"So it is a broad scenario, it allows our soldiers to work together, and what we call basic blocking and tackling, and if the eventuality comes where we have to work together with India,with Thailand, with the other nations in the region we work with, we will be better prepared to work as partners together,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

It's as if Nabokov allows us to see the mask of literature, to actually see it there palpably doing its work, so we can become self-aware of how we respond.

就好像Naboko让我们看到了文学的面具，让我们看到了它的功能，所以我们对自己的回应有感知了。

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