If you interrupt the person in the first sentence of the a conversation to pass judgment you have immediately lost the ability to establish a rapport.

如果你在交谈的第一句话中打断别人进行评判，你可能会立即失去建立融洽关系的能力。

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If I had more respect to my life than the peace of the kingdom, I should've made a defence for myself that might leastwise have delayed the ugly sentence which I believe you will pass on me.

若我真的将自己的生命看得比这个国家的和平更重，那么我会为自己辩护，这样至少能拖延你们早已预谋好的丑恶判决。

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But it reflects reality: unless you can sum up your movie idea in a single sentence many producers will quickly pass.

不过这也反映出了一个事实：除非你能将你的电影创意用一句话总结出来，否则很少会有制片人注意你的东西。

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But the defence team said the case was so complex the only person able to pass a realistic sentence was the judge who had listened to all three months of the trial.

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Peterborough magistrates said the offence was so serious a crown court judge must pass sentence.

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Judge Shaw said that the case did pass the custody threshold, but the sentence would be suspended for a year.

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