American lives are on the line." Opposition Republicans see an opening in the administration's flawed handling of the failed attack, and appear eager to highlight the incident as a potential campaign issue for the November midterm congressional elections.

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Already from the very opening lines we see in this a clue to the theme that is going to follow.

打从一开始,我们即看出这条线索,连系到即将发生的主题。

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But I think you can see the big themes of the book already very present in the opening scene of the dialogue.

但我想你们已可以看出本书的大主题,在对话一开始,即非常明显地点出。

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You can see these opening pages of the book, dense argument being condensed in very deep ways, carry a great deal of freight.

你们可以看到书的开头前几页，密集的辩论都集结在那,且探得很深，包含很大量的材料。

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