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I was hoping Major General Dmitri Volkoff.　
我寄望狄米奇将军。
would open a lot of armory doors.　
会打开各处军事基地的。
in a lot of military bases.　　
武器仓库。
For a start, he was family.　　
首先，起码他是我家人。
He was a highly decorated hero of the Red Army,　　
他是红军极力吹捧的英雄。
and he was almost permanently shit-faced　　　
现在却弄得脸上无光。
I can't just sell you government property, Yuri.　
我不能私下卖政府的资产给你。
I have to report.　　
我得向上级汇报。
Report to who? Moscow?　　　
向谁汇报？莫斯科？
As of last week　　
上周开始。
Moscow's in a foreign country.　
莫斯科已经在外国了。
New flag, new boss.　　　
新国旗，新领导。
There is no new boss yet.　
新领导还没产生呢。
They're all too busy squabbling over.　　　
他们正忙着争夺。
who's gonna get the presidential holiday home.　　
黑海边的。
at the Black Sea.　
总统度假别墅。
It's beautiful.　　　
它真豪华。
The ones who know don't care any more...　
你所熟悉的领导已经不管事了。
and the ones who care don't know.　　　
那些管事的却什么也不知道。
Show me your inventory.　
让我看看你的库存。
Those 45 years of mutual hatred　　　　
东西方。
between the East and the West...
45年来的敌对。
had generated the highest weapons...　　　
造就了历史上。
buildup in history.　
最强大的武器。
The Soviets had guns　　　
苏联有从地狱弄来的枪。
coming out of the demon hole.　
堆得比山高。
Huge stockpiles, and now no enemy.　　
现在却没有敌人。
How many Kalashnikovs do you have?　　
总共多少支枪？
Forty thousand.　　
四万。
Is that a four?　　
有四万？
It doesn't look like a four to me.　　
我觉得不到四万。
It's more like a one.　　
看起来只有一万。
No, it's a four.　　　
的确有四万。
It's whatever we say it is.　　
我们说多少就是多少。
Because no one else will know the difference?　
谁也不知道有差。

妙语佳句
1.armory
n. [军] 军械库；[军] 兵工厂（等于armoury）
Next, he and the other criminals broke into the armory and carried off 20 rifles.
接着，她和其他的罪犯闯入了军械库拿走了20只来复枪。
2.for a start
首先；作为开始
For a start, fishing subsidies should be abolished in an industry characterised by overcapacity and inefficiency.
首先，在一个生产力过剩和效率低的产业部门，捕鱼补贴应该废止。
3.permanently
adv. 永久地，长期不变地
If you can permanently delegate one of your regular tasks to someone else, do it.
如果你能永久地委派一项你的常规任务给别人，那就这样做吧。
4.inventory
n. 存货，存货清单；详细目录；财产清册
Some of the information in these rows is either duplicate or irrelevant for inventory projection.
在这些行中，有些信息是重复的，或者与库存反映无关。
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翻译
1.他是红军极力吹捧的英雄。 　　
2.我不能私下卖政府的资产给你。 　
上期答案
1.Be careful, Yuri. Those things you sell kill.　　
2.The day after The Wall came down the paychecks stopped coming.