It is used to make clothing that stops bullets fired from a gun.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

And then he'd been--he was Jewish, and he was fired from his post in Strasbourg, under Vichy, that is the collaboration government of World War Two, because he was Jewish.

然后他去了--他是犹太人,他在斯特拉斯堡被解聘了,被维西政府,就是二战时候的法奸政府,因为他是犹太人

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Because that might save me from getting fired, at least for now.

那样最多能保证我不会被炒鱿鱼,至少在当时不会

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VOA: standard.2009.09.11

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VOA: standard.2010.07.24

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VOA: special.2009.08.16

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VOA: special.2010.04.08

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VOA: special.2009.12.31

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VOA: special.2010.09.16

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VOA: standard.2010.06.10

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VOA: standard.2010.08.10

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VOA: standard.2010.08.06