Humor is very powerful in denigrating and demoting people.

幽默是一个很强大的,贬损和扼杀人性的工具。

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If we have a debate about abortion in this class, people--some people might say, "Look. The fetus is a sentient being and as such it has a right to survive and shouldn't be killed by its mother."

如果我们在课常上以堕胎展开辩论，有些人可能会说，“胎儿是有知觉的生命体,所以它有生存的权利,它的母亲不应该扼杀它”

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Or if we don't appreciate it, wither and die.

或者，如果我们看不到这潜能，它就会像刚萌芽的幼苗一样被扼杀，it，will，depreciate—

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