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FRIAR LAURENCE I will be brief, for my short date of breath is not so long asis a tedious tale.

我的译文：我要长话短说，因为我短促的残年，来不及讲完冗长的故事。

He said yes, I did, and we proceeded on that asis, saving us at least five hours of negotiating time, by allowing each minister to go out, say his piece to camera for the record, then get back down to business.

他说是的，我说得对，我们就那样进行了，使我们至少节约了5个小时的谈判时间，让各位部长出去，在电视摄影机前讲他准备好的话，接着谈事。

I remember listening to my grandmother telling stories about her work on a bomber assembly-line during World War II.

我还记得外祖母讲她二战期间在轰炸机装配工厂工作的故事。

In this case, I'll get the Assistant Manager and could you please talk about this with her

在这种情况下，我会去找经理助理，并请你跟她讲这件事。

Babel, Tower of (Hebrew Bābhel, from Assyro-Babylonian bāb-ili,"gate of God"), according to the Old Testament (see Genesis 11:1-9), tower erected on the plain of Shinar in Babylonia by descendants of Noah.

巴别塔的故事，来自《圣经*旧约》，主要讲人类不同语言出现的原因：那时，天下人的口音言语都是一样。他们往东边迁移的时候，在示拿地遇见一片平原，就住在那里。他们彼此商量说："来吧，我们要做砖，把砖烧透了。"

The man and woman are Winston Churchill and Lady Astor and the incident allegedly did occur.

这个故事据说是萧伯纳讲的，男人是丘吉尔，女人是Astor女士，确有其事。

This event is theorized to occur possibly as soon as late 2010 or early 2011 due to an astronomical body many times the mass of Earth making a passage within approximately 10-15 million miles of our planet.

从理论上讲，该事件最快可能会发生2010年末期，或2011年早期。这是因为质量是地球许多倍的天体从地球近旁通过----距离我们的星球大致1000万到1500万英里。

Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and billions of planets.

从天文学上讲，这说明又数以万计的星系于数以亿计的行星。

Today on Language Snacks we take a look at the expression at a loose end.

今天我们要讲的短语是"at a loose end。"

I will be speaking at a natural rate of Spanish, which may sound rapid to some of you.

我会以正常的速度讲西班牙语，对你们之中的某些人来说可能会有点快。

The objective is to subjugate and discourage the people, because that allows the elite to continue to rule unopposed.

其目的是压制和打击人民的积极性，因为这可以让实权派继续统治不会沦为反对派。

GOD,this is the second time you vanquished me!

天啊，这是第二次你打败了我！