Though I personally will defend the value of bedtime stories to my last gasp, I have learned to value imagination in a much broader sense.

虽然我会不遗余力地为床边故事的价值做辩护，但我已学会从更广泛的意义来评价想象力的价值。

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Mr Englund has had to defend giving the literature award once more to a European (seven of the last ten have gone to the continent), and also to a Swede.

英格伦不得不对诺贝尔文学奖再次授予欧洲作家(过去十年有七次)做辩解，而且还是一名瑞典人。

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Apple used Mr Kramer’s patents and drawings to defend itself in the legal wrangle with Burst last September and he gave evidence under fire from Burst’s lawyers.

在去年九月同Burst.com的法律纠纷中，苹果公司利用克莱默的专利和设计草图来为自己辩护，他提出的证据收到了Burst.com律师团的猛烈攻击。

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Turkish officials were in Washington last month to defend their government's no-vote in the latest round of U.N.sanctions against Tehran.

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Arsene Wenger's men must now shake off their disappointment and turn their attention to Tuesday's critical Champions League last-16 second leg against Barcelona - where they will aim to defend a 2-1 lead.

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For all the risk that Mr Fabius will be too powerful to control, the likelihood is that he will provide a balance to the government that it has lacked since Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as finance minister last November in order to defend himself against charges of fraud and corruption.

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Howell finished runner-up last year after a sudden-death play-off with Stephen Dodd, who will also be back to defend his title.

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