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...but I soon discovered that what talks best is dollars, dinars...
但我很快发现，谈美元、卢比、卢布。
...drachmas, rubles, rupees, and pounds-fucking-sterling.
英镑...这些才是最好的。
Of course, the U.S. Army got a piece of the action.　　
当然，美国陆军也插了一脚。
Army salaries were no better then than they are today.　　　
80年代陆军薪资很低，即使现在也一样。
And some of the brass,　　
而其中有些军官。
like Lieutenant Colonel Southern...　
像陆军的撒登中校。
needed to raise money for their own private wars.　　
需要钱来进行他私人的战争。
Good to make your acquaintance.　　
很高兴认识你。
This is bullshit money,　　
维(塔利)，这点钱算个屁。
This is small-fucking-potatoes.　　
还不够塞牙缝。
What do you want to do, go more legit?　　
啥？你想做“正当”的生意？
No, more illegal.　　　
不，是更加“不合法” 。
What I would give right now.　
我现在只想要。
for cabbage and potatoes.　　
一盘卷心菜和马铃薯。
It's not our fight.　　
这不关我们的事。
Vit, come on!　　　
维，快吧！
Let's go. Come on.　
咱们走，快。

妙语佳句
1.drachma
n. 古希腊的重量单位；古希腊的银币名
A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls , the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
平素行邪术的，也有许多人把书拿来，堆积在众人面前焚烧。他们算计书价，便知道共合五万块钱。
2.no better than
几乎等于；实际上和…一样
Consistently sacrificing yourself to serve others is ultimately no better than focusing solely on yourself at the expense of others.
始终如一地牺牲自己去服务别人，这种做法从根本上来说并不比总是牺牲别人来成全自己更好。
3.lieutenant
n. 中尉；副官；助理人员
Besides, Lieutenant Murphy would kill me if I went around blowing trumpets about how I help the cops.
而且，如果莫菲中尉知道我拿和警方合作的事四处吹嘘的话会杀了我的。
4.acquaintance
n. 熟人；相识；了解；知道
It was stupid of him to presume on an all too brief acquaintance.
他竟信赖一个相识没多久的人，真是愚蠢。
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翻译
1.Army salaries were no better then than they are today　　
2.What I would give right now　for cabbage and potatoes.　
上期答案
1.Bullets change governments far surer than votes.
2.But I wasn't the only local kid making good.