最近，我在主持一次会议时发现，会议室中间摆着一些奇形怪状的麦克风，与会者说的每个字都被录音。这显然是以往为了避免会议记录引起争执而定下的规矩。

I recently had to chair a meeting and discovered monstrous microphones in the middle of the room, recording every word, which had apparently been the previous custom because of disputes about minutes.

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The moral of the story... and by the way, they bring him out during meetings of the board at University College London and the minutes record him as present but not voting.

其寓意在于。。。，顺便说一句，伦敦大学学院理事会在开会时,都会把他推出来,会议记录上写着，他到场但未参与表决。

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