in order to get moved up on the front on line,

以便能插到队伍前排
and they would also give great and beautiful gifts

他们也会把漂亮的礼物
to the temple people and to the temple,and to the priest.

送给神庙里的人或是祭司
In other words, people spent a lot of money to consult the oracle.

换句话说人们花很多钱来请示神谕
Now, ask yourself this, especially if you're talking about Greeks,

现在想想这个尤其说到古希腊人
are they going to keep shelling out money for an oracle

为了得到神谕他们会不停地破费
that gives them answers that turn out to be wrong? No.

而这些神谕最后还是错的吗当然不会
Most of the things they asked

他们问的大部分问题
were questions that really had a yes or no answer,

都是有明确的答案是或否
and according to my thinking, there's no way they could have been

而且我觉得这答案绝不会错得太离谱
I think the oracle probably gained its fame

我想神谕之所以享有盛名
for being very good precisely at answering this question.

是因为它的答案非常准确