Is he sincere in saying this, in making this point or his he somehow being ironical in his use of the religious tone ? or the religious register?

他说那些话时，是否诚恳地反应其论点,或他只是故做讽刺,才使用那些宗教论调,或是宗教语言？

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his speeches seem real, so.

他的演说听起来很诚恳。

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But we do know from living cultures that people do engage in all kinds of ritual and symbolic actions because of genuine beliefs about the importance of those actions, because those rituals and symbols are extraordinarily meaningful to them.

但是我们可以在还活着的文化中知道些什么,它们蕴含在人们做的各种宗教仪式和有象征意义的行为中,因为人们诚恳地相信这些行为的重要性，因为这些仪式和象征对他们来说意义重大。

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I give him a lot of credit for integrity and honesty.

我很赞赏他的正直,和诚恳。

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Do we believe him in this respect, I mean an important question, do we believe him again, ? is he being sincere in this or is he using this as it were a kind of rhetoric ? with which to envelope himself?

我们相信他这番言论吗，我意指一个重要的问题，我们再次自问是否要相信他，他这么说时是否诚恳,或只是利用这类的修辞,来包裹自己？

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First of all, I found secretary Rumsfeld a very easy person to deal with in a sense that he's very professional, very strict, very honest, not the kind of guy who, you know, take a different position, try to around behind your back. If he's going to stab you, he's going to stab you in the chest.

首先，我发现拉姆斯菲尔德秘书长,是很容易打交道的人,我指的是他非常专业，非常严格，非常诚恳，不像那类人，因为观点立场不同,就从你背后放冷箭,如果他想杀了你，也是从正面进攻。

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