很不幸地，比起回避整个宗教界对抗科学，霍金已经决定成为第一个点燃那古老辩论的人，这也许会让理查德·达尔文感到骄傲。
Unfortunately, rather than avoiding the whole religion vs. science thing, Hawking has decided to open a can of worms reigniting an age-old debate that would make Richard Dawkins proud.
因此，史密斯先生(下意识的)决定保持和平，并回避敏感的话题。
So the Smiths (subconsciously) decided to keep the peace, and avoid the touchy topics.
乐观主义者或许会认为，两党最起码另对方感到羞愧，以至于对于自己此前一直回避的问题终是作出了艰难的决定。
An optimist might infer that each party is at last shaming the other into taking the hard decisions they had previously ducked.
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