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By the mid-'80s...
80年代中期。
my weapons were represented in eight...　　　
我的武器。
...of the world's top ten war zones.　　
被用在世界前10名的战区中的8个。
There's no problem leading a double life.　
有双重身份的生活不是什么问题。
It's the triple and quadruple lives　　　
但三重、四重身份。
that get you in the end.　
最终才会出问题。
Back then, I carried a... French, British, Israeli,　　　
那时我带着法国、英国。
and Ukrainian passport...　　
以色列、和乌克兰的护照。
...and a student visa for the U.S.,　
还有美国的学生签证。
but... that's another story.　　
但那是另一个故事啦。
I also packed six different briefcases...
我还有6个手提箱。
...depending on who I was that day　　　
用于不同的地区。
and the region of the world I was visiting.　
和不同的身份。
North of Cartagena, Colombia - 1989　　　
(哥伦比亚，1989)
Without operations like mine,　
如果没有我。
would be impossible for certain countries　　　
有些国家。
to conduct a respectable war.　
根本打不了一场像样的战争。
I was able to navigate around those　　
虽然武器禁运有点儿不方便。
inconvenient little arms embargoes.　　
不过还难不倒我。
There are three basic types of arms deal.　　
世上一共有三种基本的军火交易。
White, being legal.　　　
白色，合法的。
Black, being illegal,　
黑色，违法的。
and my personal favorite color, gray.　　
还有我最中意的颜色...灰色。

妙语佳句
1.represented
v. 代表；表现；描写（represent的过去分词）
But they were loved for what they had once represented: utility, economy and simplicity, as well as light.
但是它们因为曾代表的事物而为人们喜爱：实用、经济和简单，还有光明。
2.triple
adj. 三倍的；三方的
n. 三倍数；三个一组
vi. 增至三倍
vt. 使成三倍
When people move from the countryside to the city, they double, even triple their energy use.
人们从农村迁移到城市，他们消耗的能量是以前的两倍甚至三倍。
3.quadruple
adj. 四倍的；四重的
vt. 使…成四倍
vi. 成为四倍
n. 四倍
As I always say, in order to succeed, you have to double, triple, and even quadruple your failure rate.
就像我常说的，为了成功，你必须以两倍三倍甚至四倍于过去失败的速率学习。
4.navigate
vt. 驾驶，操纵；使通过；航行于
vi. 航行，航空
Larger ships will be able to navigate the river after the main channel is deepened.
主要河床被挖深后，较大船舶将能航行于此河流。
5.briefcase
n. 公文包
To this day, he keeps his battered briefcase and his unused ferry ticket to remind himself how fortunate he is to be alive.
直到今天，他还保存着他破损不不堪的公文包与不再使用了的船票，来提醒自己能活着是多么幸运。
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翻译
1.有双重身份的生活不是什么问题。　
2.我还有6个手提箱用于不同的地区和不同的身份。
上期答案
1.I supplied every army but the Salvation Army.
2.I'm kind of trigger happy.