As I see it, the official function of this simile is to give us a sense of the size of Satan's shield and thereby to give us a sense of the size of Satan himself.

在我看来，这个比喻的正式的作用,是要给我们展现出撒旦的屏障的规模,因此来展现撒旦自身的伟岸。

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Then there is larger issue of course of national sovereignty The Parkistani government as a position, the official position that they don't allow this to happen.

还有就是更大的问题-国家主权,巴基斯坦政府作为一个政府,不允许这个发生。

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Now what you might do about this, let's say that we--that you're the Surgeon General or you're the top health official in some country and you agree with this poll, that people are eating too much junk food.

那我们现在要怎么做呢,假设,你是卫生部部长或者你是,某国的卫生部门的高官并且你认可,人们摄取了过量垃圾食品的结论

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This has become the official mantra in many ways of the AA movement: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can change; " and wisdom to know the difference."

它已成为AA运动的正式圣言：,“主啊，请赐我安详，接纳我不能改变的事物;,请赐我勇气，去改变我可以改变的东西;,并赐我智慧去认识这两者的差别“

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