Yes,ministerlines -3

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Broadly speaking 广泛来说...

3 articles of Civil Service: takes longer to do things quickly;More expensive to do them

cheaply,more democratic in secret.

discrimination 歧视

Women are not inferior(下等的) beings and I don't enjoy being patronised(施舍,pua??).

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In the past all local government reforms rebound(弹回) on us. When anybody finds a way of 

saving money or cutting staff in local government,it works for whitehall just as well.

-Yes,but local government is extravagant(铺张的奢侈的),overstaffed,incompetent(不称职的)

whereas we... (lmao...)

Governments long ago decided that civil defence was not a serious issue.

-Merely a desperate one.(十万火急而已)

get a grip on 管束       interfere 干涉         decisive 决定性的

astounding 骇人听闻的   -★-   outstanding 杰出的

"Can't trust Frogs."

realm:written a general area of knowledge, activity, or thought

Can't be too careful 怎么小心都不为过

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incompetence :lack of the ability or skill to do a job properly

catastrophic: 灾难的 灭顶之灾的 hypothetical：假设的

statutory 法定的   confidence 私房话

★★★commitment   承诺    scandal 丑闻

oversight 失察/玩忽职守     

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delegation 代表团            hearsay 道听途说 传闻

despicable   卑鄙的

what on earth 你在玩什么/搞什么鬼?

A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist.(愤世者是理想主义者对现实主义者的称呼)

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flatter 奉承 谄媚        

Formulating(制定/规划) policy means making choices.Once you do that, you please the people 

that you favour(偏袒),but infuriate(激怒) everybody else.One vote gained,ten lost.

If I might crave your indulgence for a moment(大意:抱歉打断一下)

Can't make an omelette without breaking eggs!(大意:舍不得孩子套不着狼)

confidencial 机密的     grindstone 磨石,磨盘/持续辛勤地工作

The PM feels it's the difficult jobs that the ministers are there for.

(PM认为M就得解决难题)

The time is unripe, the climate is unsuitable, the atmosphere is unfavourable.

(时机尚未成熟,风声仍在盛传,大气候不利)

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You are related to Sir Humphrey Appleby! (你是汉弗莱家亲戚吧！)

rigorous 严格的 缜密的    

A casic rule of government is never look into anything you don't have to.

Government isn't about morality.It's about stability,Keeping things going,stopping

society falling to bits.Still being here tomorrow(屹立不倒)

"You are a moral vacuum(道德真空)"

If I believe in all their policies,I would be passonately committed(忠诚/坚定的) to keep 

out of Common Market,(共同市场) And Passionately committed to going into it.I'd have been

convinced of the rightness of nationalising steel and of denationalising it and renationalising it.

Capital(可处s刑的) Punishment?I'd have been a fervent(强烈的) retentionist(保留主义者) and 

an ardent(热情/激烈的) abolitionist. I'd been a Keynesian and a Fridmanite,a grammer school preserver 

and destroyer,a nationalisation freak(痴迷者) and a privatisation maniac(疯子).

But above all,I would have been a stark-staring raving schizophrenic!(语无伦次,精神分裂)

A trivial(琐细的) break-in led to one ghastly(可怕的) revelation(泄露) after another and

finally the downfall of a president.

The golden rule is don't lift lids(盖子) off cans of worms(蠕虫).(别揭烂疮疤)

“Everything is connected to everything else.”

Just because you've caught something nasty,Why do you have to breathe over everyone?

Investigate if you can catch one criminal,but not if you might catch lots!

-Well,if they're your cabinet colleagues,you're right!

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"It's the end of civilization as we know it."

establishment 精英阶层 当quan派

“If once you allow the principle of money being taken from the arts and given to ordinary 

people... to enjoy themselves! Where will it end?!”

Railway trains are impartial too,but if you lay down the lines for them,that's the way they go!

Bernard,have you ever thought of going into politics?

No,minister.  

Why not?

I once looked it up in my thesaurus.(我的字典里定义过zz)

Manipulation(操纵),intrigue(阴谋),wire-pulling(暗中操纵),

evasion(逃避推脱),graft(贪赃枉法),rabble-rousing(shan动minxin)...I'd prefer to 

leave that to our lords and masters.

The industry secretary is the idlest man in town,the education secretary is illiterate(文盲),

the employment secretary is unemployable.

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successor 继承人 interest 利益

Get back to our original point(话说回去)

长难句预警！！：

“The relationship,which I might tentatively(暂时性地) aver(主张),has been not without a 

degree of reciprocal utility(互惠的)and perhaps even occasionl gratification(满足),is

approaching a point of irreversible(不可挽回的) bifurcation(分歧) and,to be brief,

is in the propinquity(接近) of its ultimate,regrettable,termination. I'm on my way out”

(与您共掌此部至今,细细想来，虽不说肝胆相照，荣辱与共，倒也合作愉快，相得益彰，如今却

面临分道扬镳，一言以蔽之，已经走到了令人痛心，无可挽回的终点.我要走了)

One has to accept what fate has in store,when one passes on...

(命里有时终须有,当人天数将至...)

to pastures(牧草) new,perhaps greener(去水草丰腴之地)...and places oneself finally in the service of one 

who is greater than any of us.(脱胎换骨，献身于至高无上权威)

You're going to do for the PM what you've always done to me... for me.(to 和 for用法.lol...)

Finest tradition 典范

Honoured by the cause of departure(离去),saddened by the fact,in particular leave the 

service of a minister without parallel.We've watched grow in standing,stature 

and sureness(踏实,安全) of touch.So,seasonal felicitations(祝贺) to you all,

First rule of politics:never believe anything until it's officially denied.

How are the things at the campaign for the Freedom of Information?

-Sorry,I can't talk about that.

So,will the new PM be our eminent Chancellor or our distinguished Foreign Secretary?

-Like asking which lunatic should run the asylum(jingshen病院,收容所).

高能:

So we need a compromise candidate.Malleable(可塑的).Flexible.Likeable(随和的).

No firm opinion.No bright ideas.Not intellectually committed(思维不敏锐).Without the 

strength of purpose to change anything.Someone who can be manipulated,professionally guided.

And leave the business of government in the hands of the experts.

We trust you to ensure your minister does nothing incisive(尖锐的) or 

divisive(导致分裂的引起不和的)over the next few weeks.

Avoid anything controversial.

Express no firm opinion about anything at all.

-I think that's probably what he was planning anyway.

八股预警:

While one does not seek the office,one has pledged(许诺) onself to the service of one's country,

and if friends persuade one that was the best way to serve,one might have to accept the 

responsibility whatever one's own private wishes might be.

I have absolutely no ambition in that direction.

-You do mean you!  (lol...)

Her Majesty 女王陛下 correspondent 记者 通信员    effectively 实际上

Politics is about presentation.(zz是表述的艺术)

“This is a time for healing.A time to stress what we agree about,not what be disagreed about,

we should be looking for the good in our opponents.”

- Except the French. (lmao...)