the story came out.

我去看之前就知道故事情节了，但当灯光暗下来，演出开始，

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The class just seemed to be a platform for Kagan to throw out random ideas " and the students were never required to engage in any thought."

它看起来就像一场演出,演出内容就是卡刚抛出随机的观点,而学生们从没被要求参与其中“

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