来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第6集 第6集》

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  The police officer shouts for the brother,
  警官要求智力正常的兄弟
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  the non-retarded brother, to drop the gun.
  把枪放下
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  Actually, he said, "Give me the gun."
  实际上 他说的是"把枪给我"
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  The retarded brother shouted,
  发育迟缓的兄弟大喊
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  "Let him have it,"
  "给他一枪" [把枪给他]
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  whereupon the brother shot and killed the police officer.
  于是他的兄弟开枪射杀了这名警官
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  Now, the brother who did the shooting was plainly a murderer.
  开枪的兄弟很明显是个谋杀犯
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  What about that brother who shouted, "Let him have it"?
  那个大喊"给他一枪"的兄弟呢
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  Well, it depends on what he--on how you interpret that sentence
  这取决与你如何解释那句话
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  because the sentence is beautifully ambiguous.
  因为那句话模糊的近乎完美
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  It could mean "Shoot him, let him have it,"
  可以是说"开枪吧 给他一枪"
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  or it could mean "Give him the gun, let him have it."
  也可以是说"给他吧 把枪给他"