Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.
----- Edmund Burke
在一个腐败成风的民族里,自由不可能长期存在。
------ 埃德蒙德•伯克
Learn the following by heart:
1.people n.人;人们(为复数形式,不能指一个人);与the连用,指“人民”;民族(可数名词)。如:
Who are these people?
这些人是谁?
There are ten people present at the meeting.
有十个人出席会议。
Serve the people.
为人民服务。
There are 56 peoples in our country.
我们国家有56个民族。
2.corrupt adj.贪污的;腐败的; v.使腐化;使堕落。