I mean,how can we say that we want Karzai to do something about his brother's alleged narcotics activities, while apparently the CIA has been paying the same brother?" Former U.S.ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald Neumann tells VOA he believes President Karzai to be a decent man, but points out that he does not have a great deal of actual power outside of Kabul and has to be very careful about alienating some people.

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There's only enough of them to fill a decent sized dining room, but they call themselves the "town meeting."

人数刚够坐满一间小饭馆而已，但他们却称之为“镇民大会“

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The desire not to oppress others may be decent but at the same time the people have to be taught or educated how to defend their liberty.

不愿意压迫别人这挺不错,但与此同时仍需要教导人们,怎样去守卫他们的自由。

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There is something that one might be able to hold on to: the knob of something, the little flame of something that ; The grain of sand. -The grain of sand; but there is really not a decent metaphor for it, I think.

一个你可以依靠的支点：,一个不同寻常的想法，一个思想的小火花,就像一粒沙中看世界，-一粒沙中看世界;,不过我认为任何比喻都不够贴切。

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