胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯第190期:The resistance 抵抗

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胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯第190期:The resistance 抵抗

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190.The resistance

190.抵抗

The prisoner was brought into the questioning room for the umpteenth time. After being restrained to the chair, a uniformed officer said, "It is of no use to be resistant. I have a great deal of respect for you and your countrymen. However, the only way to restore your freedom is for you to be responsive to our questions." The prisoner pulled against the restraints. He was a member of the National Resistance, which is an underground military organization resolute in driving out the invading army from their country. The officer continued, "I will ask you again, what are the names of the leaders of your organization in this town?" The prisoner, having resolved not to respond, began to call upon his sense of resourcefulness to find a way out. His rate of respiration increased. The officer yelled, and the room shook with great resonance, "I cannot be responsible for what happens to you if you continue to resist!" The officer backhanded him. Then resented his own emotional outburst, "See what you made me do. You made me resort to violence. If you do not answer my questions, I will be forced to forget all restrictions of violence!" The officer gathered himself and spoke calmly yet sternly, "We both have our respective responsibilities. I am the officer and you are the prisoner. We must ask and answer questions respectively. You must not restrict your answers to the simple name, rank, and serial number as you did before. I want to know your resources: the names of the leaders! The restoration of your freedom depends on it!" The prisoner demonstrated great resolution in his silence. His respiratory rate increased as he prepared himself for the ensuing violence.

這個犯人已經(jīng)是無數(shù)次地被帶到審問室里了。他被限制在椅子上，一個穿制服的警官對他說："抵抗是沒有用的。我對你和你的同胞們懷有無比的敬意。然而，只有一個辦法使你恢復(fù)自由，那就是回答我們的問題。"這個犯人拼命想擺脫束縛。他是國家抵抗組織的一員，這個組織實際上是一個地下軍事組織，他們主張堅決把入侵敵人從本國趕出。警官繼續(xù)說道："我再問你一次，你們組織在本鎮(zhèn)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)入是誰？"犯人已決心不回答，于是他開始運用他的智謀以尋求脫身之計。他的呼吸頻率增強了。警官開始咆哮起來，整個房間里都有了回音："如果你再繼續(xù)頑抗下去的話，我不會再對將要發(fā)生在你身上的一切負責(zé)！"他說著，還反手抽了犯人一下。然后他對自己不得已的感情沖動又感到十分氣憤，說道："看看你都逼我做了些什么！你逼我不得不訴諸暴力。如果你再不回答我的問題，我就只好被迫忘記所有關(guān)于暴力的限制。"警官控制了一下自己的情緒，平靜但嚴厲地說道："咱們都有各自的職責(zé)。我是警官，你是囚犯。我們必須分別問問題和回答問題。你不能再像原先那樣把回答限制于一些簡單的姓名、級別和序列號等等之內(nèi)了。我想知道你所掌握的一切資源：領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者的名字！你要恢復(fù)自由就全靠這一招了！"犯人下定決心保持沉默。他的呼吸頻率不斷增強，為隨之而來的暴行做好了準備。