strategic objective." The defense secretary has given several hints of his views on the way forward in Afghanistan, including a speech earlier Monday in which he cautioned against an over-reliance on air power and high technology, which some officials believe should be used more in Afghanistan, instead of the additional troops the U.S.and NATO commander there wants.

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The speech is proceeding rather smoothly and, I think, kind of explicably as the Lady defends the sun-clad power of chastity.

我认为演说进行的相当顺利，当女士维护贞节如太阳一般的力量时，听上去是可解释的。

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She's probably said way more than enough in her testimony to the potentially apocalyptic power of her virginal speech.

在她证明童贞潜在的启示力量的演讲中,她很可能说得更多。

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He's not saying that it is because we are rational creatures possessed of the power of speech that causes us to engage in politics.

他并不是在说,因为我们是理性生物,且具有辩论能力,所以才会导致我们参与政治。

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But rather that he is enormously clever, that he can use speech to achieve practical ends just as he uses strength and power, and all those other things.

更是指他非常聪明,他可以用演说来达到实际的目的,就像他使用力量,权力,以及所有其他的品质来达到目的一样

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He says man is political not because we have some biological impulse or instinct that drives us to participate in politics, but, he says, because we are possessed of the power of speech.

他说人类具有政治性,但不是因为,我们拥有某种生物冲动或本能,驱使我们参与政治，而是因为我们掌握了,辩论的能力。

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