Although George couldn't understand why anyone would just want to talk to him about his life, he was happy to answer my questions, so long as I didn't prod his kidneys.

虽然乔治搞不懂为何还有人只是想跟他谈谈生活，但他还是乐意回答我的问题，只有我不戳他的肾脏。

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I shall have to prod him to pay me what he owes.

我将不得不催促他把欠我的钱还给我。

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If they begin to wander off in the wrong direction I have my trusty shepherd's staff to prod them back in the right direction.

如果它们走到错误的方向去，我会用牧羊杖把它们赶回到对的方向去。

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Also, I ask the teaching assistants to give me little capsule descriptions of you so that if in ten years, or 20 years from now, I get a call from a reporter asking about this illustrious person who was once my student, I can have something to prod my memory.

我还要求助教做一个,你们每人的简要描述给我,这样的话,如果在10年20年后,有个记者打电话给我,向我询问一位曾经是我的学生,而现在已经声名显著的人时,也好有些资料帮我想起来

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