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中国古代酷刑

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ID: 2089 Advanced
说到惩罚，大家可能都会有一些难忘的回忆吧。惩罚的方式也是五花八门，比如老师最常用的就是：“你怎么又写错了，罚你抄100遍”。而老婆可能会说“你说不说？不说就罚你跪键盘！”。要是老板的话，恐怕就是“迟到的人扣工资！”......从小到大，哪些惩罚给你留下了深刻的印象呢？不过，要是你听了今天的课，无论你曾经受过何种惩罚，你都会觉得自己是幸运儿啦！不信吗？不信的话就一起来听听呗！
Fri Dec 21 2012 | Connie, David
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刑具 xíngjù torture device
汗毛 hànmáo body hair
竖 shù to erect, stand up straight
残忍 cánrěn cruel
哎呀，看了这些刑具我汗毛都竖起来了，太残忍，太血腥了。
āiyā ，kàn le zhèxiē xíngjù wǒ hànmáo dōu shù qǐlái le ，tài cánrěn ，tài xuèxīng le 。
Whoa! Looking at these instruments of torture makes my hair stand on end. They're so cruel and bloody!
刑具也是古人智慧的结晶呀。不是说我们中国人缺乏想象力吗？你说是谁别出心裁发明了这些整人的玩意呢？
xíngjù yě shì gǔrén zhìhuì de jiéjīng ya 。bùshì shuō wǒmen Zhōngguórén quēfá xiǎngxiànglì ma ？nǐ shuō shì shéi biéchūxīncái fāmíng le zhèxiē zhěngrén de wányìr ne ？
Torture instruments are still remnants of the wisdom of the ancients. Can it be said that Chinese people lack imagination? Who do you think had the wild idea to invent all of these torture devices?
能想出这些点子来的人心该有多狠啊。从头到脚的刑具都给发明出来了。
néng xiǎngchū zhèxiē diǎnzi lái de rén xīn gāi yǒu duō hěn a 。cóngtóudàojiǎo de xíngjù dōu gěi fāmíng chūlái le 。
For someone to come up with ideas like these, they'd have to be really cruel. They've invented torture devices for every part of the body, from head to toe!
那边有个导游在讲解，我们去听听。
nàbiān yǒu gè dǎoyóu zài jiǎngjiě ，wǒmen qù tīng ting 。
There's a tour guide giving a lecture over there. Let's go have a listen.
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