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Yes,Minister S01E01/E02 学习笔记 （基本来自于破烂熊字幕组，只在个别翻译上略有改动。强大的字幕组！） -Oppositions about ask all the questions. -And government is about not answering them. - 反对派就是用来质询这些问题的。 - 而政府就是用来回避这些问题的。 The less you intend to do about something, the more you have to keep talking about it. 你愈不想做什么事情，就愈会把这件事挂在嘴边。 -Whats wrong with open government? I mean, why shouldnt the publi c know more about whats going on? -Its a contradiction in terms. You can be open or you can have gover nment. -But surely the citizens of a democracy have a right to know. -No. They have a right to be ignorant. Knowledge only means complicit y and guilt, ignorance has a certain dignity. - “透明政府”有什么不对的吗？我意思是，为什么公众不能对正在发生的事知 道得更详细些？ ,, - 这个短语本来就自相矛盾。你可以“透明”或者你可以有个政府。 - 可民主政府下的公民们有权利去获知。 - 不，他们有无知的权利。知识只会代表阴谋和罪行，无知倒有一定的尊严。 If people dont know what youre doing, they dont know what you are doing wrong. 如果人们不知道你在做些什么，他们就不会知道你做错了什么。 Under consideration means weve lost the file ， Under active consi deration means were trying to find it. “在考虑当中”意味着文件已经丢了， “在积极考虑当中”的意思是我们正在找。 Six options for unfavourable opinion from a foreign country: 1. Do nothing - implicitly agree with the speech 2. Issue a statement deploring the speech - just look foolish 3. Lodge an official protest - it will be ignored 4. Cut off aid - cant cut off aid because we dont give them any 5. Break off diplomatic relations - cant negotiate the oil rig contr acts 6. Declare war - it might just look as if we were overreacting 六种应对他国不利言论的选择： 1. 听之任之——等于默认了其内容 2. 发表声明对其表示遗憾——只会像个呆瓜 3. 提出正式抗议——不会被放在眼里 4. 停止援助——无法停止援助，因为从未援助过 5. 断绝外交关系——谈不成钻井合同了（适用于各种投资谈判） 6. 宣战——那就会显得反应过火了 Yes,Minister S01E03/E04 学习笔记 （基本来自于破烂熊字幕组，只在个别翻译上略有改动。强大的字幕组！） Perhaps the government thinks that a tax is the best form of defence. 也许政府认为征税才是最佳的国防。 Public dont know anything about wasting government money. We are the experts. (Humpy) 民众们对如何挥霍公家的钱财可是一窍不通。我们才是专家。