Recent book titles, strong on words such as crisis, threat, secrets and terror, seem to suggest that this is a dark and desperate place.

最近发表的一系列有关沙特阿拉伯的书中，标题都紧扣“危机、威胁、秘密、恐怖”这些词语，提示人们沙特阿拉伯是一个黑暗且令人感到绝望的地区。

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Words carry strong implicit meaning and, as such, play a major role in how we perceive a problem.

语言中包含了强大的隐含意义，因此在如何感知问题上扮演了很大的角色。

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He and Mr Chirac exchanged such strong words at the summit that the French president, in a fit of pique, promptly cancelled the traditional end-of-year Anglo-French summit.

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