Just to say a little bit about smallpox, because unlike chickenpox, which if you haven't had, you've probably seen a case of it.

简单讲一下天花，因为它不像水痘那样，就算你没得过，你也见过它的病例。

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If Polanski was just an ordinary man instead of a world-famous film director, the bare facts of his case would be likely to elicit little sympathy - especially from the world famous.

如果波兰斯基仅仅是个普通人，而不是世界著名的大导演，仅从这个事件的事实情况来看，还能引起人们的一点同情心——尤其是知名人士们的同情心。

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Just last week, I was in a meeting with another client, and I felt the urge to press my case just a little harder.

就在上周，我和另一个客户会面，当时我感到有一种冲动，想要使点劲把事情往前推进一步。

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So I'll bring a little bit of extra food. Just in case you run out.

我会多带一点吃的来。以防万一你这儿的东西不够吃。

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If this happened frequently enough, instead of just a little science fiction story like with the David Smith case, maybe we'd say,yeah,possession is one of these things that needs to be explained.

如果这种事情频繁发生，而不是像David，Smith案例般的科幻故事，也许我们就会说，没错，夺舍是一个亟待解释的事态。

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And we always like to have a little cash laying around, just in case we find one new idea today, so that we can get a little weighting in that stock.

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But it's not just a case of there being too little time to thrash out an agreement.

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And just in case you need to lighten up a little after checking in with all of the ponderous pundits, be sure to take another look at The Onion's BlackBerry Service Shutdown infographic.

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