马戏团的老板

Barnum: it's my job to show people miracles and wonders, for money.

身为《阿西莫夫科幻小说》的主编，我一直坚信不疑，我的工作性质与过去在电视上大作广告的马戏团老板P·T·巴纳姆相同：向人们展示神奇——为了钱。

I once asked a circus proprietor her opinion of lion tamers,"Any fool can do it," she told me."And only a fool does."

一次我问一个马戏团的老板对训狮人的看法，她告诉我，&任何傻瓜都会做，但只有一个傻瓜在做。&

Parnassus is an ancient and mysterious traveling showman whose horse-drawn theatre presents something like a Medieval Mystery Play by way of the Commedia dell'arte.

作为本片的主人公，帕那索斯博士是一个古老而又神秘的流动马戏团老板，在他搭建在马拉车上的戏院里，中世纪的神话以喜剧的形式上演。

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。