Now, he describes in pretty harsh and even grim terms what you can do to people who violate the law of nature.

他用很强硬甚至可怕的字眼描述,你可以怎样对待违反自然法的人。

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When you think Upper West Side, you think more of like, you know, rich, celebrity...

一想到上西区，你会更容易想到，“富有、名人”之类的字眼，

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That is to say, when one can scarcely say the word "author" without thinking "authority," and one can definitely never say the word "authority" without thinking about the police.

意思就是说，当一个人说到“作者“,而想不到“权威“，或者一个人,在没想到警察的时候绝对不会想起“权威“这个字眼。

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The same question was rephrased in another way, without mentioning the word insurance-- they just described it.

同样的问题，但另一种提问方式，没有提到保险这个字眼-,而仅仅是对保险做了描述。

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So you have to admit in fact it was surprising if only 1/4 teenager girls that everybody ask on the date by someone they don't like to go out with, let alone has been some sexual harassment, or sexual molestation, or sexual stocking, which was the lover of language that was used mostly in the media in reporting them.

因此你不得不承认，事实上这件事情令人惊讶,如果只有1/4的女孩子,被她们不想一起出去的人,邀请外出约会，那更不必说那些受到性骚扰，性侵犯和性跟踪的人，其实不过是过于咬文嚼字,正如媒体报道这些事情的时候所用的字眼一样。

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The ancients had a beautiful word or at least the Greeks had a beautiful word for this quest for this desire for knowledge of the best regime.

古人有一个美丽的字眼,至少希腊文有这么一个美丽的字眼,送给寻道者，追寻最优政体知识的欲望。

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The term "regime" is a familiar one.

政体“是个熟悉的字眼。

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Or as he puts it a little bit later whoever is entitled to participate in an office involving deliberation or decision-making is a citizen of the city. Listen to the words he uses there in describing a citizen.

或像他稍后提到的,任何具参与官职资格的人,包含商议或决策，就是城市的公民,注意他所使用的字眼,看他如何形容公民。

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