洗

Love is like a high bourn of life, a gentle breeze and a light drizzly rain.

历经了近十年的爱情印证，我们所理解的爱不再是海誓山盟和大喜大悲，而是生活中的高山流水，是轻风细雨，是每日每日你归来的脚步，是我手下烫洗干净的衣裤和在外面采撷的一把野草，是平淡又平淡的日日月月。

John Bowker, The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions,"Mandeans," Geoffrey Parrinder, A Dictionary of Non Christian Religions (Amersham: Hulton, 1971), Mandeans.

Mandeans 早期的成员相信他们自己是施洗的约翰的门徒的继承者；而他们的祖先则是在主后70年耶路撒冷被罗马军队毁灭后逃亡到波斯去的。

Do you mind if I wash the bowls?

对，你介意我洗碗吗？

He took a shower and was braced up a bit.

他洗了个淋浴，提了提精神。

I took a shower and it braced me up a bit.

我洗过淋浴后觉得爽快了一些。

And they had a way to brainwash you?

他们想法子给你洗脑了呢？

In China, the government does the brainwash job and they do a very poor job.

在中国，政府给人洗脑，但他们做的很差劲。

However, the MLM people brainwash you, as if you were in a cult.

然而，传销人洗脑你，因为如果你是一个邪教。

That's why I never watch adverts they brainwash you into buying things you don't need or want!

这就是为什么我从来不看广告，他们会洗你的脑让你买些不时用的或是不需要的东西！

He then systematically shows you how to brainwash yourself for fun and profit.

然后，他系统地展示您如何对自己洗脑乐趣和利润。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。