But if you've got the Germans in Ostende eating moules frites, eating mussels with French fries, and you've already got the french there, this is unthinkable.

但如果德国人在奥斯坦德吃着淡菜炸薯条,也就是薯条配淡菜,和法国人一同窥伺英伦,这是难以想象的

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Now, one of the reasons why people would-- it's unthinkable for someone like me or for probably most of you to imagine giving up your rights to a kind of absolute rule, though we seem to be in a situation like that, where that's happened quite a lot recently, even in this own country.

我或者你们中绝大多数的人,很难想象会有这么多人,宁愿放弃自己的权利,而屈从于一种绝对王权的原因,尽管在我们国家,最近类似的事情层出不穷,让我们仿佛能够感同身受

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