The journalists say they exercised "extreme caution" to protect sources and that once captured they tried to shield interviewees by "swallowing notes and damaging videotapes".

这两位记者说她们对保护采访来源“极度小心”：如果一旦被抓，为了保护受访者她们会把“采访记录吞进嘴里，把录像带销毁”。

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It is common for police officers to shield each other from punishment, but the phenomenon reaches an extreme in Chicago.

警员间互相包庇以逃避处罚是常见的默契，但该现象在芝加哥已登峰造极。

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By piloting two X-wing starfighters at extreme close range of each other, one of the fighter's R2 units can integrate both shield matrices, thus doubling deflector strength.

两驾X翼星际战斗机在飞行时靠得极其近，其中一驾战斗机的R2机器人能整合两个护盾体，这样使偏导强度加倍。

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This could be a serious problem. The shield protected the spacecraft from burning up from the extreme heat of re-entering the Earth's atmosphere.

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At the other extreme, in terms of ambition, lies the dream of a shield over the entire United States.

ECONOMIST: Rockets overhead